The Bitsi Discovery

 

 

 

 

Make measuring fun 

with this cute

  growth chart decal 

by evgieNev's Etsy store.

The toddler sewing box

 
I was surfing the net the other day and I found two really interesting post about a toddler friendly sewing.  They were featured on these amazing blogs called Childhood 101 and FILTH WIZARDRY.


 

When I found them I thought "what a great way to keep my daughter busy while I spend some time working on my sewing."  And God knows, I do spend a lot of time in my sewing room, and she always wants to do what I'm doing.  So I decided to do my own version of the toddler friendly sewing basket from the Childhood 101. Well in my case it's more like a sewing box.  I prefer the practicality of boxes; they can be piled and stored easily.

On the quest to find what I needed to fill my sewing box, I went to the dollar store and found a bunch of interesting items:

• shelf & drawer liner
• chenille stems
• foam shapes usually use as children wall decor
• plastic bracelet string
• wood beads
• shoe laces
• a princesses metal bank
• small wood shapes (which I didn't use quite yet)

 

Foamy Toddler Sewing Cards 

When I found the foam shapes I thought it would make nice colorful toddler sewing cards.

It's pretty easy, use just need a hand punch, which you can buy at the dollar store if you don't have one, like me, laying around the house.

Using the hand punch, perforate all around the shape.  Don't make the holes too close from one another.  An 1/2" distance is good.

This is optional, but you can also make holes in the middle of the shapes.  I used a hollow punch and a hammer to do so.  Don't forget to put a piece of wood underneath to protect the surface you're hammering on. 

I made 4 holes, as you can see on the picture, because I was thinking to buying round foam shapes to imitate buttons.

Princesses threading game

Since my daughter, like most little girl her age, is crazy about princesses, I thought the bank could make a interesting base to my threading game.

I first blocked the slit with a round piece of clear self adhesive book covering; I didn't want my daughter to insert anything into it. 

Then I punched as many holes as I wanted and inserted a chenille stem in each puncture. 

And Voila!  She couldn't wait to try it out.

Shelf liner embroidery and sewing

This was from the the FILTH WIZARDRY blog.

  Lindsey as a interesting post about it, just follow the link here:

Sewing and embroidery for kids with dollar store shelf liner.

The giant needle threader is also from that post.

I found out later her post on Preschooler sewing kit, which has different things I might be adding to my daughters box.

By the way, shoe laces are great for making necklaces; they don't loose the beads in the process!

My first post!

Here she is, my BITSI MUSE!!!
How cute is she in one of my 3 items for sale in my all new Etsy shop!
I am very proud of myself, 'cause in the past month I opened my Etsy shop, my website, and this Bitsi blog!!!