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Tutorial for making applique shirts

February 13, 2012 By Lindsi 4 Comments

Welcome to day 13 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines!
From February 1-14 we’ve done non-stop Valentine’s posts to celebrate this lovely holiday! We hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we have! Tomorrow is our last day. On Wednesday we’ll return to our regular schedule.

OK I know some of you might not want to do this but I promise it is REALLY easy to do and you do not need to know how to sew (OK maybe just a teeny tiny bit)! Your little girl is going to LOVE you for this project! I made the Be Mine a few weeks ago and my daughter has been wearing it out! I’m going to show you how to make one in just a few really easy steps.

Let’s get started.
Here is what you will need
a shirt
small pieces of fabric
steam a seam sheets (purchased online or at a fabric store)
scissors
needle and embroidery thread

Start with making a template. I use my computer to print off photos of things I like and then cut them out. Super easy!

Cut it out and place it on your sheet of steam a seam.

Trace it onto your steam a seam sheet.

Cut those out now too. Then place them on the BACK of your fabric choice.

Cut out your fabric to match your steam a seam.

Carefully lay out your shapes onto the item of clothing you are going to use and STEAM them (using the highest setting of your iron)

Time to get out your embroidery thread and needle now and add some final details.

Ta da- a personalized shirt for your princess!

If you get really bold you can add extra details to the sleeves, hem and neckline too. The sky is the limit!

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A Visit From The Love Bugs

February 12, 2012 By ToysInTheDryer 2 Comments

Welcome to day 12 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines!

From February 1-14 we’ll be doing non-stop Valentines posts to celebrate this lovely holiday!

I saw this idea on the Disney Family Fun website a couple of days ago and wish I would have seen it earlier this month! Though it’s not an original idea of mine, I thought it was too good not to pass on…It’s visits from the Love Bugs before Valentine’s Day! I came up with a few different versions of the Love Bugs so you have ideas of what to do with them.

Version 1:
The Love Bugs are a family of bugs that visit your house every night beginning February 1st and leave treats such as Hershey’s kisses, Valentine M&M’s, or heart chocolates, and notes for your kids. Your children never see the bugs but know they’ve visited from the things they leave behind. On Valentine’s Day the Love Bugs leave a special larger treat for your kids then leave until next year. (This version is similar to the one I saw. Click on the link above to read more about it)

Photo courtesy of telahmarie on Etsy (cute huh?)*

Version 2:
The Love Bugs are two bugs that come to your house on February 1st every year. They are similar to The Elf on the Shelf at Christmas time. They sit in one place during the day and watch to make sure your children are behaving. At night they leave and report to the Valentine Queen Bee. The next morning your children will find your two Love Bugs in a different place for the day. Your children can not touch the Love Bugs or they will loose their power to report to the Valentine Queen Bee. If your children behave from Feb 1st to the14th they will find a special large treat for them instead of the Love Bugs on Valentine’s morning. If you want to take this a step further, tell your children that the Valentine Queen Bee talks with Santa on a regular basis about how children behave.

What do you think? Will your family start one of these traditions next year?

*telahmarie has no clue who I am and I have no clue who she is. I simply found her photo/Etsy shop on the web and thought this was the cutest bug ever. I received no compensation for linking to her shop.

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Valentine’s Crayons

February 11, 2012 By Lindsi Leave a Comment

Welcome to day 12 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines!
From February 1-14 we’ll be doing non-stop Valentines posts to celebrate this lovely holiday!

Some of you may remember our previous post on making your own crayons. Well now we’ll take it a step further. Valentines gifts! It’s a really easy project and your kids will be a hit this Valentines Day with these special Valentines.

Here is what you will need:
Crayons (oodles and oodles)
heart shaped mold
oven
Valentine’s cardstock
plastic bags

Step 1: gather up all the crayons you want to use and peel (the not so fun part)

Step 2: chop with a chef knife (or break with your hands) each crayon into 4-5 pieces

Step 3: pre-heat your oven to 350degrees F and fill each heart shaped mold half way with the crayons

Step 4: bake crayons for 10 minutes and CAREFULLY remove them after the 10 minutes (if you set them aside and do not disturb them until they are hardened the colors will not mix together and make one solid brown color rather, they will stay multicolored)

Step 5: let crayons re-harden (or cheat and set them in the freezer) and then remove them from the mold

Step 6: print off (or hand write) a special Valentine’s note on pretty card stock paper. I used “You color me happy Valentine!”

Step 7: place crayon and note into a clear bag and tie shut.

My son is giving these to the kids in his class this year and my twins liked it so much that I had to go to the store and purchase more crayons to make them heart Valentines for their friends too!

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14 days of Valentine’s Fun Stuff Fridays (#10)

February 10, 2012 By Lindsi 53 Comments

Welcome to day10 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines!

Welcome to Fun Stuff Fridays, Valentine’s edition. Holy cow we had nearly 300 submissions last week! WAY TO GO! We love seeing what our readers have been up to and cannot wait to share some of our favorites! Wanna know more about our linky? Click on “Fun Stuff Fridays” above, then “about”. We wish we could feature all of them! Can’t wait to see your amazing submissions this week! Feel free to submit as many ideas as you want over that time. And remember- spread the word!

Our joint favorite pick was the Valentine Lady Bug Tic-Tac-Toe submitted by Mama Mia’s Heart2Heart. When our kids saw this they ALL wanted one! How adorable and creative! What a fun way to celebrate Valentines and a great way to spice it up with a little game!

Jamie’s number one pick was Kisses In A Cage submitted by Brown Sugar Toast.OK, WAY cool! It sure would be fun to watch the kids try and get the kisses out too! What a creative and fun idea!

Lindsi’s favorite pick from this past week was Cutest Cupids Ever! submitted by Gallamore West. This was too incredibly cute! The fact that you make a keepsake out of feet is so creative! This entire display is adorable!

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Valentine’s Lunch Themes

February 9, 2012 By Lindsi Leave a Comment

Welcome to day 9 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines!

From February 1-14 we’ll be doing non-stop Valentines posts to celebrate this lovely holiday!

Some of you may remember our previous post about Creative Lunchbox Ideas. Well we took things a little bit further and hoped to inspire you to create a fun Valentine’s Day lunch for the sweetie in your life.

Heart of the matter

Heart shaped sandwiches are easy to create with a pair of scissors and a few seconds of your time. Cheese with a X and O in it will send your sweetie to school with hugs and kisses too! Pack some pink yogurt and strawberries for color.

Homemade lunchable

A few crackers, a circle cookie cutter and a few minutes of your time and you can make a great “lunchable” style meal for your cutie! I added some toothpicks with Valentine’s stickers on them for a little flare.

I love you

Send them off to school with hugs and kisses and an I love you! X and O shaped sandwiches, I love you in fruit leather and heart shaped fruit. (Easy to do with a little V cut out of the top of the cucumber and strawberry).

Hope you have been inspired to try out some fun Valentine’s Day themed lunch for your little honey! Share with us!

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Filed Under: tasty treats, Valentines