I have been surfing the web to find little things to make for my 4 month old. I recently ran across the idea to make homemade baby blocks. Using some scraps of material from the quilt my mother and I made for my son, I cut the scraps into squares (12 squares exactly, 6 per block). I lined the squares of scraps face down in a "T" pattern, 4 in a straight line and one on either side of the second to last square. I pinned the squares together in this form and sewed along all the edges, until I made a block, leaving only about 2 inches of the last square open so I could flip the material right side out and stuff it. I had an old ratty pillow laying around that had a lot of stuffing I could use, so I transferred the stuffing from that pillow to the blocks. After I had shaped the blocks and stuffed them, I sewed up the opening. They aren't perfect because I wasn't exact on everything, but it's not important that they be perfect. My four month old won't know the difference, its just something fun for him to play with and it made great use of my scraps I had in my craft drawer. Here's the blocks, imperfections and all:

those are cute! I like them!
ReplyDeleteThank you! He seems to really like them and that was the whole reason behind making them :)
ReplyDeleteI love all you're posts... cute ideas! Need to get the bulb up! :)
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