$1 Baby Doll Goodies!

So we had a little girls birthday to attend this weekend and I wanted to make her something extra special!

I saw all the awesome baby doll accessories from 12 Crafts Til Christmas and got all the inspiration I needed!

If you haven't headed over there to see all the cute doll stuff she's been making...you need to.

So I knew I wanted a baby doll diaper bag and accessories.  

I created my own diaper bag...check back for a tut coming soon!!!

And of course needed diapers and wipes.  I followed her same tut for the felt wipes.

Check em out!

They turned out great!  And for 25 cents per felt sheet at Hobby Lobby, 

I made 2 play wipe sets for $1!!!

Here's how I made my diapers:

What you need:

2 - 8x11 sheets of fleece (look where they keep the felt sheets...only 50 cents a piece!)

velcro

sewing machine, scissors, thread, etc.

*Note:  Adjust your size in accordance with the doll in mind.*

What you do:

Step 1:  cut your sheets of fleece in half short ways

Step 2:  fold your fleece halfs in half

Step 3:  cut a 2 to 2.5 inch triangle from the folded corner

Step 4:  sew the velcro in the diaper corners with a zig zag using white thread

All done!  I scored 4 play diapers for $1!!!

So to re-cap...you can make play wipes and play diapers for only $2.  Nuff said.

Enjoy!

Ginger

SSB

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Craftastic Mondays at Sew Can Do
Marketing Mondays at The Trendy Treehouse
Just Something I Whipped Up Monday at The Girl Creative Party Blog
Anything Related Tuesdays at All Thingz Related
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Creative Juice Tuesdays at These Creative Juices
We did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
Show and Tell Wednesday at Blue Cricket Design
Hook'n Up with the House of Hepworths
Crafty Friday at Home Sweet Farm
Feature Yourself Friday at Fingerprints on the Fridge
Plant a Seed Friday at Punkin Seed Productions
Hodge Podge Friday at Its a Hodge Podge Life
Show Off Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jellybeans 

Monster Mash at Dragonfly Designs!

Okay, you all know how I love monsters right...?  I mentioned it here and here.

Well, in case you weren't sure...

I LOVE ANYTHING MONSTER!!!

So when I saw these guys at Dragonfly Designs...awwww, I'm in love.

These little guys are definitely on my to do list!!!

And look at this guy...so sweet!

So head on over there and see what all Dragonfly Designs has to offer...tons of inspiration!

Ginger

SSB

The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round!

So I loved my Firetruck so much that I just couldn't stop there...

I give you The School Bus!

Jack saw me making it and was so interested, so I decided to let him keep it!

So very easy, the same basic method as the Firetruck.  But I went ahead and made a tutorial with actual pics and a pattern, if needed, for the School Bus.

If you want the pattern, email me because my computer is being dumb and won't upload the pics.

What you need:

coordinating yellow fabrics

black/white fabrics for the wheels

red fabric scrap for the front

sewing machine, scissors, thread, etc.

First, cut out the pattern.  Lay it out on your main fabric (right sides together) and cut.

Make sure you have a baby toddling around your feet the entire time you sew this pillow!

Cut out a few strips of your other yellow fabric 2" wide as long as you need.  Don't make my mistake of only cutting 2 and finding I had to add a 3rd and by then, couldn't get a measurement to give you...oops.

Next, cut out all your pieces to add to the front of your school bus and lay out the design.

Then sew it all down.

I used black felt for the windows, scrap black polka for the wheels with white felt in the middle, red felt for the stop sign, and scrap red fabric for the reflecting line thingy...not sure what that's called but our buses around town have 'em.

I used a zig zag for most of the stitching cuz I love the look.

Then, sew the 2" strips together (right sides facing) to "belt " around the pillow.  Again, I ended up cutting a 3rd strip so I don't have an accurate measurement for ya.  I would say at least 26" long...then you could just cut of the access.

Then, pin the "belt" around the bus giving a little extra slack around the corners.  Then sew one side into place.

It gets a little tricky but not too bad...I found that I would manually turn the wheel around the tight areas so I didn't accidentally stitch out of place.  Then pin and sew the other side.  Leave a hole to turn inside out.

Stuff and whip stitch the hole closed.

All done!  The cutest little pillow on the block!

Jack won't put it down!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple
Marketing Mondays at The Trendy Treehouse
Craftastic Mondays at Sew Can Do
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Anything Related Tuesday at All Thingz Related
Messy Monday at The Pumpkin Patch 
Show Off Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jellybeans
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design

12 Crafts till Christmas

So I came across 12 Crafts till Christmas today and saw this!
So cute!

A mono taggie?  How neat!?

This is definitely on my to-do list now...she's got a great tut to follow.  And lots of other fun projects to check out!

Be sure to stop there and see what she's been up to.  Tell her SSB sent ya!

Ginger

SSB

Dino Felt Play Mat

So, I am really excited to share this with you all today!  EEK! 

Without further ado...the Dino Felt Play Mat!

I got the idea here but wanted to make some changes.

First off, I wanted it bigger for more play fun!

I sewed everything down to compensate for wear and tear.

And lastly, I wanted to be able to roll it up and throw it in the bag when on the go!

So I made it a little bigger than a place mat.  

I cut everything out and sewed it down, piece by piece.  

I started with the background pieces first and then layering into the foreground.  

 (Sorry I don't have pics; I didn't have my camera).

I also did extra detailing with the sewing machine...here you see some grass.

 And lava!

I took a large piece of plain green fabric and cut it to give about an inch and a half around each edge of the play mat for my backing.  I folded over the edges and stitched it down with a zigzag to cover the raw edges of the felt.

Almost done...I stuck a piece of ribbon about 24 inches long halfway down one of the short sides under one of the folds and sewed it down to make my ties!

Now its ready for playtime!

Need to run out?

Tri-fold the mat...

Then roll up and tie!

I bought a $3 pack of dino's from Walmart and $8 worth of felt from Hobby Lobby.

For under $13, I have a great toy that Jack loves!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design
Creative Therapy at Life in The Pitts
What You're Work'n With at Me and My Bucket

Strut your Stuff at Somewhat Simple
Show Off Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jellybeans
Hook'n Up at HoH at House of Hepworths
Crafty Friday at Home Sweet Farm
Feature Yourself Friday at Fingerprints in the Fridge
Hodge Podge Friday at Its a Hodge Podge Life
Plant a Seed Friday at Punkin Seed Productions 

Burger Chore Chart from Childmade!

Hi all, Came across Childmade today! Super cute ideas and tutorials. Check out this awesome burger chore chart! Is that not adorable for what?

Personalize with what chores your kiddo's are in charge of...or go a step further and make interchangeable chores for different days of the week!




Add some magnetic strip to the back with a hot glue gun and wouldn't that just look fabulous on the fridge???



Great work Childmade! I may have to try this and comment back on how it turned out!
Thanks!

Ginger
SuperStinkyBoys

Felt Playhouse from Fireflies and Jellybeans

Hi all,

Saw this the other day and wanted to blog about it! So cute and totally boy...or girl.

Check out this Felt Playhouse from Fireflies and Jellybeans!

An awesome, mom-made way to play!



Thanks!

Ginger
SuperStinkyBoys

Felt Food Tutorials from Helping Little Hands!

Hi all,

Came across a fabulous site today with really simple and straight-forward tutorials on ho to make felt food! This is something I've been researching for a while and this site has the BEST tutorial I've seen so far! Please check them out! I CANNOT wait to try some of these out...





Please visit Helping Little Hands to get the scoop! Happy crafting!
Ginger