Baby Girl Onesies

I made these onesies for Baby girl! Aren't they cute? I have been making onesies for baby shower gifts for years, but I always used plain white onesies. Then I saw someone on Facebook make the same onesies, but she put the iron on decals on to colored and striped onesies. Why didn't I think of that?! So I went to Goodwill and got some cheap onesies. I bought the iron on decals at Michael's. JoAnn's also has some cute ones. Be sure to wash the onesies first so they shrink. Then just follow the directions on the back of the iron on decals. Makes a terrific baby shower gift!!

Baby Shadow Box

I have been wanting to do this since B was born 2 1/2 years ago and I finally did it!! I love how it came out! I am getting rid of B's clothes in preparation for Baby Girl, but there are some items I just can't bear to give away. I have been trying to come up with creative ways to use some of those emotionally attached items. One way is to have a quilt made with some of his clothing. I definitely plan on doing that but it is very expensive so it will be a little awhile before I can do it.

The other way is to do a shadow box. I decided to use the outfit he wore for his birth announcement, a copy of his birth announcement, and a wooden letter B. I got the shadow box at JoAnns and the wooden letter B at Michael's. I painted the wooden letter B and let it dry. I glued some scrapbook paper in the back of the box. Then I hot glued the outfit, the B, and the birth announcement on to the scrapbook paper. It really was easier and faster than I thought it would be! I will also be making one for Baby Girl! Anyone else have creative ways to show off some of those adorable baby clothes?

Art Binder

I am always looking for creative ways to save B's artwork. I don't like the idea of throwing it all in a box for no one to see. So when I saw this idea for an art binder, I knew I had to make one. I love that I can leave it out so family and friends can flip through it.

Baby Shower

There was a decorating onesie station. Look at all of those cute oneises my baby girl will be wearing!

 

 

 

 

 

My friend used her present of clothes, bibs, and toys as decorations. What a great idea!!

Look at these adorable favors! The paper says, "This is a gift for you today, So when I'm born you'll light my way, And when that happy day is here, burn this candle and spread some good cheer."

And more adorable favors. These are bath salts made by my friend. She used baby food jars and spray painted the lids. Then she glued the butterflies and scrapbooking paper to decorate the jars. Not sure if she made the bath salts or bought them.

One of my gifts was a Date Night Basket. It has a soda stream, quesadilla maker, popcorn, brownie mix, and a Toy Story puzzle for B. Another great idea!!

My co-workers threw me a baby shower this week!! There were so many cute things there that I just had to share them all! Hope these give you some inspiration for the next baby shower you attend!

Snack Box

B started preschool about a month and a half ago and he is still adapting to it. He is finally participating in the fun activities but he isn't eating there. We tried bringing Lightning McQueen dishes for him. Still wouldn't eat. Tried bringing him a bag of snacks from home. Still wouldn't eat. I saw this snack box idea on Pinterest and thought I would give it a try. The box is actually a bead organizer from Michael's. I made sure to get one where the dividers could be taken out. I also got some stickers while I was there for his name. I put car stickers under each snack as a little reward for eating. B got very excited when he saw the box with his name on it and all the snacks inside. Hopefully that means he will actually eat some of the snacks at preschool. Wish me luck!!

Letter Cookies

My son is obsessed with the alphabet.When I saw this on Pinterest, I knew he would love it. I printed out the alphabet card from teaching-tiny-tots. I found the alphabet cookies at Whole Foods. B LOVES these cookies. He picks up a cookie and says the letter. We are still working on matching the letters on the board. He likes to just point to the letters and say them. I also printed out his name so we could work on that too. Now I am looking for other letter foods that we can use to practice the alphabet.

Thomas Binder

Do you have a little one that loves Thomas the Train? I do! My son loves Thomas. He is always asking me the names of the different engines. I don't know about you but I can't remember all of their names. Some of them even look alike which makes it more difficult. So I made this Thomas binder. I printed out pictures of the different trains from the Thomas and friends website. Then I put them in page protectors and put them together in an old binder I had. Now we can look up the train names together.