Oct
19

Birthday tray

by Sofia   -   in DIY projects  Good things for kids  Party planning

Muutama todella surkeasti valaistu ja pikaisesti napattu kuva Purkan synttäriaamiaisesta. Aamuseitsemältä ulkona on vielä pimeää ja nappasin muutaman kuvan nopeasti ihan lampun valossa ennen kuin herätimme sankarin laululla, lahjoilla ja nallepannarilla.

Just a few photos of Bubble Gum´s birthday tray. I made her a teddy pancake per her big sisters request. The lighting in the pictures is horrible as it was still pitch black outside when we woke her up for nursery with some songs & presents. Please excuse me for that!

Oct
17

Miss Livly

by Sofia   -   in DIY projects  Good things for kids

This year when the pumpkins started to arrive at florists and grocery stores the girls nagged me to get a really big one. So I did get the biggest I could carry (with one hand as my left middle finger was in a splint after an accident at work).  I´m not against pumpkins so why not. We bought the pumpkin for 8 € and then we painted it pink with the girls with some craft paint we already had. I let it dry until the next day and then added a bow on it´s head and drew a face with a marker per Bubble Gum´s instruction ( she basically told me to draw it “a girl´s face, not a scary face”). I borrowed her facial expression from the cute Livly face they use on their hats, dresses and robes so we named the pumpkin head miss Livly. On a separate note, I visited Livly´s store in New York and it was so pretty ( and I saw the robes there that I really loved!)! Kudos for them!

But back to the pumpkin. It´s an easy and inexpensive way to turn a pumpkin in to something cute and for us the pink colour looks a lot better in the girls room than orange would. Now it sits on their dresser and sleeps ( Bubble Gum again ” but mamma, why did you draw it like that, now it´s sleeping all the time.”). But they still loved sleepy miss Livly!

Aug
31

Bracelets

by Sofia   -   in DIY projects  Good things for kids  Random

Cotton Candy had a playdate with a sweet school friend at our house and I wanted to let them do something special for when they were finished with homework. When my girls were babies ( and probably even before I had kids) I always used to imagine all the fun things to arrange for playdates and sleepovers. I know it´s mostly about just letting the girls do their thing with their little friends but a little cute snack or craft is always a welcome addition.

This time the girls got to assemble little friendship bracelets inspired by ones I saw in a very cool children´s store in Tribeca, New York. It´s a fun project, something the girls can wear and it´s also a learning experience as they can assemble their own names from the alphabet beads. If there was more time it would be a fun project to make for all the girls ( and why not boys too) in the class. Wouldn´t it be a great bonding experience if they all had one. One of Cotton Candy´s class mates is moving to Australia so I think she will make one for her as a remember me by bracelet.

You will need…

thin rubber band on ribbon ( make sure it´s thin enough to get through the holes on the beads)

scissors

alphabet beads

regular beads, flowers, stars or whichever you like

tulle for some “bows”

If you like some pretty floral fabric for some “bows”