Mothers Day Craft Playdate

For those who couldn't make the playdate, here is what we did and how!

Gather your supplies:

Wet Wipes, the paint dries super fast to your skin!

Paint brushes

Fabric Paint - I used flat not puffy

Fabric Pens - not required but I like them!

Canvas bag or t-shirt

 I painted the kids hands with the fabric paint and arranged them like a garden on the bag.

I did the same with the t-shirt.  I lined the bags and t-shirts up in a sort of assembly line and kept refreshing the paint on their hands after each mark.

I was surprised my 1 year old did as well as she did with putting down her hands 4 times!  It may have helped that she was working on a Ritz cracker but I still think she did great.  These were super easy to make and I've already used my mother's day gift twice!

4th of July T-shirt craft

This was such a cute craft Danyelle hosted at her house ~ I was so sad to miss it! I did get the chance to see some of their finished products and they turned out great. I plan to make this next year for sure!

CRAFT MATERIALS:
Plain T-shirt
Newspaper
Glittery fabric paint
Paper plate
Pipe cleaners
Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. Start by placing a few sheets of newspaper inside a plain T-shirt.

2. Pour one or more colors of glittery fabric paint onto a paper plate.

3. Create a stamp (for each color paint) to print fireworks: arrange four pipe cleaners in a bunch, pinch the center, then bend all eight ends over your thumb and twist them together a few times, forming a loop. Spread apart the ends and bend up the tips, as shown.

4. To use the stamp, dip it into the paint so that it's evenly coated and press it firmly onto the fabric.

5. Once you've finished your design, allow the paint to dry thoroughly, and refer to the paint manufacturer's directions before laundering the shirt.

Video Instructions:

http://familyfun.go.com/utilities/global/feature/fftv-archive-video-player/fftv-archive-video-player.html?video=fireworks_shirt

How to make the No Sew Tutu!

Supplies:
Ruler

Scissors

3 yards of 1 1/2" wide satin ribbon

4 yards of tulle (this amount varies as to how full you want your tutu to be but this is a good start point!)

The tulle should be folded in half already, now fold in half again, and again until it looks like a long tube - make sure to not get any wrinkle in there! Cut off one end to make sure you have a straight edge. Cut in 3-4" strips. It doesn't have to be exact but its good to keep it consistant. then just keep going down the long piece until there is no more tulle left to cut.

If you are using ribbon you will need to make two knots (I was able to measure Gianna and Brooke and where the ribbon met, that is where I tied it off. If you do not have a live model you will need their waist measurements. It seems that 20" is pretty basic. Find the mid point, say their waist is 20 inches, the mid point would be 10 so you would tie the ribbon off at five inches from each side of the mid point.) You do this so the tulle stays in place. Have an additional 20"s of ribbon on each side of your measured waist knots for tieing your tutu later.

• Starting at one knot we will now tie the pieces on to the ribbon. You are going to do a basic loop knot so you should have one side of the tulle open


• Place your hand through the loop part of the tulle and grab the remaining tulle and pull through


• Pull to tighten into a knot, but don't pull too hard or you will tear the tulle


• Scrunch the tulle pieces together as tight as you would like, the tighter you scrunch them the fuller the skirt.
  

Just keep tying the tulle on until you reach the other knot. At that point if it is scrunched enough for you then you are done, if not scrunch the pieces together more and keep tying. I like to scrunch them just a little bit, that way as the girls grow the mom can undo on of the ribbon knots and unscrunch the tulle so it can grow with her.

You can add to this whatever you want.
If using elastic you will need to make it a few inches smaller than the actual waste size and just sew the ends together then start applying the tulle.

Video Instructions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7aSPMEn7S0