Turkey Wreath

I had a straw wreath that I got at the senior center for $1 and orange and brown yarn so I decided to make a Thanksgiving wreath. I saw a yarn wrap wreath at Hobby Lobby and it looked so simple I went ahead and tried it. 

First I wrapped the straw wreath in Saran Wrap because the yarn was catching the straw. 

Then I tied the yarn around the wreath to start. I continued wrapping the orange yarn around the wreath until the whole ing was covered. 

Next I took some newspaper and made it into a ball for the turkey body and used a second piece of newspaper and made a smaller ball for the turkey head. Using the brown yarn I wrapped each newspaper ball and squeezed and shaped it until it looked like a turkey body (at least I think it does). Then I used some felt to make the feathers around the turkey and a small beak. I hot glued it all together. 

I hot glued the turkey to the wreath. i decided the wreath needed something more than just the turkey. 

I decided to make some felt flowers to go around the turkey. They were super easy to make. I had made the rosette flowers before and used this website to learn how to make the other flowers: http://www.papernstitchblog.com/2011/12/14/diy-felt-flowers-five-ways/

Here they are:

Instead of sewing the bottoms of the flowers, I just hot glued them. Can you tell I like my hot glue gun? Then I glued the flowers around my turkey and added some leaves. Ta-da! I think it will look pretty cute for turkey day! 

While I worked on my wreath the doggies were doing this: 

I think maybe they like each other. 

Candy corn centerpiece

Today I wanted to make a few more decorations for the house but didn't want to spend money. I went to Walmart and got two bags of candy corn and two candles for fifty cents. I also got the crow and the spiders at the dollar store. I had the jars at home.   

First I got some branches from the yard and spray painted them back with the leftover paint from making the fence tombstones. 

Next I filled the jars with the candy corn and put in the candles. I tied some twine around the top for a little decoration. After the branches were dry I put them into the third mason jar and poured in the candy corn around it. Last I added the spiders, web, crow and put the little scarecrow girl next to it, Here it is: 

Monkey Sign and tree

I also made a monkey banner to go above his closet. It's the same as the spring banner I made last spring.

Here's the Grow Love Tree my second grade students made for baby boy last spring! 

Sock Monkey Mobile

My friend Sam gave us a plain, white mobile with a music box to decorate and turn into a sock monkey mobile.

First I cut out a large rectangle and folded the corners around the mobile. I used heat and bond to make the corners stay. I added ribbon to the edges. 

Next I sewed a skinny sleeve to go over the plastic arm holding the mobile. Last I added the 4 cute sock monkeys.

Changing table

Originally we were going to have a dresser in baby boy's room, but our room is much too small. I looked on Craigslist and we picked up a changing table for $25! It didn't quiet match the finish on our crib so I painted it to match the contrasting wall in his room.

After it was sanded

Painting the table. I used a sample size container.

All finished! 

Sock monkey tree

Our friend Carolynn gave us the idea to make a sock monkey tree by the crib. She had cut down two large branches for us to use. We went to Home Goods and purchased a large vase. We put the branches into the vase and then decorated with all different sock monkeys! 

Sheet and Curtains!

To finish up our long day of projects, Mom and I worked together on the curtains and sheet for the crib. These are the simple curtains we made. The fabric matches the crib skirt. We added sock monkey ribbon to match the lamp and changing pad. 

 We're planning to make more sheets another day, but needed a prototype first so we could decide what we wanted to change. We also wanted to see how it fit the crib mattress. 

Here's the crib sheet. Pretty cute, huh? This was scrap fabric! Basically we made the changing pad cover in a larger version, but only put the elastic in the corners.

I think it was a pretty successful day! We finished a lot of great things for the nursery and it's starting to come together.