Felt Crayon Roll

My youngest daughter is just getting ready to start to learn how to color so I wanted to make something special just for her own little set of crayons.  I've seen a lot of my friends' kids have these adorable crayon rolls and have been wanting to make some of my own for some time now.  I searched online and came across a few ideas, but when I came across this one at Skip to My Lou, I fell in love because it was made of felt. I LOVE felt.  No hems-- it doesn't get better than that.  So, I used her tutorial and came up with this...

Puzzle Pockets

So I came across this awesome idea a little while back at Cluck Cluck Sew.  Isn't it genius?!

 I never knew how to store my kids' puzzles before, and I always kind of dreaded helping them organize the bin of them because it would, inevitably, get dumped out again.   I happened to have a bunch of sheets of felt on hand as well as sticky-back velcro, and, of course, I already had tons of hot glue.

 

I cut a strip of felt to be the top and used the rest of the piece for the bottom pocket.  I hot glued around the edge to get them to stay and  added the velcro--that was it.  I sat down and made pockets for all of our puzzles and it took about an hour.  

Now the puzzles are organized, easy to access, and don't ever get mixed up. 

Felt Petal Pillow

I am really excited about this pillow. I LOVE how it turned out! (Excuse the terrible photo). I found the tutorial at Cluck Cluck Sew. I love finding sewing projects simple enough for even me to handle. :) The tutorial says it takes half an hour, but it took me longer than that. If I made another one, it would go a lot faster now that I completely know what I'm doing. Also, I packed more petals in so I had to cut more circles than what the tutorial suggested. Trust me, it looks way better in person. And so easy to make! Love that.

Felt Food!

My sweet little baby will be turning ONE! in a few months.  WAY too soon for me. I still can't believe it.  But what do you get for a baby that has three older siblings? We have so many different toys for all different ages.

Way back before Christmas, I found a little play kitchen on sale at Wal Mart.  It cost $16 including the shipping!  We had an old play kitchen that we bought for our oldest daughter over 5 years ago, and even then we had purchased it used.  So, this new kitchen from Wal Mart was too good to pass up. 

When I came across this idea for felt food, I knew I had to make some to go with the kitchen.   I think these are SO cute and are not too challenging to make.  (I am not that great of a seamstress but I could totally handle this).   

I have so many more kinds of food that I am dying to make but this is what I have started so far.  I originally found the idea at One Crafty Mumma, but since have found tons of more blogs that have different ideas. There is a whole list of places at homemade by jill.  I might come up with a few more of my own as well.  It is totally addicting!

Bow-Tie Pasta and Marinara Sauce

Egg, Bacon, and Tomato Slices

Ice Cream Bar and Fudgescicle

Raviolis with Marinara Sauce

Pancakes w/ Syrup and Butter, Bacon

Lemon and Orange slices