I don’t
know about you, but I always seem to struggle to find a nice present for a kids
first birthday. I don’t particularly like the bright plastic toys for these
little ones and most toys aren’t suitable for babies. Since most babies don’t
talk by the time they turn one they can’t tell us what they really want for
their birthday. Honestly, that first birthday is more the parents’ birthday
than the kids…
After my
little girl turned one I have the perfect gift. She got a beautiful sketchbook
with her own name on it. Naturally I stole this idea and give away this
sketchbook any chance I get J! This is how I make the personalized
sketchbooks;
Buy any
sketchbook with blank pages and look in your drawers for fabric, ribbons and
other nice stuff to sew on. Cut the fabric at the size of the cover of your
book. Then write the child’s name on a piece of paper making sure the letters
all connect. Cut the paper, turn the name around and transfer to some nice
fabric. Cut the name and sew it on your cover fabric.
Add any
other things you like on the fabric. I used some ironing pieces and flowers cut
from fabric, but you can use anything you like. Then put double sided tape on
your book cover and glue the fabric on the front.
Your
present is ready! You might also like to add a ribbon or a button on the side
of the book, whatever you like.
I also had a brand name on the back of the book
and I wanted to hide that. I cut a smaller flower from fabric and glued that on
the back, using double sided tape.
I wanted
something extra for this gift so I took some felt and sewed a little envelope
to hold some pencils I bought. Looks cute right? The little girl that got this
present was very happy with the small envelope, taking the pencils out and
putting them back in was her favorite activity J.
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