Felt food: Carrot
September 22, 2010
Luonnonvoima ( my oldest daughter ) has been complaining that the old toy carrots I crafted many years ago had gone bad. One was thrown away, the other, pieces went missing. The fact I used a thin type of felt might have aggravated the deterioration from use.
I remember I sewed them to my first daughter when she was still very small and when I got my second daughter, one of those carrots was her favorite teething toy. You can imagine now how bad looking they were. ^_^
This week their favorite play has been “let’s pretend to have a restaurant”. They wrote menus in papers and ask all the time what we would like to have. And of course, I was sent to make a new toy carrot XD.
I had few problems sewing the velcro circles, even if they had a sticky self-adhesive side I reinforced the bond by sewing with thread. The worse was still to come… When I showed the carrot to Luonnonvoima, she simply smiled and said that it wasn’t complete since it didn’t have the leaf stalk part to be cut away too.. O_o
Eh, kids are really into details aren’t they?
Fish stew anyone? :)




September 22, 2010 at 17:23
Excellent! Just what the stew needed! We have the same cutaways but all in plastic; not nearly so sweet..
September 22, 2010 at 18:16
Sometimes I find myself wondering if it is worth the trouble to handmade those as I could buy them ready (and cheaper)… Of course I enjoy making the toys, maybe that’s all what matters! ^_^
Thank you for your kind comment Sheri!
September 22, 2010 at 17:40
Love your amazing felt work! So cute … My sister likes to do this craft too before she got twins :)
September 22, 2010 at 18:18
Thank you Lia! I believe your sister used to make amazing things too :).. children really take our time.. now the girls are getting bigger, they accept giving me “time” as long as I craft toys for them! ^_^
September 22, 2010 at 18:09
Deu vontade de ser criança só para poder brincar de casinha! Tottemo kawaiii!!!! \(ˆoˆ)/
September 22, 2010 at 18:19
Akemi-chan! Arigatou! ahaha, sabe, nao precisa ser criança nao ;).
Beijoo
September 23, 2010 at 04:26
Oi Li! A Ayumi quer visitar o seu blog todos os dias para ver “o que a tia Lilian fez para mim hoje?”
Ela disse que vai pensar em um tema para pedir um obento especial para vc fazer para ela!
Beijos!
September 23, 2010 at 23:42
Oie!!
A tia Lilian fez sopa dessa vez :D ahhahahah !
Pode falar entao o que ela quer de obento, faço para ela e dedico o post também!!
Beijooooo
September 24, 2010 at 02:05
You know…I would love you to be my mom!! I adore play carrots…and that smiley fish head is just toooooooo cute!!
September 24, 2010 at 14:59
:). That fish head is almost disturbing.. smiling in the pot ^_^.
Thanks Mils for your adorable comment!