Everyday Mom Ideas: Make Your Own Family Board Game (Memory Lane) This is such a fun way to celebrate your unique family. Have fun remembering your family's past up's and downs with this do-it-yourself board game made from a bit of fabric and some iron on computer paper. You can make your board game as unique as your family is. Need: 1 yard of a light colored fabric 3 sheets of iron on computer paper 4 sheets of card stock paper Card board- A paper size cut out Hot glue stick w/glue gun Fabric Paint (optional) Felt (optional) 1.COMPUTER IRON ON'S- With your computer your going to design your board squares. Your going to need about 36 little iron on square images. You need to come up with some fun memories when creating these squares.( For example: You wrecked your dodge intrepid without insurance lose a token.) 3. 4. "?" 4. 5. 6. You can make these cards out of any card stock. 7. 8. 9. (You can buy dice for cheap at any grocery store or just borrow some from another game) How To Play: 1.Set up: Place cards and tokens on their squares. 3.
charlaanne: made with love ETA: The pattern is now available! You can find it here...Love, Charla Anne. Lily loves playing with her little dolls and carrying case. I made them for her birthday last year. They are especially nice for keeping her quiet during church! ETA: The pattern is now available in my etsy shop! Felt Quiet Book: Phase One | Craft It Bake It A lovely example, sadly not mine… After the rush of Christmas and the overwhelming possibilities of things to make, January leaves me feeling a little lack luster and lost for ideas. I’m keen to keep my crafty habits up, after all, what else is there to do on my lunch hour? Therefore a new project is in order. Hooray! Luckily for me quite a few family friends are “With Child” and ready to pop so to speak. After some serious research (Pinterest) I have decided on a Felt Quiet book for baby Number Bell. I’m thinking this will give me a great opportunity to use up lots of spare felt and fabric, experiment with colours, ribbons, buttons, everything..but without the need for a sewing machine, or any real skill.. So far I know baby bell is a boy, but just incase I think I’ll go with a unsex idea. the rest of today will most be planning. usually I’m the sort to rush in and regret later. How hard can it be right? Have you made a quiet book? Watch this space! Like this: Like Loading...
Quiet Book Templates Looking for more quiet book ideas? Check out my new book Quiet Book Patterns: 25 easy-to-make activities for your children now on sale at amazon.com. Full of original ideas and includes a CD to print off templates! First lets talk about supplies. For all the pictures on my pages I decided to use felt. Each of my books has eleven pages plus the cover page. For velcro I used the clear sticky dots. This book requires a lot of fusible webbing and ironing. Each template should print out on a full horizontal 8 1/2 x 11" paper. And the moment you've all been waiting for . . . The templates! You can view the supply list HERE. (To print templates: Click on picture and then copy and save to your computer. Circus monkey can be found HERE. I've received comments from people surprised that I was giving away all this information for free. If you make a quiet book I'd love to see it.
m a x + l u l a: MICE FINGER PUPPET PATTERN Save pattern below to your desktop, then print. Or, print the pattern HERE. mice puppet directions **(When gluing mouse pieces together, be careful not to add too much glue. Cut pieces of felt as indicated.Glue mouse heads together (2 for each mouse). A Year of Quiet Book Pages 2013 In 2013 I felt like I always had at least 2 sewing projects going at all time. With Jax turning 3 back in February, my quiet book projects grew with him. For our annual beach trip, I sewed him a large fire station quiet book. I also began a massive project to sew the whole world! With a new year beginning, it’s fun to look back on the pages I made and shared with you, as I did in 2012 and 2011. Current Top 5 Sock Matching Quiet Book Page – 71,096 views | 18,000+ pinsBumble Bee Lacing Maze Quiet Book Page – 16,972 views | 2,000+ pinsAutumn Leaves Quiet Book – 8,794 views | 1,000+ pinsForest Quiet Book Page – 37,092 views | 1,000+ pinsCircus Train Quiet Book Page – 35,987 views | 3,000+ pins The sock matching page has been the top page for 3 years! All Time Top 10 The dump truck made the all-time top 10 for the first time in 2013. 10 Most Popular from 2013 The Montessori Wall Map & Quietbook posts got a combined 52,682 views this year! Click a thumbnail to visit a post: Thank You! Let’s Be Friends!
Don't Call Me Betsy: Munchkin Soft Book Tutorial I couldn't believe how many people actually liked the soft book I made for my nephew last week! Thank you all! I really didn't think it was terribly special, but it was a ton of fun to put together. The sketching and planning part alone was a blast. If you've got a little one in your life, this is a great little project you can whip up for them to enjoy in nearly no time. Supplies: Notebook paper Pen Steam-a-Seam (or other fusible webbing product like Wonder Under, just make sure it's double-sided) Solid fabric for "paper" of book - 6 pieces 12" x 6" Batting - 3 pieces 12" x 6" Embroidery floss (if you plan to embroider any of the book) Various scraps of fabric How To Make Your Own Soft Book 1. Once you've chosen your concepts, cut out six pieces of paper to represent your six pieces of fabric and fold each in half. 2. 3. 4. Next, grab your batting. 5. 6. 7. Flip each page right side out, and make sure to point your corners well. 8. 9.
tutoCubesTissusBB Fold your ribbon in half, center and pin to one side of a fabric square. Lay another fabric square on top and sew down the side with 1/4 inch seam. Press seam open. (you can also machine baste your ribbon in place first, as I did on the green square, below) Repeat with the remaining 2 squares and 2 pieces of ribbon until you've got 4 pieces in a row with 3 ribbons sewn in. On the first and last square, fold fabric over to the wrong side 1/4 inch and press. With right sides together and 1/4 inch seam, sew the chenille squares to the square in position C. Now you need to start sewing sides together to form the block. Continue sewing each side to the chenille squares in the same way. Here's what you'll have when you've sewn up all the sides, except the last side where you folded over 1/4 inch. Turn your block right side out.... and fill. Pull the last 2 sides together, match where you folded the fabric, and pin. So cute! Have fun!
Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows: The Quiet Book Round-up! All right! You've made it! I've subjected you to a million days of quiet book pages, and it is finally the end. Today I'm going to post all the pages, from beginning to end, so you can get a sense of how the whole book flows. So, without further ado, the quiet book! The lion page: The barn and farm animals finger puppets page: The apple tree and the dinosaur: The car page: The ladybug and the flowers: Mr. and Mrs. The weaving page: And the back! So here's some technical how-I-did it: For the base of each page, I used the standard 9x12 felt sheets. Added in May: I finally got around to finishing the loops. This was a really fun project and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about making one! To download the entire Quiet Book template, click here or on the picture:
Blanket Tutorial From I am Momma Hear me Roar! I'm sure you all have been over to I am Momma Hear Me Roar! Cheri is so sweet and I'm so glad she let me share this tutorial with you! Just about everything she makes comes out fabulous ... and this is no exception! Here it is! When I started brainstorming about the theme "baby gifts" I wanted to think of something I would truly want to receive for a baby. This mat is guranteed to keep a baby happy and entertained. Want to add your own toys? But, the best part is....it's machine washable. Want a brief run down of how it was made? 1) I cut both the green and blue fleece to be 4' by 4'. 2) I sewed on all the goods....flowers, rocks, the sun, a branch. 3) I used two layers of batting and "quilted" it in a few different ways. 4) I trimmed the edges to be even and sewed on the satin baby blanket edging. That's basically the run-down. I told you! Oh, and P.S. {Click to enlarge!}
Feutriner, vagabonder, rêver... - Fils et Ficelles * voilà 3 gentils petits cochons en feutrine (ils font 8 cm en fait) qui garderont leur maison!*Maison: à partir du tuto de Pimp stitch; Cochons et loup: inspirés des dessins de contes Oversized Kimono Wrap Top | Rags to Couture Want to know what I did all day while putting this post together? I re-watched all episodes of Finding Bigfoot on Youtube. Seriously, It’s my favourite show! I love the Bigfoot legend and the show is so bad that it’s good! Everyone should watch it. I want Bigfoots in Sweden! Anyway, what you will need for this tutorial: A fabric measuring approximately 164 cm long and 150 cm wide. The size dimensions used in this tutorial are made for me, so if your size differ a lot from mine you will probably have to make a few adjustments. Also note that, on the illustrations, the orange markings are where you should cut and the grey markings are where you should sew. Ok, with that said, let’s move on the the actual tutorial! Start out by folding your fabric in half so that you get these measurements: Then cut out two 30×48 cm rectangle shapes on each side. Just a tip: I used the cut out parts for my belt, so don’t throw them away if you want a belt in the same material as the kimono… Oh well.
Dress-Up Crown Tutorial I made birthday crowns for my girls last year. I had intended for them to be a special birthday thing, that we got out only once a year, so they would be extra special. But, as these things go, the girls loved them, and they found a permanent home in our dress up basket. I had no idea how much the kids would love them. They are a regular feature around here. I decided to make a bunch for an art fair coming up, and put together this tutorial while I was at it. I digress. Update: Be sure to check out the Nicholas Crown Project that this tutorial inspired! Instructions: 1. 2.