Thursday, January 16, 2020

Handmade Christmas

I think the best gifts are handmade gifts, especially from the kids. Annabel was a very busy little elf this holiday season- and a very thoughtful one. She sure had a lot of fun sewing things all on her own to give as gifts- from an ornament for me, to a stuffed star for her teacher plus gift card sleeve, puzzle pieces for me, an Xbox controller for Daddy, a stuffed lion for Daniel, little mini trees for grandparents and aunt and uncles, and a stuffed camera for Aunt Jackie. Annabel had a busy month- she was sewing up a storm! AND- she also helped build and paint a little garage for the dollhouse car we gave Josie. Whew! Such wonderful Christmas presents all around!

It all started with this ornament Annabel made for me and then it went from there. Her little mind just kept coming up with idea after idea after idea! So fun to witness. And then she was so very excited to get gift boxes to put each gift into- that was half the fun for her, I think! She had fun shopping.


Annabel's handmade present for her teacher is ready! She'd stitched "Mr.D" onto the star (that's what the kids call him). So cute.



The kids helped Daddy find and cut the materials for the dollhouse garage for Josie.










Annabel is hard at work finishing up her Christmas presents for family. She watched Christmas movies while she sewed away. So cute! One was Little Women (the one from the 90s) and the other was the old Miracle on 34th Street.



Ta-da! Annabel shows off the camera she made Jackie. It had the lens, Jackie's initials were the "logo" in the corner, a screen was stitched on with a "world" colored into it for the view, and it even had the buttons on the back, too, plus a wristband attached. So well thought out!! I LOVED it!






All wrapped up and ready to go! Annabel loved wrapping everything, too! She had them all lined up under her bed and ready to put under the tree on Christmas Eve.


Painting Josie's garage- Annabel chose purple and pink and blue paints and planned out the stripes. It turned out so cute. Later we wrote Josie's name on it on the front, too.








Now Annabel is planning projects for her birthday party! Love this girl's creativity, spirit, and enthusiasm!

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