Pom-Pom Bunny

I just couldn't resist this adorable little bunny over at The Crafty Side of Sarcasm. I see whole bunny family in my future!


See the Pom-Pom Bunny.

DIY Felt Board

Mondo Mom has a great way to make your own felt board and fun pieces to go along with it. My little guy would have so much fun with this!

See the DIY Felt Board.

Crafting for Baby - Pom Pom Baby Mobile from Something Splendid

AAGH! Our Crafting for Baby series is almost over! Can you believe it's the end of the month already? Without further adieu, here's our second to last project... 

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Hi Everyone! I am Emily from somethingsplendidblog.com. I am the red head in the middle. Our blog is about sharing fun crafts, recipes, fun activities, and beauty ideas- all on a budget. We celebrate every holiday to the fullest, throw lots of themed parties, and travel everywhere we can together. All 3 of us are in college, and while we do not have kids now, we do have nieces and nephews that are spoiled with a lot of our creations.

 

 

We have a really cute mobile to share with you here today. Now our idea may not be the most original, but when I perused pinterest left and right for a tutorial and could not find one, I knew this project needed to be out there.

 

Supplies:

-6 pieces of felt (1 for each pom pom)

-Small embroidery hoop

-Glue gun

-Bakers twine

 

 

 

First cut out 1 small circle and 8 big circles from each piece of felt. I freehanded mine, but I made sure to do each color of felt in a different size.

 

 

To create the pom poms, fold a circle in half and in half again and place a small dot of glue to hold it together.

 

 

 

Glue four of the circles to each side of the smaller circle and spread them out to create a pom pom.

 

 

With your embroidery hoop, take your bakers twine and cut 6 pieces of twine in different sizes. Tie them to the hoop around it and then glue your pom poms to each piece of string.

 

 

 

 

 

To finish off the mobile, tie more strings to the hoop to connect at the top and tie a knot. After I took one last piece of twine and tied it to the top of the knot and then to a pin to tack to the ceiling.

 

 

Now you have a super cute baby mobile that you can customize to the colors and gender of your baby.

 

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What a sweet, perfect little mobile! I've falled head over heels for grey, so the pink and grey is just adorable! Thanks, Emily!

Don't forget to check out all of the other posts from our Crafting for Baby series and the Crafting for Baby Link Party. So many good ideas!!

 

Crafting for Baby - Embellished Baby Clothes from Mabey She Made It

Lisa from Mabey She Made It is here today! I had the pleasure of meeting her last week at a blogger get-together and she's so sweet! Plus she has the cutest baby bump - and makes a bunch of maternity clothes! When I was looking at tutorials for maternity stuff, I kept coming across a bunch of her projects. Anyway, here she is...

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Don’t you just love tiny newborn girls in headbands? Those little bald heads (mine are bald anyway) with a little something to make their eyes shine…so adorable!

 

Hi, I’m Lisa Mabey from Mabey SheMade It where I blog about DIY Crafts and Sewing. Today Let’s talk about a few ways to make your own baby headbands!

 

Now before we get started, I’m just going to say I’m not a big fan of the headbands with flowers or bows that are as big as the baby’s head (you can’t see the beautiful baby!), so the ones we’re going to make/talk about today are much more delicate.

 

The first thing you’ll want to do is make the actual headbands. Foldover elastic is by far my favorite thing to make these out of. It comes in a wide range of colors and even designs, so find something you love for the base.

 

Then cut the elastic so its long enough to go around your baby’s head comfortably. You don’t want to squeeze their little noggins but you also want it to stay on. Then sew or glue the two ends together.
 

You can also tie the ends together (you’ll want to cut your elastic longer if you’re going this route) but on newborns I typically don’t like the knotted look. Now you’ve got your basic headband. Time to embellish!

This is where it gets fun! You can go with a variety of embellishment options here you can: A) cut a flower out of some fun fabric, layering the petals and adding something to the center, B) Make a cute little bow out of felt and ribbon, C) Add a few stacked and coordinating buttons, D) Go really simple with a ribbon bow, or E) Embellish a felt bow with some little half-back pearls. Let’s make a felt bow together.

Start by cutting a strip of felt. The strip for my larger felt bow is 1.5” x 5” and my smaller bow is 1” x 4.”    Now fold the ends so they overlap a little, and while holding, cut out a small crescent shape on both sides to give the bow a little shape. Use hot glue to glue the ends together, just overlapping.

Take a second small piece of felt (or coordinating ribbon) and wrap and glue it around the center of the bow.

Glue it to your headband! On the larger bow, I hot glued some half-back pearls to the headband just for fun.

 

And in just a few minutes, you have adorable baby headbands that are custom designed for your baby! And if you don’t yet have a baby to model your headbands, squeeze your 3-year-olds head into one for a few minutes.

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So cute! I wish I had some girls to wear headbands around here. Think my hubby would mind if I made some and let the baby wear them anyway? ;)

Also, Lisa's been having issues with her blog, but don't let that stop you from checking her out. Keep trying - I'm sure she'll be up and running again soon!

Don't forget to check out all of the other posts from our Crafting for Baby series and the Crafting for Baby Link Party. So many good ideas!!

Felt Cartoon Heart Pillow Tutorial

Believe & Inspire has a tutorial for this fun hand embroidered pillow. It's so simple but just so dang cute!

 

See the Felt Cartoon Heart Pillow Tutorial.

DIY Halloween Coasters

These Halloween coasters from Two More Minutes are absolutely perfect for an upcoming Halloween party. You could also just put them out around your house during the Halloween season.

 

See the DIY Halloween Coasters.