Farm animal finger puppets

I have realized that I really need to work on my photography skills!  I was trying to get pictures of these cute finger puppets and it took several tries.  I'm still not satisfied but these will have to do.  

When I was looking for things to put in the big sister bag, I came across this fun set of finger puppets.  I had all the colors of felt laying around, so no extra cost to me!  Of course, I had to make two sets, one for my niece and one for my little one.

I found the pattern for these really cute finger puppets here.  The directions were very clear and easy.  I took some short cuts, like using a sewing machine.  I would sew the front and back together, then glue the parts on.  My french knots are not pretty, so I used googly eyes and drew nostrils on with a black sharpie.  The sheep still needs some work, doesn't look finished to me.

But the little ones don't seem to mind!  I even made a barn bag to keep them in.

Marble mazes

This is one of the projects I did for the baby showers over Christmas.  My brother had told everyone that his second baby's gender was a surprise.  So what do you do for a shower gift?  My idea was to make a big sister or mommy sanity kit.  I made a little bag to hold everything and began to fill it with activities for the big sister.  

I found this fun, simple idea here.  Serving Pink Lemonade has lots of great ideas, especially for kids.  I love that it is simple and compact.  I just found scrap fabric and cut it to my desired size.  Sew(with right sides together)around the edges, leaving a 2 inch space.  Turn it right side out, insert a marble and sew up the space.  Then stitch a maze leaving a path large enough for the marble to pass through.  Use your imagination.  If the kids get bored, unpick it and stitch a new maze.  This is really fast and so easy.

P.S.  My brother spilled the beans once everyone was together.  Now I get to make more cute little boy things!