gifts for a child?

[pinkquak]

ok so i babysit for this little girl who is turning 5 later this month and ever since she was born i have made her a birthday present. ive made her a blanket, a bib, a pillow, and a poncho. she really likes princesses and ballerinas. i was wondering if anyone had any quick and easy ideas on what i could make her. :)

[CarolineKondos]

A tutu!

[shadesofgrey.]

yeah, i made my niece a tu-tu for her birthday (she turned 4). :) its nice if the little girl has a little brother, because that way...if she doesn't like it, you can always put it on the little boy, have him run around the house & take a bunch of fun pictures. :D

[CurlznCanada]

a tutu, a tiara, one of them little wandish things, a princess outfit, one of those pointy hat thingies ooooor anything pink! lol

[jsedai_77]

I've always made little girls "dolly bags"
start with a rectangle that is 6 inches taller than a regular sized baby doll by the width of the doll x2 plus 8 inches
make a pocket on one side (to put the doll in with her head still out of it...I make this look like a blanket...so the doll is "in bed")
then on the other side put in anywhere from 2-4 pockets to hold clothes/bottles stuff
add some wide ribbon handles
it should look like a tote bag with an open top and open sides...and the doll lays sideways when carried
I usually use two layers of fabric with batting inbetween to give it some heft/sturdiness
and you could get a dollie to put in it if you wanted!!
well hope that helped
also super hero capes with the kids initial on the back is good (for girls too)

[Aurora199]

I just posted a Fairy Princess Tutu Tutorial if you're interested. :)

http://forum.threadbanger.com/showthread.php?t=3547

[klc1168]

Love the Tutu idea and the super hero cape. I made a small brown cloak with a hood and both of my girls and my neighbor's son have had fun with it. They have played hobbits, super heros, dragonslayers, and who knows what else.

I never got around to it but I always wanted to make a trunk of dress up clothes. I keep all of my kids costumes that I have made and they sometimes drag them out to play with.

[saintlike_ontheoutside]

Mabe you could make her a little princess dress!

[ladyjanewriter]

Costume trunk! Costume trunk costume trunk costume trunk!

My mom did this for me - she just put "wood" contact paper on a cardboard box, and then put "travel stickers" in orange contact paper, and just wrote names on 'em with a sharpie - London, Hollywood, and so on. Because I wanted to be an actress.

Junk jewelry, old slips, beach wraps, etc. You can go more deluxe with it if you want, but to me a costume trunk = love.

Stupid kids thought it was dumb, but that's b/c the average kid didn't have that much imagination..."It's just a box!!!" Grrr. Stooopid kids.

[pinkquak]

thank you all for your fabulous ideas! i love the fairy princess tutu idea. i also love the costume trunk idea. i also think kids need to use their imagination more. it'll help them later in life with problem solving.

[Aurora199]

thank you all for your fabulous ideas! i love the fairy princess tutu idea. i also love the costume trunk idea. i also think kids need to use their imagination more. it'll help them later in life with problem solving.

I'm glad you like the tutu idea (especially since I made the tutorial just for you). :)