My kiddos were watching YouTube when they found a great how-to about making fidget spinner pillows by IDunnGoddess. The pillows are super cute and just like the real spinners, but they spin around your arm. They wanted to make them, and I thought it was a great idea – a great way to get them off the screens and using their creativity! We went to the fabric store and each picked the color of fleece fabric and felt for their pillows. Then we followed the directions on the video to make our templates, traced them onto the fabric, and cut…
As the school year is finishing up for my kids and I’m helping them make their lunches, I think about all plastic sandwich bags we’ve used and wonder how could I make reusable lunch bags. Before you think about the potential of ickiness with kids / food / reusing bags, think of cleaning them as you do the kids’ lunch bags. Either turning them inside out and rinsing with soapy water and drying, or run them through the wash. The pattern I created uses French seams to help avoid food from getting caught in fabric folds. I also don’t…