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DIY Felted Heart Sweater

I’ve been wanting to buy a felted heart sweater for a while (they’re so cute, don’t you think?), until I found out how easy it was to make one myself using a simple needle felting technique I first talked about in this stocking post. This would make a really great gift for a sister, friend, niece or daughter and only took me about 2 hours to make. I used a $10 sweater from Forever21 and the felt cost me about $4.

(Also, congrats to Clarissa who won the felted stockings giveaway!)

Keep reading to see how to make it…

Final images by Liz Daly

Supplies: Sweater (wool or cotton), Wool felt, Felting needle, Styrofoam base (comes with most felting kits), Freezer paper, Pen

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Summer Craft Projects

I love summer craft projects! I’m working on a fun craft series I’m excited to share with you and this weekend I also made this this notebook onesie that I think turned out pretty cute (my tutorial on making one here). I was going through my archives and thought I’d share a few of my favorite DIY project ideas that would be perfect to try on a summer afternoon:

1. Bowtie Headband 2. Bunting Crayon Roll 3. Leather Fold Over Clutch

4. Cloth Bread Bag 5. Freezer Stencil Placemats 6. Big Bow Pillow

7. Boxy Makeup Bag 8. Paint Chip Mobile 9. Rainbow Felt Table Runner

What summer craft projects do you have up your sleeve?

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Also, 10 Totally Genius Kids Room Organization Ideas  and 10 Back to School Ideas for Mom

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DIY: Freezer Paper Stencil Placemats

Henry loves to help set the table for dinner so I thought it would be fun to make a placemat that shows where everything goes so he can do it more independently (i.e. I could focus more on cooking and less on entertaining him). Henry loves it, I’m working on a few more so we have a full set. Do you use placemats for weeknight dinner? We only do for company,  but I’m kind of loving it now for everyday use. Dinner looks so much nicer on top of a placemat!

I used the classic freezer stencil technique which I first explained here. I do a lot of freezer stencil projects. Here are a few favorites:

Notebook lined Tee, Bread Bag, Golden Gate Bridge Tee,  Whale Tee,  Gold Helvetica Tee, Animal Font Tee

I made my own placemats but you could also stencil these on top of a store-bought placemat.

Need more instructions to make your own? See the full step by step tutorial here on Momtastic

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DIY: Cloth Bread Bag

I’ve been making bread a lot these days with the weather being kind of rainy and cold. I always like to wrap fresh bread in cotton dish towels to keep it fresh during the day, so decided I should just make a bread bag out of two kitchen dish towels.

Get the full instructions on making the bread bag with the pdf to download the ‘bread’ stencil right here on Momtastic.

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DIY: Glitter Tie and Bow Tie Tees

I kind of regret not making one of these toddler glitter tees in my size, because I’d totally sport that silver one if given the chance and proper occasion (i.e. trip to the grocery store).

The freezer stencil is probably the easiest I’ve ever done. Literally it takes 5 seconds to cut out. That’s how easy a freezer stencil should be, but yet so many of them turn into a pointer finger’s worst nightmere.

I used a glitter fabric paint, but in retrospect, I’m wondering if anyone has used just a clear fabric paint and then  applied glitter directly on top. It might have helped produce a more even distribution of glitzy glitter. Maybe in the adult-sized version I’ll try that technique.

Find the full instructions, including downloadable templates for the bow and bow tie, here on Momtastic.

Have you seen my other freezer stencil tee projects?
Whale tee
Golden Gate Bridge
Manhattan tee (as viewed from Hoboken)
Obama tee
Spooky tee
Hank muscle tank

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