5 Loaves and 2 Fish

My mom recently asked me if I'd Google a tutorial on making loaves and fish so she could have something tangible when telling the Bible story to the young children in her Sunday School class.  I looked and couldn't find anything and then thought I could just easily make them myself!  After I finished them my husband asked me if they were potatoes.  Well, I guess they do look a little like potatoes.  I planned to add a little embellishment across the top or something like a loaf of sourdough bread does, but figured I'd let my also crafty mom do that if she feels like they need more.  I didn't want to make them worse!

More Reusable Bags

This is the lot of reusable bags that I made and sent to my sister and her 2 girls.  Her girls are in school and thought they would benefit from using some very cute and eco-friendly snack bags.

Crayon Roll with book

One of our really good friends, Ryder, that the girls love to play with, just had his 2nd birthday and I made him a crayon roll and added a spot for a booklet too.  That way you can always have paper on hand for the times you go places and they don't have tablecloths for you to color on! :)  Ryder's mom and dad both are in the band at church along with my husband so I thought guitar fabric was appropriate.  

Reusable Snack Bags

As I look through tutorials I usually find more and more of things I'd like to make and this is one of those things.  I mostly use them for myself right now instead of my kids because they still benefit from the snack cup.  However, I think my mom could use one to take snacks to work in, and my sisters too.  Also, my nieces are both in school now and have to take snacks and what a great thing to use.  Environmentally friendly, cutting down on the use of plastic bags.  Just throw it in the wash! I used cotton fabric, rip-stop nylon and velcro.  That's it!  You definitely need more than one so that when you are washing them you have more to use!  I have only made these 2 but have a long list of ones to make and different sizes too!  I love getting mine out when I'm out with the kids.  It's fun to use and shows a little personality too!

No Slip Bookmarks

I've been wanting to make these for a while now but still needed to go out and buy some buttons big enough to pull them off.  My very special Meemaw passed away about 3 weeks ago and I had the idea for everyone to pick out a button from her collection and I would make them with those.  That way everyone has a little memento of Meemaw that we can carry around with us.  As if we need anything but our memories, we have a lot of those we are carrying around now.  She was such a special person to me and a huge influence in my life.  

Baby Doll Blanket #2

Here is the second doll blanket I made for the girls.  They are having so much fun with them.  I definitely had to hurry up and make the second.  You can't just have 1 of something like this or they really fight over it!

Baby Doll Blanket #1

My girls are always trying desperately to wrap their little baby dolls in their huge blankets so I thought it was time to make some for them that fit those little baby dolls.  I added Velcro too because they always get frustrated when the blanket won't stay on!  They were sleeping with their babies when I took this picture so I had to improvise with their bear.