Baby Gift from a Child

It's pretty much any day now for our baby to arrive-I'm so ready!
We wanted to create a keepsake to give to the baby on its "birthday."
Jay is so excited to give the baby the gift that HE MADE
and I'm thrilled for all the memories that will come with it.

1- We started with a picture that Jay had drawn. I just asked him to draw a picture for the baby and he drew this bird. My little Jay loves birds, so it was very fitting that he would give one to the baby.

2-I traced his picture onto regular white paper with fabric crayons.

3-Jay colored the bird picture with the fabric crayons. I also had him write BABY. Then I traced it because the letters have to be BACKWARDS to turn out the right way when you iron it on :)

4-I ironed it-no photo-according to directions on package to a piece of white fabric. {Little Project Tip:} it seemed that the longer I ironed the darker the color of the bird became.

5- Put the front and back pieces of fabric facing each other and cut the bird out.

6-This is a bad photo of the next step because I forgot to take the picture BEFORE I did it. So imagine with me: BEFORE you sew the bird together, pin some little ribbon "feathers" between the two pieces of fabric. Your fabric should be right sides together.
These need to be going down (like I am holding it) BETWEEN the two pieces of fabric and sewn that way for them to turn out when you turn it right-side out.
You can see that the "Baby" words are the back layer of fabric.

7-When you turn your bird inside out it looks like this with fun feathers and feet for baby to play with

8- Jay stuffed the bird himself and was so proud of his little bird friend. We added a bell inside because Jay loves bells and thought the baby would like it too. Now it rings a little when you shake it.
9-I hand-sewed it closed when he was done.

Now Jay's artwork is a keepsake for his baby brother or sister.
He can't wait to give it to our baby!

{This Little Project} is an easy way for a child to create a keepsake gift.

It would be a hit at any baby shower. Let me know if you try it!

5 comments:

Amy said...

That is so precious! What a special gift from big brother. Good luck to you. Can't wait to hear the good news! :)

Shara said...

Came upon this post last week - just what I was looking for. I made toys with my daughters for their new cousin - a rocket ship and a monkey face. Sewed ribbons out the bottom of the rocket and put a rattle inside the monkey with wooly hair out the top. Thanks for the idea!

Jedda said...

Shara that sounds perfect! I'm sure baby will appreciate your thoughtfulness! How darling :)

Unknown said...

This was a great project and I'm trying to figure out how to post a picture of what my grandchildren created thanks to your inspiration.

Unknown said...

This was a great project and I'm trying to figure out how to post a picture of what my grandchildren created thanks to your inspiration.

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