Richelle's Creative Corner

Lower Case O

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:39:00 +0000

An orange owl for the lower case o:

Nook Cover

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:04:00 +0000

I was the lucky recipient of a new Nook for Christmas. I had been thinking it would be fun to make a cover for it.

Here are a couple patterns if someone want to try to make one totally from scratch: from Urban Threads, and from Chica and Jo.

I remembered that I had this little portfolio notebook thing, that happened to be the exact size for my nook. I think I got this at Goodwill for less than a dollar. Its just a cheap notebook holder from some company. So check your local thrift store, or maybe you have a freebie from some company lying around!

To change it into a Nook holder, I sewed elastic onto the corners of one side. It was a little bit flimsy, so I inserted an extra layer of thick card stock in the pockets on each side. The card on the left side was sticking out a bit, so I covered it with fabric. I also glued on a piece of scrapbook paper over the little pocket that had a company's name on it. Then I sewed a little strap with a snap on the end on one side, with the other side of the snap on the top of the cover.

Outside top view were the snap is attached:

Outside back view where the strap is sewed on, and if you look really closely you can see the little lines where the elastic was sewn:

All ready to go with my Nook!

Capital O

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:04:00 +0000

Capital O for ostrich.

Catapult

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:16:00 +0000

I ran across this project on Pinterest the other week, and knew it would be something my boys would like. We made these little catapults to shoot pom poms.

Of course we had to make two, so we could have a battle.

With the puff balls as amo, no real harm can be done!

Tooth Fairy Pouch

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:16:00 +0000

My five year old son lost his first tooth the other night. I asked him if he wanted me to make something to put it in, and he helped me pick out this little tooth fairy bag. I found the tutorial here, from Purl Bee.

He was very excited to find a dollar coin inside in the morning!

Lower Case N

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Lower case n with a nest:

My son was wondering when the eggs were going to hatch into baby birds. :)

Giraffe Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:13:00 +0000

My baby boy turned three last week. I can't believe how big he is getting. He requested a "Ralph" cake, who is his giraffe lovey he has had for forever. So here is the cake I decorated for his birthday.

Story Dice

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +0000

Another project I have had bookmarked wanting to make for a while, are some story dice. I also made these for 2 of my nieces.

I gave them a little notebook to record their stories, and a little bag to keep the dice in.

The only other thing I crafted for a Christmas present was a rice bag I made for my 5 year old's Kindergarten teacher. I didn't get a picture of it, though. It was like these that I made earlier this year, but with Christmas fabric and some lavender oil in with the rice.

Star Crayons

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:50:00 +0000

I have been wanting to make these star crayons, to recycle some broken crayons, for a long time now. I finally did for 2 of my nieces for Christmas.

They were really easy! I have a silicone star shaped muffin pan I bought just for this purpose that we put broken crayons in, then put them in the oven at 250 degrees for 5-10 min. Both of my boys helped fill the stars. My 5 year old was especially fascinated by the end result. Once they were cool and we popped them out, we had to make another set for ourselves. :)

Put a bow on top, and they are all ready to give as a gift.

Future Ballerina

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:40:00 +0000

Things are finally getting back to normal around here. I want to post the few things that I made for Christmas.

I made this for my sister, who had her baby a few weeks before Christmas.

It goes perfect with the shoes and blanket I already gave her.

Capital N

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:17:00 +0000

N is for numbers:

Baby Dress and Shoes

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:47:00 +0000

I made this onsie dress and shoes for my friend who had a sweet little baby girl last week:

Lower Case M

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:15:00 +0000

Lower case m for marshmallows:

(If I had some, I would have let him glue on mini marshmallows, but since I didn't, I just drew some. He liked it all the same.)

Capital M

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:15:00 +0000

M is for monkeys:

Red Polka Dots and Lady Bugs

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:39:00 +0000

My friend had a baby shower this week. This is what I made for her baby girl:

Sweet little red polka dot shoes

With matching onsie dress

And a lady bug receiving blanket.

Another of my friends had a baby girl on Tuesday. They didn't know what they were having, so now I know I need to make her something girly, too. Look for that post in the next couple days.

Lower Case L

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:35:00 +0000

Lower case l, lion:

Nativity

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:01:00 +0000

One of my most popular posts is the finger puppet nativity I posted last year. I thought I would re-post it in case you missed it.

I didn't get this picture posted last year, but here is the little stable I made to house all the finger puppets.

I was even featured in All Free Christmas Crafts as one of the Top Religious Christmas Craft.

Seeing my kids play with this nativity made the work all worth it. I hope it will help them remember the real reason for this Christmas season!

Capital L

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:24:00 +0000

Lots of lollipops!

(They look more like balloons, but my 2 year old drew all the sticks himself!)

Fall Leaves

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:53:00 +0000

If you are looking for one last fall project to do before we get into Christmas time, this is a great one! Although I had thought of it before, my 5 year old actually suggested this activity. Remembering our spring flowers that we made out of coffee filters, and snowflakes before that, we made some fall leaves.

We cut the coffee filters into leaf shapes, colored with fall colored markers,

Sprayed them with a bit of water, then let them dry,

Scrunched them up a bit, then hung them on the window.

We have a stack to give away, too.

Lower Case K

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:58:00 +0000

Lower case k for kitten

Capital K

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:56:00 +0000

K is for Kangaroo.

Lower Case J

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:12:00 +0000

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick. And a jack-o-lantern begin with J.

Fall Leaves

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:33:00 +0000

We have had a beautiful fall. We've had some cold, rainy days, but a lot of warmish sunny days. Last week my boys were needing to expend some energy outside, so we went on a pretty leaf hunt. We came back with a backpack full of different kinds and colors of beautiful fall leaves. I had picked up the book Leaf Man from the library. After reading the book, and examining all the pictures, we made some pictures of our own, covered in contact paper.

With the help of my 2 year old, we made a chicken:

And a butterfly:

My 5 year old made a butterfly:

A turtle:

A leaf man:

And a couple fish:

Some of our favorite left over leaves we stuck to the window with contact paper:

This was a very fun fall leaf activity!

Capital J

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:05:00 +0000

J for lots of Jelly Beans!

Lower Case I

noreply@blogger.com (Richelle) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:01:00 +0000

Lower case i with insects:

In case you can't tell, the insects were made out of fingerprints. My son really liked making really long caterpillars.