The same dilemma every year. First come the birthdays, and then Christmas. That lovely act of giving gifts sometimes turns into a real headache. Especially when it comes to adults or kids who, as people often say, “have everything.” If that’s you, today’s post may be a little lifesaver: original gifts for kids that you can make with a sewing machine.
We’ve grouped the gifts into small kits that work really well together, so you can choose the combination that best suits the little one you have in mind. Today we’re presenting the kit dreamed up by kids who love reading and drawing. One that, by the way, makes me especially happy because it’s based on the little girl I was not so many years ago.
Let the brainstorming begin!
Original gifts for kids: sewing ideas
Original gifts for kids who love reading and drawing:
beanbag + chalkboard notebook + personalized book cover
I was always a pretty quiet child and a voracious reader. That’s why I was over the moon whenever we visited family friends who had an enormous library. What I loved most in the world was emptying out a wooden trunk they used to store toys and climbing inside to read for hours.
But I’ll let you in on a secret: the trunk was pretty uncomfortable, even though it had wheels so you could drag it around—and that part was amazing. That’s why I know this beanbag would have felt like paradise to me. It has a washable cover and a handle for dragging it from one place to another.
The beanbag tutorial is waiting for you in Lulu Ferris.
And as a true book lover, I always had a certain fascination with books as objects. Their smell, their weight, their shape, the type of paper… All those things caught my attention. I especially liked books that were covered, though I’m not sure why.
I suppose that, back then, a personalized book cover with my name on it to distinguish the book I was reading at the time would have made me incredibly happy. Well, let me correct that: it would make me incredibly happy right now, too!
It could simply have my name on it, or maybe a lovely message: “Anina’s secret book” or “Quiet, reading in progress.” I don’t know—whatever came to mind! It could be embroidered or written with a fabric marker. I also would have loved it if it had a little window made of clear plastic so you could see the cover. Or a piece of chalkboard fabric on which to write the title.
Here’s the link to the fabric book-cover tutorial, adjustable and with a bookmark.
And if you’d like to embroider something on the outside, here’s an introductory embroidery class.
And as a book lover, I also adored anything shaped like a book. Notebooks, for example. In every color and size. And I wasn’t only excited about reading stories—I loved telling them, too. That’s probably why I ended up becoming a writer.
An endless notebook in which to write stories, draw the characters, write “ONCE UPON A TIME” in huge letters and, on the last page, a beautiful “THE END.” Use colored chalk and erase it over and over, just as we did with the telesketch (do you remember the telesketch, or am I just getting too old?).
That’s why the final object in this kit of original gifts for kids who love reading and drawing had to be the chalkboard notebook. It makes me want to be a kid again so badly!
The chalkboard notebook tutorial is also one of the little wonders you’ll find in Lulu Ferris.
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