A great gift for little fingers are squeshy tag stacking blocks. There are lots of free patterns for them out there, but they are simple enough that you can get the job done with out a real pattern. Here is my take on them.
(difficulty/time scale I would rank these as easy peasy maybe an hour at the most to whip up a whole set)
Supplies - (6-6x6 pieces of soft and fun fabric)X the number of blocks you want to make
- (4-2" pieces of cordinating ribbion)X the number of the blocks you want to make
- Stuffing (I like to save old pillows )
- Cordinating thread
- Needle
- Sewing machine
Process
- Step 1. Take four of the squares and sew Square1's edge to Square2's edge (right sides together (right sides are the sides of te fabric that you want to show)) then sew Square2's other edge to Square3's edge then sew Square3's other edge to Square4's edge (you should have a straight line of fabric) finally for this step Sew Square4's edge to Square1's edge (you should now have a circle of fabric)
- Step 2. Take the the other 2 squares and attatch them as tops and bottoms (be sure to leave a spot unsewn to turn you project right side in)
- Step 3. Turn your project right side in and stuff with your fill (make sure to poke all your corner with the corner stick to get nice stiff corners) also at this point if you wish you can put jingle bells in the block or maybe krinkle paper
- Step4. Sew up your turning hole
- Step5. Fold the ribbons in half and attatch them to the edges with a needle and thread
I made this for littleman when he was about 7-8 months old and he really loved them, and I made them this year in two variations: a smaller set for a 6 month old little guy so that they would be easy to hold and eat and a large squishier set for a little 1 year old girl so she could build and fall on them with out getting hurt.All three times they where a huge hit!
