artsy crafty kids @ work

Three kids of mine, one kid had a friend over, one kid was happy, one kid was not and one was being the little bugging brother.

However to get everybody busy and smiling we simply got some pink felt out, an old can of tuna finally got used - the kids wondering that it is still full, because nobody wants to eat tuna - , a marker, scissors, needle and thread.

No all that was needed a traced circled from the tuna can onto the felt and cut out and a Chiara's swirl or snail like Soren's snail in the middle of the circle drawn, cut on the line, rolled up and held together with a few stitches.Follow step by step Felted Rose Tutorial from Pretty Handy Girl. The kids did not make up there minds yet how to use their roses yet, attaching them to a stem like a real flower or perhabs a headband or even a belt. I am sure they are coming up with more ideas as they have rosebuds. lol

Don't forget to check out yesterday's post.

Homemade Valentines Cards

Felt is still the big hit in the house, so we came up with an easy idea to use it for making a few valentine cards.




We took some cardstock cut it in half and folded it to cards.

Traced hearts onto felt and cut them out.

Used a few tiny drops of glue to stick them on the card just so they don't slide of right away.

As last step we used the sewing machine to attach the hearts to the card with a straight or zig zag stitch, once or twice ot three times. It doesn't need to be perfectly straight.

After showing the girls the idea Bella can make them all by themselves and Chiara just needs a little help with the sewing machine.



Preview of our next project in progress:

and a little thing out of felt again

Every year when my mom comes visiting we dig through almost all of my quilting magazines and books and just as it goes even we have seen them all before we do find something new one of us is interested in or we just want to try out. And with my sewing machine still collecting dust, working with felt just needs scissors, a needle and thread and a comfy spot on the couch.

Peek - A - Boo

Penguins - one, two, three, ..... many more

These adorable little penguins were our New Year's craft and one of the first out of felt.

They are so easy to make with brads for eyes and cheeks and my girls even changed them up easily. Now we just need to find some snow for them to stay cold here in warm Texas.