Kid Stuff

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In 2011, I ran across some patterns for a kid's apron and chef's hat.  (links to the PDF downloads of the patterns can be found on the sidebar of this blog)

I decided that year to make a set for each my niece and nephew (nearly 4 and 2 at the time). I found the pattern adorable, and not so hard to make. The apron is reversible and I chose to put pockets on both sides of mine.

For my nephew

I love me the Urban Zoologie dinosaurs!

dino apron and hat frontdino apron and hat back

 

For my niece

Favorite color = pink!

pink apron and hat flamingo sidepink apron and hat

 

For The Boy

Finally in Fall 2013 I made this delicious set using the Very Hungry Caterpillar fabric. I love this fabric so much!

VHC apron frontVHC apron backAnd me sporting his chef's hat:

VHC chef's hat

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I've been spending some quality time with some of the fabric I showed you on Sunday. The Girl's birthday party is in 11 days, so this morning I set out to finish up her top. If push comes to shove, I'll pair it with leggings or something, though I intend to make some coordinating pants.

It was my first time using a Brownie-Goose pattern. The Lazy Susan pattern is versatile with a number of different options. I decided on a top with flutter sleeves. My biggest challenge was the very short seam on the side of the bodice (since I'm making size 18 months of the top version). I think next time for a top this small I'd just use the dress bodice with the top skirt. It would be 3/4" longer, but less picky than working with those teeny seams.

So without further ado, a few pictures of my morning progress with a sneak peek of the finished top. (Stay tuned for full pictures after her party.) The process pictures can be summed up with: use LOTS of pins when sewing ruffles!

Pinning on the flutter sleeves.

attaching the flutter sleeves

 

And attaching the "skirt" to the bodice.

attaching the skirt

 

 

sneak previewWish I'd noticed those couple threads before now. :-/ Anyway, I love the flutter sleeves. (Oh, if you look closely, you can see the tiny little 3/16" (if that) vertical seam on the side of the bodice under her arm.)

I'm linking up on Lee's WIP Wednesday post over on Freshly Pieced.

Update: The Ladybug ensemble is now complete.

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Mother's Day is on Sunday. The Girl's 2nd birthday is the following Saturday. In searching for party stuff for her bug themed party, I ran across these cute hand print butterflies and decided I'd make them for the grandmothers for Mother's Day. We actually made three sets, so I can have one and it can be used to decorate for the party.

All in all this was fast and easy. I used washable tempera paint and a paintbrush to coat the hand/foot. I realized early on that I needed the kid to relax and let me move their limb (and it was much easier on a nearly 4 year old than a nearly 2 year old). Then during nap time I cut out all the hands and cut the bodies out of black construction paper. The Girl woke up before I was finished, so she supervised my gluing of the pieces and attachment of the pipe cleaner antennae. And she helped adhere the googly eyes.

handprints and footprintsLots of smudges with The Girl's hands (in red) so we did a bunch of extras.

handprints butterfliesI'll label with back with the year and whose hands are whose. The Girl's are red and The Boy's are blue, but you could just as easily use two sets of the same kid's hands to make them.

I finished those yesterday, but I hadn't used the footprints yet so I was inspired to make a dragonfly with The Girl's footprints. More decorations for the bug themed birthday party in two weeks. (Maybe he needs googly eyes, too.) I plan to fashion a ladybug out of The Boy's red footprints.

footprints dragonfly

 

We also had time this morning to make paper plate butterflies. Super easy for any age! We used the dot markers, but you could just as easily use paint, crayons, markers, stickers, etc. Once the plate was decorated I cut it in half using a wiggly line and glued it together. I think I'll include stuff to make these on the craft table for the party.

paper plate butterfly

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