Creative fun

I am not naturally a creative person, though I truly admire those who are-instead, if I want to make something, I just find directions for it and teach myself! No, my creations don't turn out perfect like the pictures, but I do enjoy learning new things and I'm pretty decent at following directions. My little girls like anything crafty and I do wish I spent more time doing those types of things with them. It is hard when you're busy chasing babies and toddlers around!

My 7 yo wanted to do some sewing, so a couple of weeks ago, she decided to make a blanket for her doll. She did very well and was quite patient, too! We only had a few times where we had to use the seam ripper, but that's okay! It's a good tool to have, in my opinion. Here she is showing off her new blanket...

The past few days, we've been trying to get gifts readied for our neighbors. I am truly blessed by the neighbors we have and like to do something nice for them around the holidays. This year, we decided to do gifts in a jar. We made up all the jars, covered them with some cute christmas fabric and tied on the recipe. Very cute and even my 4 yo was able to help with parts of it. My 2 yo kept pointing to the jars and saying "Chocolate chips! Chocolate chips!" The kids are excited to deliver them.

After doing some fun projects like this, I think I need to get back to a set aside time each day to work on some crafty stuff. It seems to have fallen by the wayside, in order to deal with the more urgent. It is so much fun, but busy life just seems to crowd it out! Maybe our Christmas school break will be a good time to do some of these things.