Gifts for Boys

A week or 2 ago, I posted pictures and instructions on homemade gifts for girls.  This week, I'm posting some gifts for boys I whipped up.

I used old crayons from my classroom.  My son and I peeled off all of the paper.  I purchased some foil muffin tins that I cut apart and created a make-shift double broiler.   

 Once the crayons were melted, I poured the wax into the molds.  Sine it was winter, I didn't have to put them into the fridge to harden.  If you're doing this in the summer, the fridge will be your best bet to get the wax to harden.

Here's the finished product!  I love how they have multiple colors.  There are so many options with these!

Little girl gifts

I have 3 girlfriends who I've been friends with since high school.  Between them, they have 5 girls.  We always exchange gifts, but I wanted to do something special this year.  I decided to make the older girls rings.  We all love jewelry and little girls (7-10) do too!  At Michaels, I found ring backs.  I also found these adorable buttons.  So, the older girls got pretty button rings!  All I did was use my glue gun and layer the buttons on the ring.  Making all 3 took 5 minutes, and the girls were thrilled!

Christmas Wreath

I decided I needed a wreath for our front door this year.  I wanted to do something simple, but special.

 I traced the letters on scrapbook paper and cut them out, then painted the edges of the wooden letters.  J and Y are red, and the O is green.  The great thing about this is that if you get the paint on the front of the letters, its not a big deal, its covered by the paper!

 Glue the paper letters to the top of the wooded letters.

With a glue gun, I glued the letters on and on the left is an angel ornament I picked up at Michael's.  I wanted it to be simple and clean, and I am really happy with how it turned out.

Baby Shower Gift

I went to a baby shower for my niece yesterday.  I made 2 burp cloths, and I lined a basket for her.  I thought I'd post the steps I took to line the basket.  It took all of an hour, and I had lots of fun.  I think my husband is afraid that he's going to come home and find everything in lined baskets!

 I'll start with the finished project.  My neighbor helped me wrap the basket.  I made 2 burp cloths.  The link is here

I also lined this basket for here.  I took pictures along the way, so I will share what I did!

 I used a grocery bag to make the pattern.  Lay the basket down and cut the bag, leaving an inch at the top and bottom.  I cut 2 sides, then cut the fabric on the fold so I had one continuous piece of fabric with one opening.  Cut 2.

 Pin at the fold and cut out your strip.

 Trace the bottom of the basket, leaving about 1/2 inch border around the edge for seams.

 Sew pieces together, right sides together.  On bottom, leave an opening about 1 1/2 inches so you can turn in right side out.  Press seams.

 Sew side seam so you have a continuous circle of fabric.

Pin and sew turned bottom to top.

Voila!  All done, and it turned out so cute.  I think I will make a few more, now where can I put them?  Let's see...
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Pinecone Turkey

My son is with his dad for Thanksgiving this week. Before he left, we made these together. So fun and so cute!

Here's the tutorial from Family Fun:

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/tiny-toms-661426/

I also made them with my first graders this year since I have lots of kids with allergies and have to be very careful with food projects.

New shirt from old!

Last weekend, I decided to take an old shirt and make it new again.  I cut circles for a couple old t-shirts that had shrunk or were looking a bit worn.  I folded the circles in quarters and hand-sewed each one on my shirt.  Here's what the finished product was:

Sorry the picture is bad, I used my phone to take it.
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Lost Earring, made new!

I bought an adorable pair of earrings last month at Francesca's.  As sometimes happens with earrings, the first time I wore them, one of them fell out and was lost in the abyss of the walk my husband and I took that afternoon.  I was telling a friend what happened and she suggested I make a necklace out of the earring I still had.  I loved that idea!  I have jewelry-making supplies in the house.  So, I took a trip to Michael's and got some chain and fasteners.

Here's the result!