Dinosaurs

I mentioned how much my son loves dinosaurs. He also loves pink. It has been his favorite color for a while now. I had out some pink suede cloth and he really wanted me to make him something out of it. When I asked him what he wanted me to make, he of course said, "a dinosaur!"

I actually made the Tyrannosaurus Rex a few months ago. I traced around a dinosaur figurine onto the back of the fabric, stitched around the traced line, then turned it inside out.

He wanted a Triceratops, too, but I resisted making it because I wasn't sure I could make it look like a Triceratops. I finally tried it a few days ago. I again just traced one of his dinosaurs. It worked OK.

Do you think it looks like a Triceratops? All the little horns were hard to get turned inside out. I shouldn't have made them quite so small.

T-Rex and Triceratops are good friends, now.

Mother's Day Cards

I'm a little slow getting this on here, but these are the cards my 4 year old made for me and his grandmas for Mother's Day. He drew all the petals and centers on craft foam, then I cut them out (he tried, but the foam is a bit tricky to cut). Then I helped him glue them together. A little note on the inside, and it made a cute homemade card!

I told him the yellow one was my favorite, and he decided to give it to me. He wrote "I ♥ Y" on the inside. (We had written "I ♥ U" before, and I guess he forgot the "u" stands for "you" and just wrote what "you" starts with. I thought it was cute.)

Letter Z

The capital "Z" is a zebra.
The lower case "z" is a zoo.

Letter "Z" page from our Alphabet book.



Now you know your ABC's, what am I going to post? :)

Letter Y

The capital "Y" has a yo-yo on it.
The lower case "y" is colored yellow.

Letter "Y" page from our Alphabet book.

Baby Ball

Another baby gift I like to make are little baby balls.

Just the right size for little baby hands to hold. I put a little bell inside so it would jingle when shaken.

I was a Math major in college, so I like it when creative meets Math. This 14 sided polyhedron is a tetradecahedron. OK, I did have to look that up. :)

Letter X

The capital "X" has a foX on a boX.
The lower case "x" has an x-ray.


(Can you tell my son got a hold of the glue without my help. :) Funny story: after doing the "fox on a box" I asked my son what we should do for the lower case "x." I asked him if we should do "x-ray" or "xylophone." He said, "I think we should do "x-ray" because "xylophone" sounds like it starts with a "z!" So smart. Who thought up the spelling of "xylophone" anyway?)

Letter "X" page from our Alphabet book.

Dinosaur Shirt

My four year old LOVES dinosaurs. We have everything dinosaur these days. He loves to read dinosaur books (Dinotrux is a favorite right now), sing songs about dinosaurs (we have this from the library), watch dinosaur movies (we have The Land Before Time from the library right now), play with stuffed dinosaurs, and dinosaur figurines.

He had a shirt that he had told me once that he didn't want to wear because it didn't have a picture on it. So I knew it would be fun to put something on it. After reading about freezer paper stenciling on Made, I bought some freezer paper and fabric paint to try it. It was fun! The freezer paper sticks to the shirt to prevent the paint from getting under the stencil. I drew the picture of the Tyranosaurus just looking at a picture in one of the many books we have.

I'm definitely going to try the freezer paper stenciling again. A few things I learned to do better next time: Make sure the final layer of paint is smooth. Especially after ironing, the brush strokes that were not smoothed out really showed up. Also, make sure to iron evenly. It kind of changed the color when I ironed and the feet didn't get ironed quite as bit, so they are darker.

The possibilities with this are endless! I see some more of these in the future!