Tooth Fairy Pillow

I finally finished M's tooth fairy pillow and she couldn't be happier. We had been using the generic dentist tooth fairy box but I wanted her to have something much cuter that she could stuff a tooth into. Luckily she's only lost 4 so far and has 4 loose at the moment so we can still get some good use out of this one! Her order was a ballerina. I wasn't quite sure how to go about making a ballerina tooth but I gave it a shot and it was fairly easy and not very time consuming. Now for what to use.... Hmmm....





The Front:





I was going to go for felt but then found some fleece felt which was so soft and cuddly so I traced my pattern onto that and hand stitched it together and stuffed it with some poly-fil. I embroidered the eyes and eyelashes and mouth with some leftover embroidery thread that I have. The 'tutu' and 'shoes' were made out of a onsie that she wore as a baby. This is waaay more sentimental to me than it will ever be for her!





The Back:




I cut the pocket out of felt as well and stitched a tooth on it so she could place her tooth in there at night and get her loot out in the morning. So we'll be waiting for a visit from the tooth fairy soon. Since we can't actually pull any teeth out without having her freak out (she is definitely my child!) we usually wait for a very looong time before the tooth fairy can make her appearance.

I asked my 3 year old what kind he wants. His answer - a monster truck. Oh boy! How to make a tooth into a monster truck??

We're hunting for 'wabbits'

Today it was so stinkin' hot outside but we ventured out for a little while anyway. I had forgotten that I had stashed away a few crafty pages out of a calendar my mom gave me and when I found them the other day I decided that this would be the perfect season for the "Bunny Feeder" project. It was quick and easy and fun for the kids to string it together and then decide where we would like to watch the bunnies eat their breakfast. I'm sure you already have all the ingredients to make one too!

All you need is a wire hanger and some cheerios. The instructions said to clip the hook off of the hanger but I couldn't find my husband's wire clippers so I just unwound it and left it at that. Then bend one end up to make a curve and (try) bending the whole thing to resemble an arc and start threading on the cheerios until you get something that looks like this...

Once you have the cheerios on the length of the hanger find a good spot in the yard and push it into the ground. Luckily we've had a bit of rain the past couple of days so this part was fairly easy. Now the hard part is waiting for some critters to visit!

The First Post

Well, here goes, my first attempt at a blog. I'm not exactly sure what direction I'll be taking this little project but I love photography, crafts, and my kids, and somehow they all roll into one! I currently have about 5 different projects that I'm currently working on and am a horrible procrastinator so we'll see how many get finished. I'll try to post them when I do.