With the school hols coming up in a week in my neck of the woods, and
with many of my friends up in the Northern Hemisphere on Summer hols- I
thought it perfect timing to share a quick lovely kids craft or two.
Simple fun projects that you can build on depending on the age of your child.
Basing them on the age of our youngest {she's primary school age} I'm sharing crafts that I do at home with the kids, and crafts that our eldest {year 10 High School} takes to a whole new level.
This *Rain Drop Cushion* takes no time at all- and is SUPER cute!
It can be easily sewn by hand, or on a machine {depending on the age of your kids}.
You can add sleeping eyes...a sweet little yawning mouth- or leave it as is.
The less perfect it is, the more your child has actually worked on this lovely project- us mama's who love a little craftiness ourselves, really truly need to let imperfect be the catch cry on this one!
Believe me, your babies will love you more for letting them achieve at this...
fabric swatches
needle & thread / sewing machine
toy stuffing
scissors
pencil
paper
what ya need to do:
1. Draw a raindrop shape on your paper free hand and cut it out as your pattern.
2. Turn your chosen fabric/fabrics right side together and lay flat. Pin your pattern to this.
3. Cut around your pattern - it doesn't need to be perfect! {My year 10 of course will differ greatly in opinion to this- but she's yet to have children of her own! Bless her!}
4. Hand sew {or machine sew if your child is old enough. My 9 year old likes to do both- but for this project snuggling on the sofa and hand sewing together was pretty lovely!} around 4/5 of the tear drops edges, leaving a gap to *stuff* your sweet shape.
5. Turn your rain drop right sides out and iron flat. Stuff with toy stuffing {alternately we often cut open larger craft cushions to make smaller projects such as this}.
6. Hand sew the opening together and cut off all your threads {9 year olds have random threads I can assure you!}
7. Throw love and amazement on your child for such crafty-cleverness, and cut out as many as their little hands or friends can manage...you will want many - they are so divine!
The first tear drop may be the favourite, but you could sew enough to make the sweetest mobile for your child's room, a wall hanging of rain, or a larger one with a sleepy face for their beds.
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| {Perfect is over-rated with kids craftiness!} |
Simple fun projects that you can build on depending on the age of your child.
Basing them on the age of our youngest {she's primary school age} I'm sharing crafts that I do at home with the kids, and crafts that our eldest {year 10 High School} takes to a whole new level.
This *Rain Drop Cushion* takes no time at all- and is SUPER cute!
It can be easily sewn by hand, or on a machine {depending on the age of your kids}.
You can add sleeping eyes...a sweet little yawning mouth- or leave it as is.
The less perfect it is, the more your child has actually worked on this lovely project- us mama's who love a little craftiness ourselves, really truly need to let imperfect be the catch cry on this one!
Believe me, your babies will love you more for letting them achieve at this...
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| {Wonky is super cute...in a true kids project} |
what you need:
fabric swatches
needle & thread / sewing machine
toy stuffing
scissors
pencil
paper
what ya need to do:
1. Draw a raindrop shape on your paper free hand and cut it out as your pattern.
2. Turn your chosen fabric/fabrics right side together and lay flat. Pin your pattern to this.
3. Cut around your pattern - it doesn't need to be perfect! {My year 10 of course will differ greatly in opinion to this- but she's yet to have children of her own! Bless her!}
4. Hand sew {or machine sew if your child is old enough. My 9 year old likes to do both- but for this project snuggling on the sofa and hand sewing together was pretty lovely!} around 4/5 of the tear drops edges, leaving a gap to *stuff* your sweet shape.
5. Turn your rain drop right sides out and iron flat. Stuff with toy stuffing {alternately we often cut open larger craft cushions to make smaller projects such as this}.
6. Hand sew the opening together and cut off all your threads {9 year olds have random threads I can assure you!}
7. Throw love and amazement on your child for such crafty-cleverness, and cut out as many as their little hands or friends can manage...you will want many - they are so divine!
The first tear drop may be the favourite, but you could sew enough to make the sweetest mobile for your child's room, a wall hanging of rain, or a larger one with a sleepy face for their beds.
It's a simple, achievable project that could be done in a morning...
Please introduce me to a mother who doesn't like that kinda project!
Happy crafting kiddos!