Boys’ Valentine Idea & Printable

Oh the joy of being a mom to a boy... and being privy to all the things they find funny.  Here’s a last minute Valentine that’s sure to guarantee fun for everyone in the class!

A special thank you to Shellie with simplyshellie.com and her adorable printables that I piggy backed off of by making a reverse side to it so it could be used as a bag topper instead.

Order soon and you can receive these whoopie cushions by tomorrow!
https://smile.amazon.com/Blue-Green-Novelty-Whoopee-Giveaways/dp/B07HF9ZFG6

They come already prepackaged in their individual bags, and I’ve got the printable all sized in proportion to them so all you have to do is print, cut and glue/staple them on and they’re ready to go!

I’m not getting any kickbacks from the maker of these by any means, I just figured someone may be able to use these printables since I already made them, so I may as well share! 😘  Enjoy friends! Happy Valentine’s Day! 💗

Ps: the heart shape was just drawn on the bag with sharpie and you can place the labels whichever direction you’d prefer!  Have fun creating with your littles!  Drake and I had a blast last night! 🙌🏻😂

Pumpkin Puppet Tutorial

 For our Mommy & Me Preschool Co-op
the number I was given to teach was #5.  

Seeing as it was October I thought it was fitting to incorporate
5 little pumpkins... 
which reminded my mom of a song that she shared with me.  (Thanks momma!)
I figured finger puppets just HAD to be made because... well... let's be honest,
the only thing cuter than pudgy little fingers are plumpy little pumpkins set on top of them.  :) With this adorable vision in mind, I began my 45 minute sewing venture to making my very own finger puppet pumpkin patch.

Before I began, I got fabric quarters ($1.50/ea) of varying prints of the same color: orange.  You can get these at JoAnn or Hobby Lobby.  You could probably get away with a lot less fabric though, depending on how many you're making.  I just happened to need 30, 6 of each fabric.

To get started, I drew and cut out various pumpkins shapes a little larger than my finger...

I traced them onto fabric... 

(with the pretty printed sides facing each other.)

As I neared the top. I stopped (with needle down to hold fabric placement) and added in the little stem, a piece of cute vine-looking green ribbon.

Sometimes a few seams would come apart since I didn't serge or zigzag... :) I did this in speed mode with less than an hour till my little preschooler's arrival :)  I can be such a procrastinator.  Eeeh.

So I just went with it and closed up the holes with some random straight-stitches. 

As you can see... I ran into this quite a few times.  Ha!

I think it gives them character. :)

I had a squirly stem fall out so I just sewed it right on.  Oh the joys of sewing for a preschooler and not a client.  :)

 I left a hole big enough to slip a finger through on the bottom and then turned them right-side out, tucking in the unsewn bottom.  Simple.  Easy.  Fast.  

 I just can't get enough of these little guys.

 The finished patch.

 I used our vinyl machine to cut the vinyl that I used as a stencil and painted on the 5 little pumpkins as well as the little gate on the opposite side.  I got these little purses for less than a dollar a piece and tied a myriad of autumn-esque ribbon onto one of the straps, (ie. orange ric rac, polka dots, gingham, as well as pumpkin patch & damask prints... in case you can't see the image very well.)  The polka-dots on the 5 are compliments of a sharpie.  Ha.

Haven loves that she can turn her pumpkin purse inside out and make the gate stand up as a prop to sing her little song.

So you can see how the song goes... I found this video of this cute little boy singing the 5 Little Pumpkins song.  I hope this helps!