Crafts for Boys

ship ahoy

Tom's recent pirate frenzy has been lots of fun all round.  Joe has loved chasing Tom round and round hunting for treasure and Mummy has had a good excuse to make stuff too.

First step were the hat and eye patch, but that really didn't represent much of a challenge, but a pirate just can't do much pirating without a boat.  Of course it was Tom who did most of the making, but with a bit of subtle diplomacy, it turned out reasonably close to how I envisaged it!!

So here it is our tissue box / cream egg box/ barbecue skewer/ old sheet galleon and it's proud owner creator and namesake:  The Good Ship Tom

 
 
 

 
 

 

Hectic half-term

posted by Helen

The last ten days has been more than hectic but lots of fun with holidays and birthdays and Grandma and Grandad to stay, and we managed to squeeze some crafty stuff in there too....

So here's a brief resumé of Joe's first birthday, Hallow'een and playing pirates.

Back to school tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

Socktopuses

When I saw this blog post, I knew I wanted to make these. With an hour long car ride Sunday, I grabbed 2 lonely socks that have been in my sock matching basket for a loooooong time and one full of holes and few supplies and by the time we arrived I had these 3 fun guys.  FYI, the biologist in me made sure each of them have 8 arms!

  

Cara's Esty Finds for Boys

posted by Cara

Sitting at my computer with a cup of tea browsing through Etsy can be so inspiring.  Sometimes I buy, sometimes I write ideas in my journal, but more often than not I just let ideas sit in my brain to morph into something else that we need or want more.  Like what I did with our monster tissues.

As most anywhere else, Etsy is full, full, FULL of girly frilly things.  AWESOME girly things, but sometimes you really have to do some searching for the boy stuff.

Here are some of my recent favourites.

Pirate banner from Blue Moon Studios. I absolutely LOVE this thing and wish that one of my boys had picked a pirate themed room for our upcoming renovations, just so I could get it ;)

Robot Hat from the fuzzy Robot.  Too CUTE!!  Can I have one for me?

 

Fun little preggo Giraffe from Tiny Oyster Designs, I think that little baby is what did it for me, but she has lots of sweet little monsters.

 

Pirate Adventure kit from Mayasmomma.  Again, how cool would this be for a pirate themed room.  It would also make a great birthday gift.

 

Baseball hat from For Stitch's Sake.  When I first saw this, I immediately thought of my cousin Krista, the hugest baseball fan, who is now pregnant with number 3.  If it's a boy this time Cuz, I'll getcha the hat ;)

 

Robot Cushion from Tobyboo.  How cute and cuddly can a robot get?  Love him!!

 

Amigurumi pattern from Amy Gaines, these guys are so great and she has lots of lovely boy them patterns :D