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Little man pajamas made from a men's shirt. Little Man Tie Tutorial. I have had many requests to purchase rights to sell ties made from this pattern.

Little Man Tie Tutorial

Big thank you for those that are honest enough to ask!! I spent many many hours writing, photographing, and editing this tutorial for you all to enjoy. Please show respect and integrity by asking permission and fairly compensating me before selling these ties. Baby Shorts from Sleeves! - Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop: The Blog. ***Make sure you stop by Elegance & Elephants today for the next stop on the Pattern Tour- another $5 deal and giveaway!

Baby Shorts from Sleeves! - Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop: The Blog

I was about to throw the top half of a re-purposed tee away when I realized the sleeves were the perfect shape to turn into some shorts for little man! The inseam of the sleeve becomes the inseam of the shorts and you can use the sleeve hem as the shorts hem so most of the work is already done- perfect project for a busy mom! I used a boys size large shirt and it was the perfect size for a pair of 3-6 months shorts for little man. Modern Lederhosen Tutorial. I’m excited to be here participating in Vintage May!

Modern Lederhosen Tutorial

I love looking to vintage or even historical clothing for inspiration, and trying to take the old fashioned styles and make them modern. It’s a challenge for me to design clothing with the influence of the vintage piece, but make something that doesn’t look like a historical costume. Caravan & Tent Sleeping with BoboKids. Trend gurus predict our future lives will become more and more nomad, visionnaire brands create objects that can follow us everywhere and voila, even children can get acquainted to the idea of being constantly mobile with The Caravan Bed and The Tent Bed by Belgian brand Mathy By Bols, available at BoboKids in London.

Caravan & Tent Sleeping with BoboKids

Made in Belgium from MDF with plywood base, these childrens beds are available in 16 different colours. The perfect hideaway for children to sleep, dream or simply relax. "T" is for Tabletop Chalkboard Easel. Build: tabletop chalkboard easel This smaller version of the original has a 13" x 13" chalk space: This smaller size is just the right for kids sitting at the table: Or playing school with an American Girl doll: An of course it folds and is easily portable just like the original:

"T" is for Tabletop Chalkboard Easel

Make Organic Fingerpaints for Creative Kids. Email What you will need: 3 tablespoons organic sugar1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup organic corn starch2 cups waterorganic food colorants.

Make Organic Fingerpaints for Creative Kids

Superhero - superhero-web_format.pdf. Dots Multi Wallpaper - Decor - Kids. The Gospel ● Family ● Web Applications ● Woodworking ● Educational Technology. Beat the Heat for Cheap with These Five DIY Sprinklers. Beat the Heat for Cheap with These Five DIY Sprinklers What’s better in the summer than playing around in the water?

Beat the Heat for Cheap with These Five DIY Sprinklers

Lounging in the pool, water balloon fights, and playing in the sprinklers helps us forget how much it sucks to be outside in 100+ degree weather. Sprinklers are especially fun to play around in, particularly if you have kids; they go crazy over jumping through them. Sprinklers can get pretty expensive, but to combat this obvious treachery, people have begun channeling their inner MacGyver and building sprinklers out of junk at home. To help give you an idea on how to better stay cool this summer, here are five DIY sprinklers made from upcycled materials. Plastic Bottles. Mueble Juvenil. Mueble Juvenil. It's a Small World Magic Facade Peel and Place. Oopsy daisy, Fine Art for Kids presents Disney® "It's a Small World" Collection" - experience the magic at home with our giant wall decals, inspired by Mary Blair's iconic mid-century modern imagery and vibrant color blocking techniques.

It's a Small World Magic Facade Peel and Place

Removable and repositionable fabric based wall stickers? Brilliant, you say? We agree! Give your child the creative freedom to make their room their own without the commitment or mess that comes from making changes later on. Each Peel & Place set includes a full alphabet and number set for personalization! These oversized adhesive fabric stickers can be removed, repositioned and reused many times. Modern Baby and Nursery Room Décor. Project Trike: Technical Stuff. This is an addendum to the saga I wrote here about building these trike/balance bike contraptions for my kids.

Project Trike: Technical Stuff

I wanted to include the technical details here for anyone who is interested, without causing regular folks to glaze over. As I mentioned, I basically stole the design from an existing product, making some modifications as necessary, usually to remedy things I screwed up or miscalculated, or to make up for my lack of a machine shop. Here's what my version ended up looking like: The first thing I did was to figure out how to go about bending plywood into the shapes I needed so that the back end would open up to accommodate a wheel when it's in the two-wheeler phase (it just gets a spacer through which the axle slides when it's a trike), like so: So I found some articles and videos online about making bent plywood furniture, and felt pretty confident that I could handle it.

The one problem that plagued me at that point was wheels. Oh...the wheels. Papertoy Alphabet Digitprop. Sewing Projects: Sewing Patterns and Templates - Martha Stewart. Upcycled Boy Hats. Today's tutorial comes from last week's SYTYC entry for the "recycled" theme.

Upcycled Boy Hats

I loved this theme and had a hard time narrowing down options. I think refashioning and upcycling is ridiculously fun. In fact, a little over a year ago I started storing all the old worn-out clothing I had. Baby. Fabric Silhouette Garlands.