Picture-nary Felt Block

ive run out of ideas. ive completed the ABC, 123 and Aliff Ba Ta felt Projects, what's next?

i mean, yes, there are lots and lots of ideas to tryout, but most of them are for girls. and im expecting a boy. so no flower brooch, or headbands. 

no.

and, sadly, no dollhouse. owh, i would love to do the dollhouse.

i was thinking of doing ABC Book or Silent Book when suddenly it hits me, why dont i do Blocks? let say, alphabets blocks like this?

(source)

after cutting 6 square, i found out that to do ABC felt blog requires lots and lots of felt in which, mine is running low. we have 26 alphabets hence, 26x6= 156 squares! wohaaaa!

being the cheapskate that i am, i changed my mind and decided to have Picture-nary felt block instead.

and i listed what kind of picture blocks i wanted to do.

1. Vehicles Block - scooter, school bus, car, yatch, airplane, train. (finished already! yeaaa!)
2. Fruits Block - apple, strawberry, grapes, orange, watermelon, banana (finished already! yeaaa!)
3. Cartoon Block - Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Garfield, Thomas, Elmo, Smurf. (halfway finished as i run out of red color felt to do elmo. )
4. Animals Block - Dolphin, turtle, bird, panda, owl, elephant. (not yet started)

owh, here's the sneak peak of the Picture-nary Felt Block

 top: Vehicle Felt Block

bottom: Fruits Felt Block

nice eh?

owh btw, the design for the fruits, vehicles, cartoons and animals are being inspired by google.

how easy to have google image at your fingertips eh?

i shall share more about the picture-nary Felt Blocks in my next entry.

daaa

123 Felt Project: How to?

since ive finished with the ABC felt project, i started to have 123 Felt Project.

since there are only 10 letters, i finished them in 1 week time! weee!

owh, mind the picture, it was taken using my handphone. hence the quality. 

and no, they are the same size but again, due to the angle of the handphone, it looks like 5-9 are slightly bigger compared to 0-4.

again it is so simple like the ABC project.

here's the how to:

step 1: 

print the letters. i used font: chery liney, but u could use Black Oak Std or any other font you like. the size of the font that i choose: 360. (again, its up to you. if your child is big enough and did not have the tendency of putting it in his mouth, u could opt for smaller font.)

step 2: 

cut the printed alphabets and trace it onto the felt. each letter should have 2 felt (front and back).

step 3:

cut the traced felt.

step 4:

sew the front and back of the traced and cut felt and leave so opening for the fiber to be inserted.

step 5:

insert the fiber and sew the opening.
 and you are done!

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this letters can be made it into a keychain

or

a handphone strap

 or


hang it like this over your baby's crib (source) or at the nursery




so we have finished both ABC and 123 Projects, let move to Alif Ba Ta Felt Project!

ABC Felt Project

ive started this project months ago and it took me more than 1month to complete it.

it started as a keychain, like this:

 

but then i come across this and i change my mind as i wanted to make it exactly like this:

source

cool eh? i showed it to my husband and he simply asked me to complete all alphabets and once it is done, he shall hang it like the pic (which until now, he did not do it. but hey, the baby is due next month, so no harm done, yet. :P)

tho ABC only have 26 alphabets, as ive mentioned earlier, it took me more than a month to complete it.

 still a long way to complete all the alphabet.

finally! im done!

time to move to another project, 123!

owh, i shall share the steps on how to create your own ABC felt in my next entry. is is so easy as ABC.

hoho