Felt Super Hero Capes

A few weeks ago, my son turned 4.  He wanted to have a Super Hero/Hulk birthday party.  His birthday is after Christmas, which usually means I am a bit out of  a slacker when it comes to planning his party.  I wanted something for the kids to be able to take home that wasn't a goodie bag full of candies and toys that will break within moments.  The capes were a perfect idea.

I checked out a few pins, but this one seemed to be the easiest, minimal sewing tutorial.

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I bought felt by the yard and velcro.  After cutting all the capes, I just had to sew about an inch of velcro onto the cape.  Then I used scrap felt to make circles (I traced a small bowl to get the correct size) and I cut out the first initial of every kid who was attending.  I made extra circles so the kids had lots of colors to choose from.

Each kid go to pick their cape and circle color.  We used felt glue to glue the pieces together during the party.  I also bought a few bags of foam star stickers so the kids could decorate the capes.  I think this was a big hit!

Handmade Children's Belts

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Sometimes the smallest things can make the outfit.  For my daughter, she loves to wear belts with her pants. She doesn't really NEED them, but she likes them and I can't say no.  I could not find belts that we liked last year, so I just bought some cheap ones that, of course, peeled paint off of and looked kind of icky after a few months. I saw a friend post pictures of some homemade belts she made for her sons and I thought, gee, I can do that!!

Since I have creative kids who find solid colors boring, I looked at this tutorial for something a little different:

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I took the kids to Joann's and let them pick out their favorite ribbons.  (This could also be a great project to use up ribbons you have stashed up!)

Then, silly me, forgot to look at this tutorial when I actually sat down to MAKE the belts... so the ribbon doesn't wrap around to the other side... oops. Thankfully my kids love what I do, even with I mess up. Ah unconditional love. It's awesome!