Handmade Gifts (Part 1)

With Christmas just a mere week and a half away all of our 

Christmas shopping should be complete, right?

Well if most of you are like me you always leave a few to the last minute

This year I decided to save money (not time) 

by creating my own gifts

Lucy now has 8 cousins and 1 on the way so I needed something sure to please them all

For the 5 older kids I made these Art Kits

I first started with some scrap fabric

and made a mini version of the crayon roll

I have never made a crayon roll or even attempted to be honest

Its seems way above my sill level

I started by making a pattern out of paper

I first folded 2 pieces of paper in 1/2

I put the first to the side
The 2nd one was cut in 1/2 to a measurement of 5 1/2 inches
You can see where I folded the paper as if I were hemming it

I took the 2nd piece and slid it into the opening of the folded piece

Once I had the idea in my head, I was able to cut my fabric with the pattern

I sewed the first piece as if it were a pillow leaving one of the longer sides open

Folded it back to the right side

I then took the 2nd piece and slid it into the opening

 I then folded it leaving about 1 inch in the "pocket"

By leaving about 1 inch inside, it gave about 3 inches on the outside for the real pockets

I stitched around the entire square, then I made vertical lines to make the slots

With a little velcro, I attached it to the inside of the bucket

I also used a little Chalkboard paint on the outside to write their names

I put scissors, a few crayons, paint, paper, stickers, chalk and glue

Lucy made some candy and will put that in there too.

Then entire project cost $18 for 6 kits!!!!

I'll be linking to 

You melt my heart

Every year since Lucy was born, we make "handmade" ornaments

You know the kind, the hand print hanging on the tree.

They are still my favorite, so we will probably still do them

But- for now, I decided to make it more fun for Lucy

While browsing Michael's earlier today we saw ball ornaments

They were plastic!!! Have I been living under a rock?!?!

I thought they were all made out of glass!!!!

We decided on the melted snowman 

Here is what you need:

glue

Ornament balls

glitter

some felt

sticks (from the yard)

paper

tooth pick ( I used mini skewers I had laying around)

And if you are lucky enough to have one of these.....

I had Lucy squeeze the glue into the hole,

shake around the glitter until you have a blob

Use your toothpick to arrange the hat, scarf, buttons, and nose etc.

I used felt because I like the way it made it look a little more real

Because melted snowman in a globe are so common and real, right?

She had a blast, however the attention span of a soon to be 3 year old is short

We only completed 2 of the 4

There is always tomorrow!

I still need to had the "you melt my heart" tag

Just not sure what I want yet

What do you think?