Do-It-Yourself Baby and Kid Items

[tivaclare]

I wanted to add, for anyone who is "crafty" check out Craftster or baby ideas. I've seen patterns to make diapers, reusable wipes, maternity jeans and much more.

It's not all baby either, it's EVERYTHING you can think of. I've seen Lite Brite coffee tables, oil paintings, purses made from soda cans...everything.

Craftster.org - Crafting community, including craft forums about knitting, crochet, sewing and more.

[MrsPinecone]

Knot Dresses for little girls:

Everyday Chaos: Happy Anniversary to you!

[MrsPinecone]

Cloth Diapers:

Home of the Free RRP Diaper pattern!

Dianna's Journal - How to Sew a Fitted Cloth diaper (on the cheap!)

Sewing FItteds

Cloth Diaper Fabric, Diaper Patterns, Sew your own cloth diapers

PUL, hemp, organic cotton and bamboo diaper fabric

[MrsPinecone]

Toddler Dress from Buttoned Shirt:

button shirt to toddler dress recon *NEW MINTY FRESH TUTORIAL* - CLOTHING

[MrsPinecone]

I-Spy Bags:

http://ajpadilla.com/patterns/reduce-reuse-recycle/i-spy-bag

Great entertainment for a long car ride!

[MrsPinecone]

64+ Girls Clothes Tutorials! Everything Your Mama Made & More

An AWESOME collection of girl's clothing tutorials, all linked in one place.

[MrsPinecone]

Hair Bow Holder:

Hair Bow Holder Tutorial | My Magic Mom

[MrsPinecone]

Baby Tights:

Made By Rae: Tutorial by Rae: Make baby tights

Baby Dress (with link to Toddler version):

Made By Rae: (Free!) Itty Bitty Baby Dress Pattern

[loaslaen]

Originally Posted by BzyBee Hooded towels are easy to make, and much more absorbant than the ones they sell for babies. These are even good for toddlers and small kids. I could not find a link to the easy pattern I used...but you don't really need a pattern. Materials... 1 bathtowel 1 washcloth Stitch 2 edges of the washcloth together. Find center point on opposite side of washcloth. Fold the bathtowel in half lengthwise and match center point of towel and center point of washcloth. Pin and stitch. Easy, Easy, Easy!!! I have seen these done with plain colored towels and then embroidered with the childs name, or embellished with fabrics to coordinate with the childs bathroom. I just used coordinating bathtowel and washcloth.

I couldn't picture it from reading, but here's directions and pictures. A hand towel was used instead of washcloth for the hood part. CUTE!

Easy Hooded Bath Towel | Make and Takes

[motherofmolly]

we are working on making a material hopscotch (one piece for the "concrete" and then fabric strips made into the squares sewn on and then the same for numbers) then bean or rice bags for the "rock". "extra points"....
or do a square bullseye (piece of fabric and fabric strips to make the bullseye)...add in point numbers for each layer and maybe an extra point square outside the bullseye..make your bean/rice bags to use to toss on the bullseye...indoor or outdoor.