Catch 22: If I post about my DIY gifts, I won't have enough time to finish the diy gifts. What a dilemma. Since my kids don't care if I post or not, they just want some Santa, I had to focus on finishing. Now that Christmas is over, not only can I post the adult gifts, but I can also post the feedback. I'll even add some of the fails, too.
This time I'll show 2 of the more educational toys I made. I had seen this shape puzzle, but wanted something more durable. I used a piece of card board to give it some stability and then covered it with the felt I had embroidered with the shapes. I made the shape puzzle pieces with felt, backed with a small piece of the "hook" part of velcro and stuffed with a little batting. The little bit of velcro was enough to make it stick to the felt and Helena wouldn't have to work matching the velcro strips, just placing it on the felt would be enough. I embroidered the shapes on the puzzle board in the corresponding color so that she is matching both shape and color. I didn't get a picture of her playing with it, but she seemed to like it.
I made Reid some flash cards that incorporated some matching and fine motor practice, too. He's still kinda young to really enjoy flashcards so it was important that they be things he would enjoy looking at. No apples, trees or cutesy stuff. I printed pictures of a truck, car, boat, worm, you know things that would keep his interest. I also made one with his picture. As he likes to say, "Reid loves Reid". After printing the pictures, I glued them onto card stock, wrote the words on sentence strips and glued those on, too, and then laminated them for durability. I then wrote the words on clothes pins, one letter on each pin. He really liked it. The pins were a little difficult for him, but that will come.
Next, adult gifts.
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