Activity Case

Well She has to be done soon!! Charna again. I have to admit i did most of the sewing here but charna did all the cutting. i make a clear zippered purse that is smaller than this that goes with my nappy bag i sell. And charna was stuck on making a big one for Kealin to keep all his craft stuff in. The circles inside are old crayons melted down. I saw the idea years ago on Martha Stewart. You cut the crayons into pea sized pieces into a cake tin shape if your choice (i chose these little cake ones) melt them i a warm oven, take them out and as the cool they will release themselves. Other wise pop them in the fridge they will come straight out. And then she printed up some pictures of some Dinos for him. Simple but smart hey!

Toiletry Bag

Charna again! Yes charna is a go getter and she loves to sew. This is her toiletry bag she made for her dad. She sewed all the lines (as they were all straight lines) and i just told her where to sew. I saw this pattern a while ago on some blog tutorial i was reading and i just tried to remember how it went. thank goodness it worked out!!! And no unpicking!!! Ill try and find some links on how to do this and then get someone to teach me how to put them up so you can do it too!!

Carry case

So this is another of Kealins creations. He wanted to make charna a bag, while dean and i were shopping for supplies we came across this wooden carry case for a few dollars. When Kealin saw it he was excited he chose the fabric, the flowers and how to put them on. He is very specific when it comes to his craft, actually everything : ) Anyway i did suggest to him to cut the fabric into smaller pieces but noooo! he arranged it and this is how it turned out. I helped him trim and maneuver the fabric but really Mod podge does the rest! As for the flowers Kealin told his mumma where to put the clue (as it was a hot glue gun) and he stuck them on. I know its hard to believe for some people that my 6 year old  BOY could do this. Come over i say and meet him He is awesome.

Bath Packs

 So These are Kealins Bath packs for his younger brothers. Last week he was sick from school and we had a chance to sit down together and research some ideas. The face cloths were originally a hand puppet idea. I told Kealin i had some toweling and we could make them into bath toys, (my kids LLOOVVEE face cloths) so the decision was made. Kealin cut everything out even the spikes on the dragons but mumma did the sewing. We just made up a shape and i made sure the eyes were on very securely. For the sponges i just bought cheapy ones from the supermarket and Kealin drew the pictures and cut them out. I had him think about and practice what he was going to do first so that we knew it would fit on the sponge, and you could tell what the picture was when it was cut out. And Then He choose to put them into a clear plastic bag i had spare from sheet sets i bought, (i keep all these things) one for each pack. Maybe if we have time, and i can find borax we will make soaps to go in them.

Photo Cube

So i suppose the beauty of having young kids that cant craft for themselves yet is that you  get to do it for them. Unless you don't like crafting therefore it would be a thorn in your side but then you woulnt choose these activities if that was the case...Anyhow this is a picture cube for my dad, i wrote on there "for Poppy" so i suppose it can come from one of the little ones. These are featured a lot on the net there are tutorials all over. But i have two words for you MOD PODGE ha ha see how easy that was. Pick some pictures and some decos and mod podge away.

Felt Books

Jackson can create too

So Jackson has been busy making these felt books for his baby brothers. It was his idea and i think they turned out great, these will be a keeper for sure. So he layered a selection of colours together 6  i think in total. These pieces are A4 size and so he cut the lot on half and what do you know he had two books. Mumma sewed a colourful spine on them using a bias binding method, and then he did the rest. He has some pretty awesome little pictures in them. In Tytys he did shoes and suns and in the Bays one he did shapes and bolder pictures. So he really used his brain!! Love it

Stuffed Dinosaur

 Another gift my talented daughter has made, was this dinosaur. She used the same method  used for the stuffed bear. We drew the "best" dino we could onto some scrap paper cut it out and then found some cute fabric, pinned down the dino, cut around the dino. Then Charna drew a long line of the spikes and sewed them. Tthen with the help of mummy we pinned the spikes into the dino and then sewed it up leaving an opening at the belly to stuff. Mumma sewed up the opening and attached the eyes Whalla! a present for TyTy