Boy Bibs

These are simple to make. There are tons of free patterns online or you can just draw up your own.

I used different colored flannel as the backing.I think it was about 1/3 yard to make a couple bibs.

And remember these shirts I scored at a thrift store?

They made some sweet bibs!

High Chair Recover

I found this high chair for $2.00!!!!!! How can anyone resist that?

But it was a tad sad looking and I just happened to have the coolest oilcloth ever thanks to my good friend Lisa! So even thought he won't be using it for awhile it is ready for him.

How cute is this fabric?

Dr. Kit

I have been making quite a few of these since I moved out east.

I made some name tags for the bags. Just added the baby's name with the Dr. title.

Expecting Perry the Platypus

My girls have been so excited for their new baby brother. My 6 year old has been waiting for a brother for years and her best friend just welcomed a new brother into her home a few weeks ago which has made the waiting in our house all the harder.

To help with the waiting and to help them feel involved we have been making him presents.

These onesies were made with fabric crayons we bought at JoAnns. The girls just colored on paper and I ironed on their designs.

Corduroy insisted on cutting hers out. I don't recommend this for a couple reason.

1. It makes it really hard to iron on. You don't want the paper to move or the picture will look blurry, so if you have nothing to hold onto then your iron has to carefully stay in one spot. I ended up with spots where the holes in the iron are. I tried to correct it but you can still kind of see them.

2. The pictures had an outline and she cut part of that off so when it was ironed on it looked like I missed part of the picture.

 Ady drew a picture of me so the baby would know what I look like. How thoughtful?

 Corduroy also wanted to write the names of what she drew underneath.When she first wrote it out she realized right away that the name would be backwards so she chucked her papers and whipped out the words written perfectly backwards without any help or thought. It was pretty impressive for a Kindergartner.

And because Ady thinks this baby is going to be named Perry the Platypus we had to have a Perry onesie for him.In hopes of her not getting to attached to the name we have talked with her about it and a couple days ago she said that could be his middle name.

If this baby decides to come when the others did I will be in the hospital today. Hopefully that's the case!

And for another variation of this check out Delia's onesies she made with her boys. They are adorable. More work but so worth it I think. If I hadn't already made these I think I would have gone the freezer paper route. The colors are richer and more artistic looking.

Tool Belt Onesie

Super Hero Dolls

I wanted a boy doll so I took my black apple doll pattern and made the girl into a boy.

I added tights, speedo, boots, a mask, gloves, and a cape.

And since I have 3 other friends all due within a month of me I made some extra.

I only knew the name of one so I personalized it for her. I left mine blank to personalize it later.

The Boy Projects

 

This is a sneak peak at one of the projects I am working on for my nursery. Which is really just half of a room. The other half is our office. But it's enough space for what we need and I am having fun with making stuff for it. I'll post pictures of the whole thing if it ever ends up getting finished. 

In the coming weeks I will be posting all the projects I have been working on for our new boy. 

ETA:2 Weeks!

So stay tuned for what we have been doing around here to balance out the hormone levels in this house.

Thrift Store Finds-Boy Stuff!!!

I have been scoring lately finding things for my little guy coming sometime next month. A few days ago I found a bunch of baby knit pants at a Goodwill for $1 each. And in stores they are 2 pair for $10. I was pretty happy.

Today I hit up another Goodwill in the area and scored all this for $10! 10 items for $10. Sweet Deal!

 Old Navy, Gap, Carters, all looking brand new. I even found some other items I passed along to my friend who was with me who already has a boy. Since mine wouldn't be wearing the bigger clothes for awhile I thought I would share the wealth.

 The plaid shirts will be used in another project I have planned to make.

And my daughters winter coat zipper just broke. Fix it or just buy another coat for $1. I know this is not really snow friendly but it will be fine on the days the weather is a tad warmer. Although I am pretty bummed about the broken coat cause it still had 2 more girls to get through.

Happy Valentine's Day!

How awesome is the internet! And pinterest! And blogs! While I may spend too much time on them my kids at least benefit from it.

Last weekend we were snowed in. And by snowed in I mean we got 5 inches, so I wasn't going anywhere. My kids were getting restless and I remembered this pin,

so we made these:

 I also made some heart stamps out of apples ( we were out of potatoes)

And last night while the girls were making valentine's for their family I printed off a couple of these
And they turned out so cute.

#2 is still working on writing her name, although she usually does a better job.

 Last night while the kiddos where sleeping I whipped up these. Another pinterest idea,

 but I dipped mine in chocolate to make them seem more like kisses.

And then what holiday wouldn't be complete without being inspired by something from Made.
I saw this tutorial and knew my girls would love the shirts. They were so quick and easy!

Of course getting my girls all dressed at the same time and posed normal is out of the question.

 I tied up their shirts with ribbon and placed them in their room with a cute box stuffed with a pair of socks(courtesy of the Target dollar section that was half off yesterday!) It was fun to hear them find their gifts when they woke up.

So while my husband is probably not getting anything this year, he won't be home anyways, at least my kids know how much I love them!

The Pink Construction Party

My new 4 year old is way into making things lately. And pink. A construction party seemed right up her alley, with pink. So this is what I came up with after searching online. There are a TON of fun ideas if you just hunt for construction party.

For the party we needed tools, hats and tool belts of course. Tool belts can be found at Home Dept for $0.77. (At Lowes the are twice that.)
And in keeping with the pink theme I dyed the girls tool belts pink. It was so quick and easy to do. Just buy the Rit dye from Wal Mart and follow the directions. No need to look for a tutorial on line, they just seem to complicate things more.

The hats were from Amazon and the tools were from the dollar store. 

We had tons of fun activities for the kids. It took awhile for me to come up with some simple things for 3/4 year olds to make on their own. Most things in the stores required way too much assistance from adults and I didn't want to make parents stay and help if they didn't want to.

The first thing we did when they got here was to paint some cars my dad had made for the kids to make. He cut them out and shipped them off to me with sandpaper and wheels in each bag for all the kids coming. He even took pictures of him making the cars and how to put them together in tutorial form.

I bought washable paint and brushes from Wal Mart and cut the paint so that each kid had 3 colors in their bag. (and on the invites I told them to come dressed in play clothes.)

It was everyones favorite part of the party. The parents tell me their kids can't stop talking about the cars they got to make. And while we were making them my girls couldn't stop telling their friends that their pappie made the cars. They were so proud!

While waiting for the cars to dry we got ready to head over to the construction site I had set up in another room. First we got some stickers out and put names on everyones construction hats. Then we put on our tool belts and headed over for some demolition fun!

The birthday girl got a special pink hat from her aunt, uncle and cousins for her birthday. 

I had boxes stacked up and a ball duck taped to a string as the wrecking ball. My husband held the string while the kids swung trying to knock over all the boxes.

Then they would stack the boxes they just knocked down for the next  person in line to go. I think they played this game for an hour.

They had a rough time having to wait their turn.

But got over it pretty quick.

We did a couple more crafts after this. We made these from Family Fun (without the paint):

And some pom pom ball creature thingys.

Then it was time for cake and presents.
Construction toys were $3 for a BIG box at Target. That is how I decorate cakes. Bake a cake, frost it, then put toys on it to make it look fun. I am no cake decorator.

 Afterwards we finished gluing the wheels on the cars.

Then I let the kids run wild on a sugar high while waiting for the parents to come.