November 2 ~ Passion for Play
| Sewing for “Play” is just plain fun… The joy you see when kids (or recipients of any age, really) play with something you created for them is so rewarding. Enjoy, and don’t forget to comment each day this week for all new chances to WIN. |  |
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Tangram-esque Fabric Puzzle We think this is a genius idea from Rebecca of Beauty All Around. Tangram-esque Fabric Puzzles look irresistible! Rebecca writes that this is a beginner-level project and it’s very flexible as far as fabric choice (you could even use prints). It’s great for all-ages. |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Food Sachiko from Tea Rose Home created this tutorial for a No Big Dill series. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Food would be so much fun, especially if you were to give this with a copy of the book! |
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Stick Horse Hetty from Light Blue Grey shows you how to make a traditional, and super-fun, Stick Horse. |
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Game Time Picnic Quilt Melissa from Happy Quilting created this tutorial for us here at Sew, Mama, Sew! The Game Time Picnic Quilt would be a great family gift. |
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Frame Tent Have you seen this fantastic Frame Tent from Ruby of Cakies? Any kid would love to receive this special hide-out. |
Related tutorials you might just love: Gifts for Elementary Kids, Gifts for Preschool Kids, Gifts for Imaginative Friends, Gifts: Laugh, Gifts: Play, Mini-Tent Pattern & Tutorial, Child’s Teepee-Style Tent
Bag a Day
There are so many beautiful bags to love out there… We’re sharing one bag tutorial every day this month for you to sew and give.
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Kid’s Messenger Bag Ruby Zaaberry shows you how to make these darling Kid’s Messenger Bags. They look just about perfect to us, and can’t you picture adding a favorite book inside for the special kiddos on your list? |
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Butterfly Life Cycle Playset This Butterfly Life Cycle Playset from Muddy Feet is beautiful and educational too! Kelly writes, “Explore the cycle of (butterfly) life with this wonderfully natural playset! The fuzzy little caterpillar munches holes in his leaf, climbs into his cozy chrysalis and later emerges as a beautiful butterfly who sips nectar from a flower and lays teeny-tiny eggs on the leaf of the host plant.” |
Here are just a few fabrics perfect for some of today’s projects. Click on the fabric images to visit the Sew,Mama,Sew! shop:
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Golden Snitch Butterbeer Cake Pops If you have a Harry Potter fan on your list chances are they’ll think these amazing Golden Snitch Butterbeer Cake Pops from Amy at amybites are magical. |
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Christmas Pals Tags Ning Fathia from babalisme shares these cute and free Christmas Pals Tags, inspired by vintage tin Christmas ornaments. |
Win It
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Comment on today’s post for a chance to win one of these books!
Natural Patchwork: 26 Stylish Projects Inspired by Flowers, Fabric & Home
Author: Suzuko Koseki
Publisher: Roost Books
Whether you are at home or out enjoying a walk on a wooded path, you can add a touch of color and comfort to your daily routines with one or more of the twenty-six projects featured here. By using the patchwork placemats to enliven your dining experience or by taking the hexagon patchwork bag on a picnic in a meadow, you never have to stray too far from the comfort of patchwork. The simple and traditional patchwork styles used in this book are paired with retro fabrics and contemporary designs to create everyday items.
Made to Play!: Handmade Toys and Crafts for Growing Imaginations
Author: Joel Henriques
Publisher: Shambahla Publications
Delight young children and encourage play through unique handmade toys. From sewn and stuffed musical instruments to interlocking paper building blocks and wooden animal figurines, the projects in this book are meant to encourage open-ended play. Organized by kid-loving subjects, the toys here follow the themes of Zoo; House; Blocks, Cars & Trucks; Dress-Up; Music; and Art. Overall, the projects here are meant to stimulate imagination, build confidence through success and enjoyment, and enhance the bond between family and friends through the creation of unique, artistic handmade toys and crafts.
Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts: 225 Inspired Projects for Year-Round Celebrations (US Winners Only)
Authors: Editors of Martha Stewart Living
Publisher: Potter Craft
Join Martha Stewart for a celebration of handcrafted holidays all year-round!
Let Martha inspire your creativity with the most beautiful crafts. The 225 handmade projects include cards and greetings, decorations, gifts and gift wrapping, tabletop accents, party favors, and kids’ crafts, as well as more holiday-specific activities, such as egg-dyeing, pumpkin carving, and tree trimming. Each idea is sure to make the holidays more festive and memorable.
Deploy That Fabric: 23 Sewing Projects Use Military Uniforms in Everyday Life
Author: Jen Eskridge
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Show your pride in our troops every day! All members of the Armed Forces have to buy multiple uniforms, some of which become decommissioned. Learn how to recycle these uniforms and blend in some cheerful, contemporary fabrics to create useful family treasures with one-of-a-kind style. Even if you don’t have a service member in your life, you can make these cool projects using camouflage fabrics or uniforms purchased from surplus stores.
Scrap-Basket Surprises: 18 Quilts from 2 1/2″ Strips
Author: Kim Brackett
Publisher: Martingale & Co.
Get scrap happy with 18 projects designed for 2 1/2″ strips! You can cut strips from your stash or use convenient precut Jelly Rolls. The projects feature easy triangle-free piecing in a variety of fabrics, from batiks and reproduction prints to florals and folk-art designs.
* Contains projects for quilters of all skill levels, including beginners.
* Inspires creativity with a wide variety of designs.
* Covers all the basics, from choosing fabrics to sorting strips to cutting and piecing.
Don’t miss our Handmade Holidays photo pool, and check out our 2010 Handmade Holidays list for more fabulous ideas.
We respect the copyright of all crafters. All photos are used with permission from the artist.
556 Responses to “November 2 ~ Passion for Play”
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I love that frame tent!
Ooh, I love that puzzle idea!
The tutorials are awesome – my nephews will be delighted with these ! Thanks for the opportunity to win one of the books.
The sock horse is JUST LIKE one I loved as a child. Joy.
Fun projects!
The tangram fabric puzzle looks great! So versatile and fun!
I really like the tangram puzzle. Might have to try that one!!!
I have a feeling three of those sweet stick horses will be riding through our house Christmas morning. Thanks!!
I love the bag!!
The felt food is an awesome idea! My son loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar, it’s a great book!
The felt food would be perfect for our grandson! Thanks for sharing more awesome-ness!
We love the Hungry Caterpillar! Those look amazing.
Lots of fun projects…the sock horse is great. I would have loved one when I was a kid!
I had a stick horse almost like those shown growing up! Now that brings back some memories, for sure! Like these ideas today.
Very Hungry Catepillar felt food – GENIUS! I’ll have to make that for my favorite children’s librarian (my mom!)
That game time picnic quilt is awesome. I love it. It would be a great project for spring, because at the moment it is could and rainy outside
Great tutorials, so many fun ideas for children. Thanks.
If only there were more time in each day, right? So many of these projects look incredibly fun! Thank you for all the inspiration and ideas you share every day!
Loving all the inspiration!!
That tent is magical!
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Everything looks absolutely adorable. But I’m all over the Golden Snitch cake pop. Genius!
butterbeer snitch cake pops? I am there!
So fun! Love the Butterfly Life Cycle Playset. Science + crafting = awesome!!
Thanks for reminding me I’ve always wanted to make a Very Hungry Caterpillar set!
Loads of great ideas for day 2 Thanks
Those are soooo cute!
Oh my goodness – so much great eye-candy today. Love it all
Loving the stick horse!
I will just have to make the hobby horse for my daughter, what great ideas.
Oh my! I love that hobby horse!
I would have loved that tent when I was a kid!
Love the sock horse and the frame tent. And I’d sure love to win that Natural Patchwork book!
The puzzle looks like a fun idea! I also love the Hungry Caterpillar food!
These ideas are great! With 5 kids and one on the way, who can go wrong? Great Job!
I love ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and so do my children. I think the felt food would be great to add to a story sack for children. Thanks for sharing this tutorial.
I love the others too, what a great day.
These are awesome!!! I want to make them all!!!
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Oh, what wonderful projects today!
Love these ideas. I can’t wait to make a few for my little guy!
Love the stick horse!!
As always, super projects! The butterfly is sheer genius… how I wish I had thought of it first! Thank you so much for handmade holidays! I so look forward to November for new inspiration gathered in one place every year!
I have seen tangrams with painted wooden blocks – but fabric is a gREAT idea!
Wish my kids were young enough for most of these! So creative. The checkers quilt is do-able for us though!
I’m loving this!
Love the horses, my daughter would have so much fun with one of those.
Great ideas for gifts for the new little ones in our family. I think that the tangram puzzle is my favorite.
I am really digging the kids Messenger bag. I know two very special granddaughters who need one of those. thanks!
Oh wow I love the tent & the felt food SO much! The cake pops Look fabulous so I’m going to bookmark them for after the pre-Christmas diet
What a great game.
how much fun is that tangram puzzle!
Very Hungry Caterpillar food?! That is SUCH a good idea. Some people are so creative!
Those Butter Beer Snitch Pops are just too darned clever. And every one of the books you’ve shown looks full of wonderful ideas. Thanks for the chance to win.
Another great set. Stick horse looks fabulous. And the golden snitch pops? Yum!
love th tanagram puzzle
Love the tangram puzzle and the kid’s messenger bag!
Oh my goodness, that butterfly play set is so beautiful!
These are all such wonderful ideas! I’m looking forward to trying them.
Such cute ideas! I love November on Sew, Mama, Sew!
Love the fabric puzzle–so clever!
love the cacoon. the kids messanger bag is a great idea too for making stash birthday presents for friends.
favourite to make : Tangram-esque Fabric Puzzle
It always amazes me how creative people are! Love all the ideas!
That stick horse is just adorable!
Hungry Caterpillar Felt Food ~ Awesome!!!
My granddaughter would love the hungry caterpillar food! Fun stuff.
I love that all of the ideas here encourage imagination and creativity. Any child would be lucky to receive one of these gifts.
Love the frame tent idea! And that Made to Play book looks great!
cute !!
I love the Tangram-esque Fabric Puzzle! I had a game like that with plastic tiles when I was younger and I love the idea of using fabric!
All so good and Yep – that frame tent is fantastic.
Great ideas! More things to add to my to-do-list!
Those are really adorable ideas!
that felt food is adorable
The Very Hungry Catapilar food is just too cute!
hand made toys are great!
I can’t wait to start projects for my daughter!
The tent idea is a great one! The ‘Scrap-basket Surprises’ book looks intriguing…
Mmm, those cake pops look fab!
Oh that play tent looks perfect for little readers looking to cozy up with a book! Also love the clever butterfly play set!
I’ve wanted to make my daughter, an avid horse fan, a stick horse. I’ll have to add it to my list!! Thanks!
Fabric tangram-esque – how clever!
Great ideas! Thanks!
Great tutorials! I think Santa might bring a tent to my house this year!
I’ve always wanted to make my family a picnic quilt. I love the one you feature today with it being a checkers game too.
That Butterfly life playset is ingenious. Truly original!
Love so many of these ideas. The horsey and the tangram puzzle are so cute.
The puzzle looks like big fun!
The horse is great! Love the tent too.
Wow, that butterfly life playset looks cool!
I will definitely be making some of that felt food!
Love the tangram idea. I’ll be raiding my scrap bins for it!
Thank you for more great tutorials !
I love making toys, and have a magnetic fishing game that kids love.
My gosh, that tangram tutorial is PERFECT! I’ve been looking for something along those lines and couldn’t figure it out–this is so simple and genius!
I love the tangrams! Such a great idea!
I am going to make the quilt game for my picnics next year. :0) And that scrap quilt book… I could use that. :0)
That puzzle looks like such a good idea! I just need all my nieces and nephews to grow up a bit more!
My mom recently found my stick horse she made when I was a kid. It needs a makeover!
that felt food is simply adorable! my kids would love to make (and play) with that!
Such great ideas for the kiddos!
Love the Tanagram puzzle. I always look forward to all the wonderful ideas in this series.
Oh my kids are too big for most of these toys but they are so fun!
We always love “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” at our house, so the The Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Food really, really makes me smile!
Love the child’s messenger bag!
Great projects – love all of them.
The butterfly it’s so pretty.
I love the puzzle! Such a cute idea!
Love the tangram puzzle and messenger bag!
That tent looks like a lot of fun!
I love the stick horse! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Aaaaw! Super fun and really cute. I love the idea of beautiful toys that aren’t made of plastic!
The butterfly life cycle is amazing. Love it.
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Love the hungry caterpillar play food – so cute, and so detailed.
I love the Stick Horse. It’s perfect for boys and girls!
Very hungry caterpillar felt food!! Oh, how perfect!! I LOVE a gift that can be paired with a book!!
My daughter is really loving horses right now and I would never have thought of a stick horse! What a great idea!
The Butterfly life set is so awesome! And the idea of making felt food from The Very Hungry Caterpillar is so much fun!! I love making felt food.
Love that frame tent. My son would have so much fun in there.
Thanks for sharing so many great ideas for play!
I am lovimg all these great ideas!!!
I love the tent and the play food. I also love that little messenger bag. I’ve had it printed out for a few weeks to sew up!
Love that puzzle idea. Christmas for my 3 year old? Perhaps.
Awesome ideas!
I love the game time picnic quilt! Definitely putting that on my list of things to make.
These are fantastic. This is such a wonderful roundup of holiday ideas, and it’s only day 2!
I love today’s post! I’m making gifts for a number of children and now I want to make more!
That butterfly life cycle toy is awesome! What a fun use of felt.
i love it all!!!! i love november!
I’m really sorry to say that I had forgotten about most of the kids books I’ve read as a child (except the Giving Tree), but those Very Hungry Caterpillar felt foods are amazing! Thanks for jogging my memory:)
The tanagram puzzle and tent just both went on my list… Better get busy.
I love that puzzle!
I have some creative kids who would go nuts for some of these!
I had a tent as a kid, and it was my favourite place in the world! Every playroom should have one.
I love the framed tent. so cute!
I would just love to win the Martha Stewart book or the Scrapbook Surprises book! Love this blog!
I love the Very Hungry Caterpillar food! Awesome!!
I think I will have to try making that horse.
Such awesome projects today! I’m adding a few of them to this year’s list! Thanks so much!!
I love the printable tags! They will definitely be gracing this year’s gift.s
I love Handmade Holidays! Thanks so much for putting it together every year.
There are more babies and children in my life every christmas – this post needs to be archived by me for years to come. I love the sock horse, and I need to make the checkers quilt!
It is not often I am so impressed by something I gasp, but gasp I did when I saw that chrysalis/butterfly play set. It is the most amazingly inventive toy I have seen in ages. it absolutely screams “made with love”.
So great! Love the butterfly lifecycle toy, what a great idea! And the cake pops, yum
Love that butterfly life cycle play set. What a sweet idea!
I’ve so been wanting to check out Natural Patchwork! And the tutorial for the felt food to go with the very hungry caterpillar is AWESOME! Pinned that one for sure…
Great ideas!
The natural patchwork book looks great.
Fun ideas!
I had a sock horse as a kid and loved it. I think I may have to make one for my nieces!
Love the tanagram puzzle! Thanks again for more great ideas today!!
I love the tangram fabric puzzle. That’s really a great idea– one of those toys that you’d pay a zillion dollars for at some fancy montessori inspired store!
These are SO FUN! I’ve been trying to think of a gift for my niece… the tangram fabric puzzle looks great!! Thanks for sharing!
I love everything today!
I love the felt hungry caterpillar toys!
The fanatic tangram set looks like fun as a kit for y oldest to pretend ‘quilt designing’
Wow the fabric puzzle looks amazing. My daughter would love it. Thanks for more great ideas.
I am a follower of Cakies so we have this tent and my boys LOve It! Thanks for the awesome tutorial I need to try some of those! I really like the sock horse….maybe my boys will get ponys for christmas! Thanks for a chance to win!
The frame tent is a great idea. Really want to make one for some kiddos in my life, but not sure how I would carry the framing on an airplane
Perhaps I need to go ahead and make it and just buy the wooden pieces when I get there….
Love the playtent, totally making it for my girls xmas morn!
Awesome! Love the felt food! I’ve been thinking I’ll make felt food for Christmas this year for my niece and my youngest son!
So many great ideas for all the children on my Christmas list!
I love the tangrams idea. The very hungry caterpillar felt food is cool too. What a great gift idea with the book.
All very cute! Can’t believe my kids are getting too old for this stuff!
Ohhh, why did i buy that play tent from Ikea? This one looks much cuter!
Felt food…so cute! My grandbaby’s room is decorated in a Hungry Caterpillar theme. Those goodies would be a great gift to make him this x-mas.
The tangrams are so cleaver. My little guy would LOVE that.
Very creative gifts to make – love these!
The tangram fabric puzzle is a fabulous idea.
The butterfly life cycle playset is awesome! I wish it had a tutorial because it looks like it would be so fun to make, especially with a child helping!
I love the tent idea, and the tangram-esque puzzle.
YES YES YES! I am in love with that fabric puzzle. And the “Buy It” item is totally on my wish list now. Thank you SMS ladies for great holidays! I had forgotten how much I looked forward to these last year.
The frame tent is on our list to make for the girls!
Ah…I’ve been wanting a good messenger bag that is child-sized. Most are just too big. Great ideas !
Love the golden snitch pops. Thanks for sharing
I really like the kid’s messenger bags. So cute AND functional!
so many awesome projects. I know someone who would adore the fabric tangram puzzle.
The tent and the stick horse! I know a little boy who would love those!
love the play tent!
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the tangram idea is genius!
The puzzle is really neat, I can see my little guy really liking that in a couple of years!
the butterfly thing is so cool!
Ahhh butterbeer cake pops! Those look so exciting/yummy!
I love the horses and fabric puzzle.
The Kids messenger bag just went to the top of the list of to makes for my nieces and nephews. So cute. Must find that car fabric!!
My nephews are getting puzzles inside messenger bags!
Love the tent idea!
Wonderful! The fabric puzzle would be so loved in this house. May have to put it on my ‘to-make’ list.
I love the felt food. Can’t wait to make that for my little one for Christmas as he loves the story so much.
Really like the puzzle, and the stick horse.
The hungry caterpiller food is so cute!!!
I love the tangram-esque project but I think it’ll have to get pushed to next year. But I might make up a tent for my boys for Christmas. It’s fabulous!
So much fun here. I am glad I have several kids on my gift list!
I have a bake sale coming up & Golden Snitch Cake Pops would be just the thing! Thanks for such great tutorials & giveaways!
I love the November Handmade Holidays for the wonderful gift ideas, but it is also a great way to discover and learn from so many wonderfully creative bloggers.
I keep meaning to make the fabric tanagrams and those snitch cake pops are so cute!
I love the butterfly cocoon!
Love the puzzle pieces! My brain was stumped for an idea for a 1 yr old birthday present and voila- today’s post.
Love the horse – I found that tut last night and am def making one for my daughter – she wants a pink horse for christmas!
Loving the playtent especially!
The frame tent is so adorable!
These were some awesome tutorials! Thanks for sharing.
For Christmas, I want 4 extra hours a day and unlimited craft store budget for months Nov to Dec! Thank you for the awesome ideas!
The tent looks amazing. My kiddos would love it!
These a re great. I really love the stick horse and am adding it to my list!
Love that felt food!
I love the tangram blocks. It would be fun to make blocks just like the tangram puzzle we have in our game closet. Thanks for sharing all these great ideas. I recognize several I’ve bookmarked in days past. Nice reminder to revisit them for the holidays.
The frame tent is fabulous — and I also love the hungry caterpillar felt food. I made so much felt food last year, but there’s always room for more, right?
I love the tent. Changing the fabric would create so many different ways to use it inside and out. It would be just great in a christmas fabric to create a little grotto.
These are all great projects. I was just wondering what I should do with all of my batting scraps–I think I’ll make the fabric puzzle.
Awesome book giveaway!! Might have to make some felt food. Too cute!
That fabric puzzle is so cute and what a great way to use scraps! I’m putting it on my to-do list now.
also love the tangram fabric puzzle – great gift idea for christmas!
Love Kid’s messenger bag!!
Game time picnic quilt – seems like I saw that one before and thought I should make one! No time like a new holiday season to go for it!
I love the frame tent! My daughter would love it.
Love the checkers. I’m about to print out the tut so I can get a Christmas gift started. Thanks for all the inspiration!
The Hungry Caterpillar set is just adorable!
I’m mentally filing the stick horse for props for our class play. Thanks for the links and the chance to win a book!
These books look great! I hope I win one. Have a great day.
love the game time picnic quilt – great gift idea!!!
What fun play things!
I had a stick horse when I was a kid. I need to make one for my daughter now!
I think I may have to put the tangram puzzle on my to do list. My five year old would love it.
I’m wondering if I have the energy to make the tangrams–they’re fabulous
These are so great! I love the horse – what a fun Christmas gift for my little girl. Thank you so much for the handmade holidays. I look forward to it every year.
Gotta love the printables! Cute!
Great stuff today!
What a great roundup of ideas!
I’ve got to make the game time picnic quilt.
I love those tangram-esque pieces! My mind is running away with possibilities!
I think I would love to have one of those tents
That butterfly life cycle playset is gorgeous! It would be perfect in a Montessori classroom.
Some fun things here. I know a little girl that would love a hobby horse for Christmas…
Thanks for the giveaways! This time of year is always fun–deciding what to make for gifts.
Love all these books. You can never have too many books or too much fabric!!!
Love the Very Hungry Caterpiller felt food idea. Add that to my oh-so-long list of to-do’s!
Love that messenger bag!
I love the messenger bag!
Completely loving all this Holiday inspiration on this snow day in Colorado!
oh my gosh i love all these tutorials today.
Love the tent! May be giving that as a gift for my cousin’s litle boy
I love the messenger bag!
gorgeous tutorials… all of them!
The food to go with the Hungry Caterpillar book is a great idea!
The stick horses are so cute. I haven’t heard of the Deploy That Fabric book–would be great for my husband’s old uniforms!
The Tangram-esque Fabric Puzzle looks like a great thing to make. I’ve had the fabric tent bookmarked for a while, it looks like a great project.
What cool projects! Kids of all ages would love them!
Love the Very Hungry Caterpillar food. It would be a hit at my house for sure!
I can’t wait to get started on these awesome projects!
Such wonderful ideas as always! I look forward to this time of year and your Handmade Holiday series. So many projects for a whole year of giving.
All super cute ideas!!!
….now to find the time to try them
The very hungry caterpillar felt food is darling…what a great baby gift!
the tangram is so fun ! and I am definitely making the tent for a little one I know well…
i love these ideas!, the very hungry caterpillar was my favorite book as a child. And now it’s my daughters favorite. she would love the felt food. The tanagram puzzle really appeals to me!, such a great easy idea. thanks for the spark!
When I saw the butterfly life cycle play set, I thought it was Metapod!
Today was the perfect day for me! Love EVERYTHING.
With a simple fabric theme swap, the kid’s messenger bag would be perfect for my sis-in-law, too!
I love the idea of a stick horse
Love the felt food!
That play horse is glorious.
LOVE the hungry caterpillar book and food gift idea–PERFECT for my niece. I hope I have time…
If I didn’t already have almost all of my Christmas gift sewing planned, I would SO make those Tangram squares.
The Hungry Caterpillar food is also VERY cool.
I love the Snitch cake pops!
These are great ideas! I see horse making in my immediate future!
The tent and messenger bag are great.
The tanagram idea is brilliant–I’ve added that to my list of Christmas projects and can think of many people who would like it, not just kids.
I am adding the game time picnic quilt to my list, the trouble will be do I make it for the daughter that likes checkers or the son that loves chess
I just love the stick pony.
I love the felt food! What a perfect gift for some little child with a play kitchen!
Those stick horses are very cute!
Is it silly that I want to make the fabric tanagram puzzle for myself?
Ooh I love the picnic game quilt! Such a fun idea!
These are all so wonderful! My daughter has had a passion for anything horse these days, fabulous tutorials!
I think the very hungry caterpillar felt food would be awesome. My 2yr old is totally into play food and it would make some great Christmas presents
so many great ideas! I love the messenger bag and the picnic game mat
Another day with great ideas. I love the bag!
Thanks for all the good ideas!
I love the bag a day feature this month!!
Butterbeer Cake pops sound devine!
Love these ideas! Particularly the tent, stick horse and the kid’s messenger bag
I love the game quilt and play tent for my family who loves to play games and read books in cozy places.
I love those tanagram squares! what a great scrap buster as well! Now I just have to figure out which lucky kid will get them!
I love the Hungry Caterpillar felt food…what a fun gift!
that tanagram puzzle looks like fun!
Oh! Any of those books would be so awesome. Thanks!
Soooo many good ones today. The stick horse might be the handmade gift for my boys!! The tent is lovely too. Thanks again.
Great tutorials for boys! Loving the messenger bag and the horses…lovely!
The tags are incredibly cute
I remember the very hungry caterpillar- such good memories! I think I need to introduce my nephew to it.
I love the fabric puzzle idea!
Beautiful books & such awe inspiring projects !
Wow….thank you ! That fabric tanagram puzzle
is just super….
what adorable cake pops!
How can you not love handmade toys? I will definitely be making some of the tangram puzzles and have had a checkerboard quilt on my list for ages. And the golden snitch cake! I definitely need to whip up a few of those!
Such cute ideas!
I’d love to get my hands on that Made To Play book… will have to see if they have it at the library!
Love today’s tutorials – the Very Hungry Caterpillar is a favorite around here to be sure – looks very intriguing!
Can I just say that I LOVE November because of Handmade holiday roundups!! I think those stick horses will be under the tree this year!
Would love to win Deploy that fabric
Need to make the felt food for The Hungry Caterpillar book – love it! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the very hungry caterpillar food!
Tangrams are fun for everyone and I know a couple of little guys who would just love felt food! Thanks!!
Makes me want to quit my dayjob so I sew up all of these beautiful things for Christmas! Fantastic ideas!
I love the messenger bag. It just made my “to-do” list! Hmmm…My list is getting long!
so many fun crafts!
Cute ideas for kids!
I love the picnic quilt and the frame tent—those would be so cute for outside play—and for indoor play even in the winter! I would love the Natural Patchwork book, that looks perfect for me! Thanks for the opportunity!
What wonderful ideas! I wonder how many I can make before Christmas!!
The felt food would be a great gift idea for my little nieces!
The play horses cover the little girls in my world. yipee
That messenger bag is aDoRaBlE!!
the frame tent is so cute..and the kid’s messenger bag!
If it wasn’t so hard for me to get up and down off the floor I’d have to make myself one of those frame tents! As it is I may have to make a few for the grand kids.
So many great ideas. I’ve been working hard on a few handmade things for my children’s Christmas. I think my list just got longer.
Ok, the messenger bag is super cute, but the caterpillar and food?! Unbelievable – my kids would love it! They are perfectly cute exact replicas. Swoon.
All of the projects look super cute. I especially like the Very Hungery Catapiller food. Such an awesome idea!
love that owl fabric- super cute
Yay! The grandkids are going to be receiving one of those tents!
Cool projects!
I love the Tangram-esque Fabric Puzzle. So neat!
Thanks for the tutorials!
Great holiday ideas! I have no idea how I’m going to be able to choose what to make for the lovely people on my list!
Once again you have put together some amazing ideas! Love your holiday tutorials and projects the tent is so neat I want to be a kid again!
I’m pretty sure I need to make those Golden Snitch butterbeer cake pops!
I love the picnic blanket and the puzzle. I would never have thought of those ideas on my own.
will comment, indeed!
Great gift ideas for those of us who like to play while we’re making! Love the tent and the great colours of the puzzle. The books this week are fabulous. And a bag a day – fantastic!
Wonderful ideas again today! Thanks for the chance to win! All the books look fantastic!
So many fun ideas! Really love the messager bag!
Love all these ideas. I am going to make some for my daughter who is studying to be a preschool teacher. She would love them all.
I’ve never seen that Tangram fabric puzzle before – what a great gift!
Love love love the tangrams, I think I’m making felt food and stick horses for my neices this Christmas!
I have a home day care. The tangrams are going to be my Christmas gift to myself!! So many possibilities!! Thank you!
I’ve definitely got some personalized bags on my list, thanks so much for your hard work in finding these great ideas!
The felt food for The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a brilliant idea, and then you could make a caterpillar and butterfly too!
The puzzle squares look like so much fun, and the hungry caterpillar felt food would be perfect for my granddaughter!
Thanks for this wonderful giveaway. So much inspiration!
Thanks
Lucie
I feel those puzzle blocks are in my future!
What a great collection of toys! I love the Tangram-esque blocks! They’re inspired!
I have fond memories of reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar with my brothers!
I have been meaning to make a checkers quilt for ages! Someday I will get around to it.
I LOVE the Messenger bag tutorial. It looks simple to make, and it’s really cute! I love the fabric she used to make hers. I can’t wait to make one! Thanks for sharing it!!
I love the fabric puzzle idea. And I’ve been thinking about a tent for some time, maybe this season is the right moment?
The puzzle is fab! So bright and colorful.
Great ideas…thanks!
The caterpillar set is amazing! I also like the Very Hungry Caterpillar set — I know a few toddlers who would love it!
My daughter loves tanagrams, what a great idea to make fabric ones!!! Thanks for these great ideas, and great giveaways.
Love the puzzle project, and excited about the chance to win!
The patchwork book is lovely! I love the picnic quilt idea. Thanks!
Love the kids messenger bag. Thank you so much for being part of my inspirational muse.
My son would love any of these as a gift. I think one may make it under the tree for him this year.
I love the tent and the tanagrams.
My great nephew would love some of these cute toys for Christmas. I’m all over it!
I want to make the Tangram-esque Fabric Puzzle right now!!
Tangrams are awesome!
Such great ideas for storytime at the library!
I love the Handmade Holiday posts! There are so many great ideas! I’ve already bookmarked 4 of them!
Thanks!
Fabulous
Wow, I NEED that tent in my life! Love it!
Oh wow – I loved Tangrams as a kid! And yes, even though I am a grown-up now, I may have to make a set of those for myself. And maybe, if they’re lucky, a set each for my nieces.
But mostly for myself.
Too much cute stuff — my grandkids will be spoiled. Thanks!
Fun ideas.
I need a picnic quilt.
I love the frame tent!!
Love the messenger bag!
Wonderful books!
I love the tent, I’m going to see if it is something I can accomplish. Also, Natural Patchwork looks so pretty and who doesn’t enjoy some Martha Stewart.
I like that frame tent!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar food is ADORABLE!!! This would be super cute in a kindergarten classroom!
Yes!! The messenger bag is exactly what I need!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Wow – so many great ideas! I love the Hungry Caterpillar food, the frame tent, and the messenger bag!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love that messenger bag – the instructions were great too. Thanks.
I love the tangrams!
What great ideas!!!! Love the hungry caterpillar food!
Love those kids messenger bags!
I love the messenger bag — and there were so many other great tutorials on Zaaberry. Just want I needed to see today!
Love the tent!
Is there an actual tutorial for the Very Hungry Caterpillar felt food? I would love to make them, but some of the pieces, like the pie, I would need some help with!
Love the felt food, adorable!
frame tent!!!! awesome!
would love natural patchwork. thank you!
WoW!! What great ideas. I have a nephew that just turned one year old and I know several of these projects would be a hit with him. All the books look wonderful. Thanks for the giveaway.
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My son loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar! The felt food is now on my to-do list.
I’m so happy that you have put this together. I’m so amazed and it’s only the beginning. haha. Great toys and great books.
Thanks for the giveaway and a chance to win.
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My kids would love the tanagrams. Looks like something I could pull off!
I’m so amazed and inspired by everything here. Thank you for putting all these great ideas etc. here for us.
Great toys and great books!!
Thank you for the giveaway and a chance to win.
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Can I just make some of these for myself(I was deprived as a child)!
I want to put a stick horse next to my tent in the corral(front room)!
A lot of kids are going to be happy this holiday!
Great stuff today! Thank you!
So many fun ideas! I want to be retired so I can do them all!
so many fun things to do… not enough time!!!
These are fantastic projects! I love the messenger bag & the game quilt.
All of these just look like to much fun to make!
Thanks, Nancy
I love the hobby horses – I used to have one of those. Am I too old for one now??
Great ideas! The stickhorse is my favourite!!!:)
I love the stick horse !! wow !
You guys gather the BEST ideas! Thank you
So many good ideas!
Thanks for the great tutorials! Love the felt food idea)
The tangram puzzles are wonderful-need to make some for my grandson!
That picnic quilt is great! I also like the printable tags. Thanks!
I must get someone to make me those cake pops!
Amazing as always
The game quilt is my favorite – i think!
What a great idea the tangram puzzle is!
Love the different ideas – I’ve made some cake pops recently – they are a lot of fun.
The “Very Hungry Caterpillar” felt food is great!
How fantastic are those stick horses?? The tangram squares also look pretty fantastic, as do the VHC felt food! So much inspiration in this list
Thanks!
The frame tent is such a great idea.
Whoa! I didn’t expect so many great ideas!! There are a lot of creative people out there. Isn’t it fun that they share!!! Thank you!!!
Love all of these ideas! I can’t wait for my nephew to grow a little so I can make him some of them. Ok, so I have to wait for him to be BORN first!
I tweeted!
All of those books look full of inspiration !
So many great ideas! Thanks!
Great ideas! The food and bag are my fav.
Love the bag
Love the fabric puzzle! And the Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of our favorite books–I might have to make some of the food to match!
I love the puzzle and the messenger bags. I have a zillion things on my to-d0 list! I should be set for the next 5 years.
So many ideas, so little time!
What a wonderful surprise!
Thank you!
Kind regards from Germany.
Claudia
I really like the picnic quilt!
I would have loved every single one of those playthings when I was a child. So cute!
We love the hungry caterpillar book and that felt food looks like fun to have to go along with the story.
So much inspiration to start creating! My daughter is still a little young, but maybe by the time I’m done, she’d love the Very Hungry Catepillar felt food. and the horse. and the messenger bag!
I’m SEW glad I found this blog when I bought my sewing machine!
this might be my favorite category….
Great ideas for boys. They are always harder to sew for. Thanks.
Love the messenger bag and the cute Christmas Pals tags!!
we made the frame tent for my son and he adores it! very easy as well..
What a fabulous set of tutorials! I want to make them all! I think I will start with the messenger bag tutorial. I’ve been looking for just the right messenger bag to make for my nephew.
These all look great. Love this tutorial, so much fun!
What wonderful ideas! I will definitely check out the butterfly life cycle set!
Love the frame tent. My little nephews would love it!
The fabric puzzle is such an awesome idea. I have several friends with new babies… This would be a great gift! Thanks for gathering the inspirations.
Starting off with a bang! on the handmade holidays.
Thank you for the ideas.
i want to make that messenger so cute, i would love that for my sons diaper bag
love the ideas
These are all wonderful books and ideas!
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Love the felt food for The Very Hungry Caterpillar book.
WOW! That Hungry Caterpillar set is so cool! And the butterfly life cycle! Very cool ideas.
I’ve been waiting months for Handmade Holidays! It’s living up to my high expectations. I love the stick horse…and the tent…and the tangram puzzle!
I want to make the kids messenger bag. My son would feel so grown up with a bag like that!
The stick horse is at the top of my to do list – thank you!
What fabulous giveaway prizes you have. I’ve got Natural Patchwork on my wishlist
Wow the sock horses & the felt food are both great project ideas! I love your november line up so far.
Ooh I LOVE that kid sized messenger bag!
Really like the horses, and my kids informed me that they need the tent.
Is that another new Martha book?
That butterfly life cyle playset is genius!! And I LOVE the hungry caterpillar playset. Wish I had seen that when I was planning my son’s Hungry Caterpillar party.
I see some potential gift ideas here! Fun ideas.
The frame tent is lovely.
More great ideas! Thanks!
Just found out about these GREAT ideas for Homemade Holiday! I’ll will try to make it back here every day as it’s so fun and creative!
that stick horse is fabtastic!
What fun! I love making toys for my daughter!
The tent idea is awesome… gotta save this one for when I have kids in the future!
What wonderful books in this giveaway and I love the tent & the Bag A-Day links!
Love the stick horse!!
We are huge Eric Carle fans here, so I’m thinking the felt food is awesome!
My children would love these projects!
I love these ideas! The stick horses are a must for my nieces and nephew. thanks!
So many wonderful ideas, how am I going to get them all done before Christmas?!
I remember making my daughter a stick horse! I think I will have to use the tutorial to make my grandchildren their own stick horses.
my son would love the hungry caterpiller felt food! I love the butterfly life cycles playset too!
too much fun! I’m drooling.
These projects will definitely get the passion for play bubbling in a child!
Thanks for all these projects! I love them.
I am so into the stick horses. i have been searching around for one for my son. I am just going to make it instead! YAhoo. Also love the tangran-esque fabric puzzle. What a great idea! So creative….
The whole list is awesome, but the tangrams are a must-have for my house!!
I love the felt items– the butterfly, and of course, the food. Play food is just so darn cute (and calorie free!) I made my 14- month-old some felt ice-cream cones for her 1st b-day, and she pretends to lick them. She makes a funny face when she gets fuzz on her tongue!
Love these. Think I just found my niece’s gift.
Thanks for the cute ideas!
I dream of making my kids a tent.
A snitch cake pop. Bakerella would be proud!
The Tangram puzzles are great!
Love the butterfly lifecycle! I have a niece who goes to a Montesorri school. It’ll be great for her class.
My daughter and her family started camping this summer. My grandchildren would love the game quilt. Thanks for the tutorial.
cute ideas! love the cute tent!
I wish I’d had that Very Hungry Caterpillar set when I taught Kindergarten! Adorable!
These are all wonderful gifting ideas…I especially like the stick horses, and Melissa Corry’s game quilt!
The Tangram Fabric Puzzle would be a hit at our house for both kids and adults.
These would be great for my little girl!
Oh my grandkids would love the framed tent. All the ideas are terrific.
I especially love the butterfly life cycle set- how sweet!
ohh, how i love sewing… let me count the ways
i just want to stop cleaning and cooking and hole my whole self up with my sewing machine!!! my kids would miss me though…. on the to do list!!
Oh, my gracious!!! That stick horse! I’m in love!
I love the frame tent
I have 2 small family members who would love that tent! As an added bonus, their mom could get all of her tablecloths back!
I love the tent. We finally have some young ones in the family again, and I know that they would love the tent.
These are all great ideas and so much better than store-bought gifts. I really like the tangram puzzle.
I’m afraid to make a quilt, but I just might try because that game quilt is so adorable!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Food is so cute! I can’t find the link for the tutorial but the photos are great and I think I may be able to make it even without a tutorial.
that golden snitch is the best!
Such cute ideas. And oh oh oh, I would LOVE that Martha Stewart book!
You had me at butterbeer-yummmm! Those cake pops are a great idea for my Potter loving husband.
Love the messenger bag…it would be great for a DVD player also!
That kids messenger bag is amazing.
Those tangram squares made my heart skip a beat! Love them!
Awesome prizes!
Oh, I love the butterfly lifecycle toy! SO smart!
They’re all SO CUTE. Lots of these are going in my project queue.
The very hungry caterpillar was my fave book as a kid, I passed it on to my Nephew, so this would be a great additional to go with that.
My daughter loves the Very Hungry Caterpillar never thought to have the food to go with it
The Golden Snitch Butterbeer Cake Pops are brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
I like all of the books, and with a new grandchild I’ll be able to make the tutorials.
these are great play ideas- love the tent, the felt food and the stick horse esp.- so will my nephew!
My husband and I have been known to drink our weight in butterbeer. The Butterbeer pops look amazing!
The hungry caterpillar is one of our favorite books to give — now I will have to get cracking on the play food to go with it!
I love these ideas. The trick is to find the time to do them. Do you give away free time? Ha!
I love the very hungy catapillar felt food. Would love to win one of the books! Thanks
These are all amazing ideas/projects! Thanks.
The frame tent is genius – what a great gift idea!
Wow. SO much awesomeness in one place. The Tangram-esque Fabric Puzzle is amazing. That would keep a child busy for hours.
The Kid’s Messenger Bag is a great tutorial and super cute too. In looking at her blog, those adorable toy bags would be a great idea to give with the Messenger bag as a gift.
And the other things are just as wonderful.
Great ideas!
I love thee tutorials, thanks so much.
Fun ideas! The tent is my fave!
Great ideas–I really like the hungry caterpillar felt food.
The messenger bag is so cute!
Love ideas…the stick horses are adorable!
I love the bag a day. Such a cute little messenger bag.
I love the frame tent. I would have loved one when I was younger.
the frame tent and stick horse are so cute.
Cute ideas!! love the tent!
I had seen the frame tent tutorial before, but I appreciate the reminder! My nephew might need one of these (and a stick horse to ride to the campsite!)
I am totally going to make my boys stick horses for Christmas. Too fun.
Aww, I love the butterfly life cycle playset.
I love the frame tent! And the tangram puzzles! Too many to choose from!
Stick horses … tents … and puzzles = hours of fun
*I’d* love the snitch cake pops!
Such great ideas today. I’m going to have to make a few of these for my daughter!
love the puzzle idea!
I love the stitch horse.
Love the puzzle idea! Looks like a great stash-buster as well.
Great ideas! The Very Hungry Caterpillar was one of my children’s favourite books!
I’ve been looking for some felt food to make…and I might just have to splurge on the Butterfly Life Cycle Playset for my son…he would LOVE it!
i would probably play with these as much as my kids would!
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I’m blown away by all of this activity! Love that patchwork book!
The felt food is super cute – and who doesn’t love that book?! Also the horse is super cute too. I had one of those as a child
Oh that frame tent! Would love to make an oversized one for my son to take to Bonnaroo next summer…perfect for much needed shade!
Okay how many new things can I add to my to do list. These are awesome.
So many awesome tutorials!
These books are great.
Fun toddler ideas
Lots of great ideas for the nephews & niece and all our friend’s children. Thank you!
The horse and the felt food are going to be a must this year.
The tent is a definite for my neices.
I’m sort of obsessive about play food. I love making it for my nieces and nephews…and who am I kidding, for me toO!
made to play looks like fun!
Such great ideas — love the tent, the game quilt and the play food!
The tangram is great!
That food idea is so cute!
i would love to win “made to play”!
I love the tent frame and the felt butterfly life cycle. Great ideas!
Dena’s fabric choice is just lovely…and I really like the life cycle idea.
My favorite: the kid’s messenger bag:)
How many of these projects will become my last minute holiday gifts?? So much inspirartion.
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My daughter makes tanagrams out of her breakfast cereal! What a great idea to make fabric ones.
Oh my, yummy!!!!! Cant wait to try this!!
This looks a-maz-ing. And since I just polished off our homemade granola at breakfast this morning, I’m going to have to fix this soon!