House & Car pencil toppers

Here are the pencil toppers for the girls that asked for them.

For the little home, stitch the door and sew the buttons into position first.  Then, cut out two houses from the pattern and 1 roof (using a contrasting colour of felt).  Machine stitch the roof into place as you sew up the pencil topper.  Remember to leave a gap at the bottom to slide the pencil into - then use a clear glue to hold the pencil in position.

For the car you need to sandwich the two pieces of felt together and then stitch the buttons into place - ensuring you stitch through both pieces of felt (front and back of car).  Then stitch the car window (just through the top piece of felt) and machine stitch up the rest of the pencil topper.  Add a little clear glue to hold the pencil in position.

Right hand click on the template below and save to 'my documents'.  Then print out on an A4 piece of paper and cut out.

Yesterday we made gingerbread men and spiders (ice cream and lemonade).  Some of the gingerbread men got a little out of hand with big tall tummies while I wasn't watching.

While reading Sarah's blog a little while ago I came across a link for a yummy online shop - Kikki K. Talk about gorgeous things.  They are having a New Year's clearance (50% off a lot of things) - I just bought a few things from the sale section to put away for James and Bella.

Also, while I'm sharing links - this has to be my favourite Etsy shop - lots of Japanese fabrics, magazines etc..  Leslie is super lovely too and wraps everything so beautifully.  She also stocks these print gocco machines that I'm longing for.

I also love this online store - Ten Little Indians.  They have the sweetest things.

Well, I think that's all for today...have a lovely day!

Comments

[My Paper World]

Your pencils toppers are gorgeous, thanks for sharing the pattern, I have a whole stash of buttons, so I'm going to give that a try! Love the gingerbread men too, especially the ones with the tall tummies!!!!

[Kelley Bodycott]

WOW Mel those pencil toppers look great. Love the gingerbread men and I haven't heard of a spider drink for so long we use to have them alot when I was a girl.

[Karen Tester]

haha The kids did a fab job with the ginger bread men.

Those pencil toppers are so cute Mel!

[gina]

I could do with a spider right now!! Our favourite is lime {Hartz}
Gorgeous men.. love jersey caramels :O)

[Brigitte]

Very cool pencil toppers !! i bet it's going to be another success !!

[Karen Latham (Scraper 25)]

Love reading your blog Mel and seeing all the wonderful creative stuff you do especially with your kids. Pencil toppers look sensational and the kids look like they are really having a ball with those gingerbread men. It is so good to see.

[Susan (smiles1965) from Scrapboxx]

Hi Melissa

The kids sure look like they had fun in that pool. Excellent buy for only $20 and such a cool relief on hot summer days.

I love the photos of the pencil toppers, wow you think of some cool ideas. They look fantastic as does everything you make.

Have a great week and keep smiling:)

[lucykatecrafts]

love those pencil toppers, so cute.

[Tabitha]

How cute are those little pencil toppers?!

[Jude]

Mel, I love all your pencil topper ideas. I am thinking of making up a whole bunch so that I can give 1 each to the kids in my class on the first day of school. I like the tall tummies too!

[Lissy]

Cute pencils and LOVE the ginger bread men...lol

[Allison]

Ok - definitely need to make these!

[Koko]

This is so cute. Thank you so much for sharing. =0)

[Make and Takes]

These are great! Simple to make and fun for the kids. Thanks for the fun idea!

[jennifer]

Those are so cute and yummy too.