You're Never Too Little...

to decorate a pumpkin!  :)  My son had his first go at pumpkin "decorating" this year.  Notice I didn't say carving.  He has a serious problem with weird textures (read: gooey) so he won't touch anything that will coat his hands...such as the inside of a pumpkin.  So, we tackled this problem head on to help him in his Halloween fun.  Enter...

STICKERS!!!  :)

He had such a great time putting the stickers on (and taking them off).  Now, we could have gone with paint or glue and glitter, but those all have potential to make for a bad experience due to his texture issue.  Stickers are the PERFECT early toddler friendly activity.  We used fabric ones and the puffy ones.  The puffy ones don't bend very well so they were only okay.  But the fabric ones are GREAT.  Vibrant and they conform to the shape of the pumpkin.

See...you're never too little to participate on Halloween.  :)

Trick-or-Treat Frankenstein Bag

My latest little project was a Trick-or-Treat "Frankenstein" Bag.  :)  Now all it needs is lots of delicious treats.  I'm so excited because I got the fabric for the lining 50% off.  :)

In the midst of many projects

Hi there!  Sorry I've been MIA, but having 2 kiddos to take care of leaves little time for crafting these days.  But, I'm squeezing it in when I can.  Currently I have several big projects going on.  I am in the midst of cross-stitching my daughters Christmas stocking.  It is so close to being done!  (By the way...this is what crafting looks like when you're taking care of a toddler and an infant.  My son was napping and my daughter was sleeping on my chest in the baby carrier as I worked.)

Also, I am working on my daughter's Halloween costume.  Here is my first time dying fabric.  I found a great onesie dying tutorial here (as the RIT package only talks about dying LOTS of fabric at once).  I did find that bunching up the onesie left it with a tie dyed effect, so if you don't want that make sure your container is big enough to lay out the fabric flat. (Or semi-flat.)

I still have a little ways to go on hers, but it shouldn't take too terribly long.  My son's is finished.  He is going to be PeterPan and I used this tutorial here.  I'll have to get pictures of him in his costume for you another time.  I used this tutorial to make pants out of a t-shirt.  (Cheaper and easier than buying the fabric and making them myself.  Look at all of the fun supplies for the costumes:

My talented husband is making a play kitchen for the kids.  It's looking good so far.  The pots and pans are from Melissa & Doug.  Currently there is a shopping basket of plastic food from Target there, but I hope to find time (someday!) to make some felt food for the kids to use.

 Here are my homemade salt and pepper shakers.  They have rice in them so they make sounds when you shake them.  I used the basic idea from Homemade by Jill.

 I also plan on making baskets for the shelves using this adorable blender print: (I believe it's a Robert Kaufmann fabric.)

In trying to solve my son's napping dilemmas when away from home I am making this roll-up "cot."  Now if only I can find a way to teach him to sleep on it and not just play a game of get up and run around the house.

I also got this adorable road play-mat from my local quilt shop for my son.  I need to put it together for Christmas with the backing and binding I got from the same line of fabrics.  The line is called "On the Go."  The designer escapes me at the moment though.

So, if you're keeping track I need to:

1. Finish stitching my daughter's Christmas stocking so it's ready for her first Christmas. (Due: Thanksgiving.)
2. Finish my daughter's Halloween costume. (Due: October 30th.  EEK!)
3. Make baskets for the play kitchen. (Due: ?  Christmas?????)
4. Assemble the play-mat. (Due:  Christmas)
5. Make the roll up cot. (Due:  Thanksgiving)
6. Make felt food. (Due: ?  Christmas?????)
7. Find time to make another quilt, just because I enjoy it.

Man, I feel tired just thinking about trying to squeeze all of that in.