Showing posts with label playhouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playhouse. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Playhouse Continues
What else having I been doing? Making a playhouse! I was working on this until 3 am Christmas morning.
After I explained how much work I had left on the playhouse my friend reminded me that the expectations I have are my own expectations. My kids wouldn't know all the elaborate plans I had. So I just went for it! That's why there is no mailbox, flowers, etc. I still have add-on plans but for now the kids love it just how it is.
So now that Christmas has come and gone, I am thinking about improving my strategy for next year. My goal is to have a Christ-centered season that is magical for my children. I want my gifts to be simple, meaningful, and stress-free. Any suggestions?
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Playhouse: Grass & Fireplace
I am going to have grass at the bottom all the way around the playhouse so I started by doing this on the side I wanted to make my fireplace on. Now I am debating whether I should have done the fireplace first. It's kind of tricky having things inside and outside the playhouse because you don't want your stitches to interfere with the design on the other side.
For the grass I cut a 2-inch tall strip of green felt the legnth of one side of my playhouse. Then I cut 1-inch strips every 1/2 inch or so. You could cut your strips after you sew it on too. I don't know which is easier. Last I sewed my strip to the bottom of the playhouse, first doing a straight stitch, then a zig-zag.
For the fireplace, you will need brown felt, scissors, black fabric, templates for the flames and log, and iron-on sheets or yellow, orange, & gray felt.
Cut your flames and log out of your iron-on sheets or felt using your templates. The iron-on sheets weren't quite as tall as I wanted my flames so I used two sheets. To give you an idea of size, the orange flames are close to 12 x 12 inches.
Cut a piece of black fabric to fit behind your flames. Mine is 20 x 18.5. Iron your flames and log onto the black or sew them if you are using felt.
Cut strips of brown felt to create a mantle. Mine are 2 x 17.5 for the bottom, 3 x 17.5 for the sides, and about 5 x 26 for the top.
The last step for the fireplace is sewing it all together. I placed everything as I wanted it, pinned like crazy, and sewed it together. Keep in mind, this is for my 3-year-old he doesn't care if my stitches are straight, so why should I ?
For the grass I cut a 2-inch tall strip of green felt the legnth of one side of my playhouse. Then I cut 1-inch strips every 1/2 inch or so. You could cut your strips after you sew it on too. I don't know which is easier. Last I sewed my strip to the bottom of the playhouse, first doing a straight stitch, then a zig-zag.
For the fireplace, you will need brown felt, scissors, black fabric, templates for the flames and log, and iron-on sheets or yellow, orange, & gray felt.
Cut your flames and log out of your iron-on sheets or felt using your templates. The iron-on sheets weren't quite as tall as I wanted my flames so I used two sheets. To give you an idea of size, the orange flames are close to 12 x 12 inches.
Cut a piece of black fabric to fit behind your flames. Mine is 20 x 18.5. Iron your flames and log onto the black or sew them if you are using felt.
Cut strips of brown felt to create a mantle. Mine are 2 x 17.5 for the bottom, 3 x 17.5 for the sides, and about 5 x 26 for the top.
The last step for the fireplace is sewing it all together. I placed everything as I wanted it, pinned like crazy, and sewed it together. Keep in mind, this is for my 3-year-old he doesn't care if my stitches are straight, so why should I ?
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Playhouse: Planning & Structure
Guess what? I started the playhouse! Finally!
Quite a while ago I drew up this rough plan. It's nice to have a reference before I start but every time I look at it I think, "am I crazy? I am in way over my head!" I crossed out part because I decided I wanted to do something fun on the inside of the playhouse at the two ends, instead of so much on the outside.
The other day I cut my fabric. I have seen some made out of felt, like Jill's. However, I decided to go with cotton fabric for the structure and bought each of these for $3 at Walmart. One twin size was almost the perfect size for the walls to fit around my table. I used brown for the "roof" and have plenty of leftover.
On a side note, did you know you can buy felt on a huge, long roll at the craft store? Most of it was $4.99 a yard + 40% off yesterday. You're right, Cristina much cheaper than buying rectangles!
Any questions on how to measure or plan? There will be plenty more playhouse projects to come. I hope you're up for it!
Quite a while ago I drew up this rough plan. It's nice to have a reference before I start but every time I look at it I think, "am I crazy? I am in way over my head!" I crossed out part because I decided I wanted to do something fun on the inside of the playhouse at the two ends, instead of so much on the outside.
The other day I cut my fabric. I have seen some made out of felt, like Jill's. However, I decided to go with cotton fabric for the structure and bought each of these for $3 at Walmart. One twin size was almost the perfect size for the walls to fit around my table. I used brown for the "roof" and have plenty of leftover.On a side note, did you know you can buy felt on a huge, long roll at the craft store? Most of it was $4.99 a yard + 40% off yesterday. You're right, Cristina much cheaper than buying rectangles!
Any questions on how to measure or plan? There will be plenty more playhouse projects to come. I hope you're up for it!
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