Heart hair

Crazy lips straw

A way to use those lollipop valentines a little longer! Adapted from the family fun lollipop lips valentines.

Felt Board

I made a felt board by replacing the glass in an old picture frame with green felt.  I made the felt doll pieces out of a paper doll type fabric.  I cut around the pieces I likes then attached them to felt using wonder under.  I let the kids color the pieces in themselves using permanent scrapbooking markers.

Dry Erase Boards

I spruced up some frames that looked very 1995 with some ribbon, silk flowers, buttons and a hot glue gun. I put card stock in the frame in lieu of a picture to create the perfect dry erase board for the kids!

Half hour t-shirt dress

I made this dress in a half hour using an old shirt and a yard of fabric.

• Cut old shirt to desired length + 5/8"
• Measure child's waist then add 10-15" depending on how full you would like the skirt.  This number is how long you will need to cut the fabric.
• The length of the skirt will be 45" or 60" depending on the width of the fabric you have chosen.
•  Sew three rows of basting along the selvage (I did 1/8", 1/4" and 3/8 inch)
• Gather the fabric until it lays flat when you lay the fabric along the bottom of the cut shirt leaving enough overlap for the 5/8" seam (1-1/4 bigger than the bottom of the shirt).
• Sew the the skirt together to make a seam down the back of the skirt.
• Pin the right side of the skirt together with the right side of the gathered top of the skirt.  
• Make sure the finish all seams.
• Hem skirt

Shadowbox

This is a sweater and hat set crocheted by my grandmother for me to wear home from the hospital. I wanted to pass this heirloom down to my daughter but knew she wouldn't really wear it.  I found this shadowbox at Marshall's on clearance. The fabric background was not appropriate for the nursery, so I used the pins  that came with the shadowbox to cover the background with a piece of fabric that better matched the nursery.  I then pinned the sweater and hat in the shadowbox. Viola!

Nursery Letters

The letters were made with wooden trim, wooden letters, acrylic paint, organdy ribbon and a glue gun (all supplies found at Michael's).  I used two coats of metallic paint on the trim and letters.  I let that dry overnight, then cut the ribbon different lengths to my liking.  I used the glue gun to attach the ribbon to both the letters and trim. It took two hangers on the back of the trim to hang properly.