Felt Quiet Book

This is the quiet book that I made for my nephew for Christmas. It took a long time and I made my own patterns but it turned out really cute if you ask me! My son really wanted it and wasn't to happy when I had to wrap it up and give it away! LOL I guess I will have to make him one too! Even though he already had two of his own!

The cover my mom helped with. The 1st page is Noah's Ark with a pocket inside the ark as well as the water to hold plastic animals. The 2nd page is Pets where you place the pets where they live (green part is a pocket) and Apple tree where you can pick apple from the tree and then put them in the pocket basket. 3rd page was Airplane which was a pocket with sky diver inside and Fireman with dress up gear/clothes as well as a fire truck with a latter and wheels that move. 4th page (MY FAVORITE) was Boys locker room with a dress up figure. The locker has a football outfit and basketball outfit. Along with a basketball court with balls that go throw the hoops and a changeable score board. 5th page is a Treasure Chest pocket that holds a treat to help keep the kids quiet and happy.

That's my Felt quiet book and I think it is so much fun. I have a few more ideas that I will hopefully find time to use and make more books. I also would like to start putting my patterns together so my books can be remade or reproduced. All in due time though!

Christmas Blocks

 

These fun Christmas time blocks were made by my mother and given as gifts to different family members for Christmas. I just love the wonderful colors and the sweet sayings on them. The best part is little ones can't really hurt them which is a big plus when you have a toddler. It was easy to make and they made wonderful gifts.

Hand Print Lilies

Easy and fun. Trace and cut handprints out of white cardstock (one handprint for each flower you want). Next cut out the green leaves, as per above picture. Curl the fingers and the leaves. Wrap the handprint around to make the flower, then secure it to a green pipe cleaner with tape. Add leaves to the stem and attach a yellow pipe cleaner inside.

Halloween

 

Our Elmo pumpkin was a really big hit. All the little ones loved it and we go so many comments on it from adult and teens too. It even won 1st prize at our ward pumpkin carving contest even though we didn't really carve it.

 

This cake I made without any of my tools. I made this cake while visiting family members, and it just happened to be my sister-in-laws birthday. So I made the cake for the party. Here birthday is close to Halloween and she would always go Trick-or-Treating for a birthday party activity. So I only thought it appropriate to do a Trick-or-Treat bag with candy falling our of it. Not bad for having to throw this together last minute and without any of my decorating tools!

Scrapbooking pages

These are some great pages that my mom and I did during her visit to see me. I just love the Handle with care page and the cowboy pages and well all of them. They all have fun layouts and paper. Not to forget the cute little one in the picture. LOL

 

 

 

 

Personlized Game

This was a great idea that I saw on the Internet. I just love this idea so I made it for a family that has become great friends with us. I found all of my supplies at the local craft store and went straight to work while my loving hubby watch the little one.
This is a picture of the box. I went online and googled Yahtzee until I found a cover that I liked and thought I would be able to work with. Then I copied the picture into a painting program and covered over the first part of the word Yahtzee. I then used Picasa to add the family's name and a message.

These pictures are of the inside where the rules are stuck to the top of the lid and a fun little caution note for anyone who wants to play against the Paces (the family). The dice are wooden blocks that I painted and put pictures of each family member on them. I just re sized photos and printed them on the printer at home. I used my xyron to stick the pictures on to the dice and then put a layer (or two) of Mod Podge on it to sill it all on. I also cover the box with the Mod Podge so that the cover wouldn't come off.

My Quiet Book!

With the help of my very talented mother, we created these two quiet books for my son (and future children). It took a long time and is made of mainly fabric instead of felt. I wanted something that if needed I could throw in the washer and clean it up quickly. Though it took a lot longer because of the fabric I think it turned out really nice. My mother and I created, made and drew all of the patterns ourselves. I am not much of and artist but they look pretty descent if you ask me.

 

My mother found the green backing at a fabric store and it is used as a cover on both books. It is durable and looks nice too. I asked my mom to find something that looked like scripture covers because these would be used mainly to entertain my little ones through church.
Below is the first quiet book we made. In order- Number 1: Apple tree (one of my sons favorites), 2: Mitten & Tent (hiding inside are cowboys & indians), 3: Road way (with fun trucks) & stop light (not finished yet)Another one of my sons favorites, 4:Flowers (that button on) and a Toy box (toys in box that come in and out), 5: Letters (felt letters in pocket that you match to the ones on the page), 6: 1,2 Tie my show (practice tying shoe laces), 7: Barn (open the barn doors and animals can go in and out)

 

Below is some of the pages from the religious Quiet book. I wanted one that would help maintain the spirit during church by reminding the kids about the stories in the scriptures. Number 1:SLC Temple, 2: A fisher of men (catching fish with a magnet fishing pole)and Nephi's boat (build the boat, the pieces are velcro), 3:Shape matching and Tithing (play coins go in the piggy bank and come out they also go in envelop pocket), 4: How to Dress (teaching what to wear to church) and Jonah and the Whale (Jonah is in whale pocket), 5: Six Bee's (honey bee's can visit flowers or go in and out of hive) and Noah's Ark (animals are inside of ark zipper pocket), 6: Missionary (dress the missionary up for his mission. Has different ties, Book of Mormon, shirt, belt, different hair and pants.) and a Pocket attached to the back cover.

I love these books and I am so thankful for my mother's help through all of this! I plan on making and posting more so stay tuned!

 

Book of Mormon Quiet Book

This is a Quiet book that is based from stories from the Book of Mormon. I got this from a friend, to get ideas to create my own. I like the pages but want to make mine with more interactive things to keep the kido's busy during church. Overall great ideas though. I just thought I would share this with you all!

 

 

BOOB BLOCKERS-Nursing Shawls

 

These are different fabrics that I used to make four different Boob Blockers (nursing shawls). The two pink and brown ones were made for ladies who were having girls and the other two could be used for either gender of baby. I really like the crazy brown and orange circle one.

Diaper Cake

The above Diaper Cake was made for a baby girl shower. It is a four layer/large cake with a total of 122 diapers made with Huggies size 1 & 2. For decoration on the cake I added pink burb cloths, cute little ballerina sox's and at the top a pink poodle toy that can be attached to a car seat.

Above is a sample of invitations that I created and made for a baby girl shower. The baby's name meant princess so I used Princess paper in the rattle and of course added "It's a girl" ribbon on the corners.

Santa Baby

Had a little time to scrapbook. I had fun with this page even though it took me all day to complete it but it was worth it. I even got to use my new Cricket stuff.