Ninja Finger Puppets

If you want to make your own set of Ninja finger puppets, gather the following supplies:  felt (black, white and color of your choice for the belt), scissors, needle and thread (optional:  glue).

Using this pattern...

Cut your ninja pieces out of felt.

 

To make the Ninja eyes, place the white felt face onto one section of the ninja body.  Insert your needle, threaded with black thread, through the back of a single section of the ninja body into the white face.  Do an angled straight stitch roughly where the eyes should be.  Under the angle stitch, do a few smaller stitches to act as the eye.

Ninja eyes...the better to see you with.

To attach the ninja belt you can either glue it down OR using a needle and red thread, sew the belt onto the ninja body, tucking the flap under the belt securing it with the stitches through the belt.

Layer the ninja bodies together and do a running stitch to secure the front and the back of the ninja body together, leaving the bottom unsewn.

Of course, one ninja is never enough, so make a few.

And, yes, I have mad ninja skills with felt :)

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Superhero Mask

As most of you already know, I love felt. SO, when I saw a no sew Superhero mask tutorail from Kinderpendent, I knew I had to try it.

Not only was it easy but look at how cute...er, I mean, heroic they look.

*Don't worry, I don't have 2 more kids that I've been keeping secret from you...the boys are my nephews.

Long before Pinterest

I am the first to admit, the idea of stamping with fruit or vegetables is not a new concept.  My mom claims that when I was in school, I actually made these as well.  And, let me tell you, that was LONG before pinterest and blogs.

Though the idea isn't original, it still is fun and...

for this little girl it is still an original idea.

So we stamped with the rind of celery...

A lemon...

And an apple.  My personal favorite because we glued the apple seeds onto our apple prints.

When we were done stamping, we used our scraps and fixed a snack. 

Ants on a log, another idea that has been around longer than pinterest that continues to be a novelty for each new generation introduced to them.

Wooden Sailboat Tutorial

While looking through the Pottery Barn for Kids catalog, I noticed some of the boys' rooms were being styled with rustic boats. That rustic look appeals to me. Since they weren't for sale, I decided to make one of my own...so I did!

It was really easy. If you want to make one of your own, keep on reading.

You'll need the following supplies:
Distressed piece of wood
Doll Rod
String
Material for the sails and the flag
Needle and thread
Glue
*Optional: Paint to add detail to the sail

Let's get started!

Drill a hole into your rustic piece of wood and insert your doll rod.

Cut out 2 sails. Judge the size based on the length of your doll rod and the width of your piece of rustic wood. *Optional: you can sew the edges of your sails for a more finished look.

I wanted to give my sails some character so I grabbed blue acrylic paint {the cheap kind, nothing fancy, just what I had on hand} and added stripes.

Insert your eyelets centered on each end of your rustic piece off wood and begin to affix the sails. With a needle and thread, sew through your sail and through your eyelets several times to make sure they are securely attached. When attaching the top and inside bottom of the sails, go through the sail and wrap around the doll rod.

I decided to add a red flag to my sailboat. I cut out a thin flag shaped strip of red and attached it with glue. I wish I would have made my doll rod slightly taller or my sails slightly shorter but I think it still works.

And now, we're ready to sail away OR put it on display to admire.