tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42889525649487831022024-02-18T22:43:46.066-06:00The Lovely O.T.The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-10552407996609108742012-12-29T15:23:00.004-06:002012-12-29T15:27:16.274-06:00Minky Chenille Stroller Blanket <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I found a beautiful minky chenille blanket in a boutique so I decided to try and make a similar blanket as a Christmas present for my new baby love Raegan:) I absolutely love this style blanket for baby. The minky chenille fabric is silky soft and easy to work with. The dimensions for the blanket are 31" x 31" which is a great size to use in the stroller or to layout for playtime on the floor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Minky chenille fabric (approximately 2 yards) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Pre-wash and dry the chenille fabric to pre-shrink before sewing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Measure and cut two chenille fabric pieces and one batting piece to measure 31" long by 31" wide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">Layer the three layers of fabric by placing the batting on the bottom, the chenille fabric face up and then the second chenille piece on top face down. Place pins along the edges of the three layers to secure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Straight stitch along the edges of three of the four sides individually. Make sure to secure the thread at the end of each stitch by sewing forward all the way to the end and then sewing a few stitches in reverse and forward to the end again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Once three of the sides are sown, sew the fourth side starting in the middle leaving an opening approximately 8 inches wide in order turn the fabric pieces right side out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Once the fabric pieces are turned inside out, be sure to straighten out the corners. Then pin the open space closed and use that as your starting point to top stitch along the perimeter of the blanket carefully curving around each corner in order to secure the three layers. For my top stitch, I used a wavy stitch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This pink minky blanket was the perfect addition to baby Raegan's Christmas gifts! This blanket was surprisingly simple to make and a warm and comfy gift for anyone! The warm batting adds an extra layer of warmth while strolling around in the Winter weather:)</span><br />
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-88911751950443515392012-12-26T16:37:00.003-06:002012-12-26T16:37:48.312-06:00Engagement Ornament! My sister Nora and her wonderful boyfriend Philip are getting married! Philip is an amazing person and the perfect addition to our family! I am so excited to have a new brother and I wanted to make them a special keepsake for their engagement so I decided to paint them an ornament:) As Nora and Philip hang the monogrammed keepsake on their Christmas tree each year, they can reminisce about the special night in December that they got engaged!<br />
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This ornament was fun and very simple to make! Using some alphabet stencils and a dull pencil, I traced "Engaged!", their initials and a heart across the front of the ornament. I also traced the year along the back side of the ornament. </div>
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Once the letters and heart were in place, I used a silver sharpie to color in the stencil lines. I used the lid from my marker box to sit the ornament to dry. Paint markers are great because they are really easy to use and dry rather quickly. I decided to add their initials instead of their first names to the ornament because Philip loves monograms! </div>
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I used a pearl white sharpie to embellish the ornament with polka dots to add some extra sparkle! I added a white tulle bow to the top and the ornament was perfect! </div>
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This gorgeous ornament was the perfect addition to the happy couple's engagement gifts and it is just so pretty hanging on the Christmas tree! I am in love with this gift and a few of my good friends got engaged for the holidays so I may be painting more ornaments in the near future to add to their engagement gifts:) </div>
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Oh Baby! I decided to make these soft and cuddly "taggie" ribbon blankets for the new loves in my life! The textured silky and smooth ribbons offer comfort by providing sensory stimulation and promote fine motor development. It can be attached to the little one's stroller or car seat and is machine washable. Each of my blankets measure 13" by 13" which is a nice size for baby. <br />
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Supplies to create one ribbon blanket:<br />
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<li>Soft fleece fabric </li>
<li>Soft chenille fabric </li>
<li>Warm and Natural Quilt Batting </li>
<li>Ribbon pieces (approximately 24 ribbons of different textures)</li>
<li>Sewing Machine</li>
<li>Cotton Thread</li>
<li>Pins </li>
<li>Scissors</li>
<li>Measuring tape or board </li>
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Pre-wash and dry the fleece and chenille fabric to pre-shrink before sewing.<br />
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Measure and cut the fleece, chenille and batting to measure approximately 13" wide by 13" long each. <br />
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Cut each ribbon piece to measure approximately 6 inches long. I used a variety of textures and colors to coordinate with my fabrics. I looped some of the ribbons before pinning and I left some of the ribbons straight or criss-crossed. I used 6 ribbons per side, spaced approximately every two inches. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut each ribbon to measure 6 inches long</td></tr>
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Pin the ribbons along the edges of the fleece fabric (pattern side up) with the raw edges facing out.<br />
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Once the ribbons are pinned in place, layer the three pieces of fabric. Placing the batting on the bottom, the fleece pattern side up and the chenille placed on top with the pattern side down. Place pins along the edges of the three layers to secure.<br />
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Straight stitch along the edges of three of the four sides individually. Make sure to secure the thread at the end of each stitch by sewing forward all the way to the end and then sewing a few stitches in reverse and forward to the end again.<br />
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Once three of the sides are sown, sew the fourth side starting in the middle leaving an opening in the middle between the two center ribbons in order turn the fabric pieces right side out.<br />
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Pin the open space closed and use that as your starting point to top stitch along the perimeter of the blanket carefully curving around each corner in order to secure the three layers. For my top stitch, I used a wavy stitch. <br />
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These blankets are challenging but very fun to make! So soft and colorful they are a wonderful gift for little ones:) <br />
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Supplies:<br />
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<li>Paper bag</li>
<li>Brown tissue paper</li>
<li>Construction paper (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, white, black) </li>
<li>Scissors</li>
<li>Glue Stick </li>
<li>Turkey template</li>
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After my students finished making their turkey puppets, they had fun flying them around the therapy gym while singing our favorite turkey songs:) <br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">Favorite Turkey Songs:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;"><u>Hello Mr. Turkey</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">("If you're happy and you know it")</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">With a gobble, gobble, gobble</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">and a wobble, wobble, wobble</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">Hello, Mr. Turkey how are you?</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">Hello, Mr./Ms. (insert student's name here), how are you?!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Hello, Mr./Ms. (insert student's name here), how are you?!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">With a gobble, gobble, gobble</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">and a wobble, wobble, wobble</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hello, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Mr./Ms. (insert student's name here) how are you?!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;"><u>The Turkey Ran Away</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">("The Farmer and the Dell") </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">The turkey ran away</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">Before Thanksgiving Day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">He said they'll make a roast of me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px;">If I decide to stay!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Turkey Puppets</span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Handwriting;">Happy Thanksgiving!<br /><span style="font-size: 32px; line-height: 64px;">Lauren</span></span></span></div>
The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-39770909995869294322012-11-25T15:24:00.001-06:002012-11-25T17:17:41.106-06:00Sweet Baby! Cotton Burp Cloth Tutorial Sweet Baby! With a few little ones scheduled to arrive any day now, I am a busy bee sewing my little heart out. I saw a set of these darling burp cloths in a boutique window. Since these cloths are such an adorably useful gift I decided to try to make a few sets for my soon-to-be Mom friends:) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Baby Cotton Burp Cloths </td></tr>
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Supplies:<br />
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<li>Cloth diapers (I purchased 6 ply, pre-folded which are absorbent and durable) </li>
<li>Cotton fabric </li>
<li>Ribbon </li>
<li>Scissors</li>
<li>Straight pins </li>
<li>Cardboard </li>
<li>Iron </li>
<li>Spray starch </li>
<li>Measuring tape or board</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supplies: cloth diapers, fabric and ribbon </td></tr>
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Pre-wash and dry the cloth diapers in order to pre-shrink. I used my iron to eliminate any wrinkles. <br />
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To create an ironing template, cut out a 4" x 18" cardboard piece from a cardboard box. I used thin cardboard from the top of a shirt box. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> 4 inches wide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">18 inches long </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardboard ironing template (4 "x 18") </td></tr>
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Cut the fabric to fit the width of the center strip of the diaper. Be sure to measure the fabric pieces to be slightly larger than the cardboard piece with each fabric piece measuring approximately 6" x 19".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fabric measuring approximately 6 "x 19"</td></tr>
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Place the fabric face down with the cardboard piece on top in the middle. Then lightly spray starch along the edges of fabric. Fold the fabric over the edges of the template in order to create a straight edge around the perimeter with the corner pieces tucked in neatly. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron fabric using template</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crisp fabric edges</td></tr>
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Remove the template and place the fabric along the center of the cloth with the pattern side up and the edges tucked. Pin the edges in place. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pin fabric in place</td></tr>
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Stitch along the edges. I used a zig-zag stitch with the tension on the machine set at approximately 4, the stitch length set at 2 and the stitch width set at 3. According to my sewing bible, for a neat zig-zag stitch the tension should be set at 4 or less with a stitch length set at 3 or below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zig-zag stitch along pin line</td></tr>
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As a finishing touch, measure a coordinating ribbon strip to fit each end of the cloth. Carefully straight stitch along the edges of the ribbon to secure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stitch along edges of ribbon </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ribbon added to edges <br />
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These burp cloths are such a fun gift and will definitely come in handy for the new Moms! My sewing skills are less than perfect and I definitely am learning as I am sewing along but my burp cloths turned out so cute and were the perfect addition to my baby gifts:) <br />
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-49856021091220584442012-11-21T16:58:00.004-06:002012-11-25T15:26:40.203-06:00Gobble,Gobble! Turkey Lacing <br />
Gobble, Gobble! My students have been having a terrific time with turkeys all month long! They had a blast lacing up some wild and crazy turkeys last week:) Lacing is a challenging and creative activity that promotes the development of the fine motor and visual motor skills needed to perform functional tasks. Lacing promotes bilateral coordination, hand-eye coordination, grip strength, finger dexterity, spatial awareness, sequencing steps, and accuracy. <br />
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<li>Turkey template</li>
<li>construction paper (red, orange, yellow, white, black, brown) </li>
<li>yarn</li>
<li>hole punch</li>
<li>newspaper or tissue paper</li>
<li>tape</li>
<li>glue stick</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">After the turkey bodies are cut, hole punched and with a generous piece of yarn. Don't forget to add a small piece of tape to the end of each yarn piece so it will be easier to manage and to thread through the holes. As you can see, I try to incorporate cutting practice into most treatment activities so for this project I decided to cut the eyes, beak, gobbler, wings and feet and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">trace 6 feathers per turkey on red, orange, and yellow construction paper for the students to cut out themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">After stuffing the turkey, lace the remaining holes, secure with a knot or bow and trim away excess yarn. Have the students use scissors to cut out the traced feathers. Once the feathers are cut out, have the students use a glue stick to paste turkey's body parts; working on spatial awareness and sequencing. Throughout this part of the activity I am usually giving cues as to where the body parts go, such as singing ('Mat Man' cues) "The turkey has two eyes, two eyes, two eyes, the turkey has two eyes so that he can see" OR "The eyes go at the top, the eyes go at the top, high-ho did you know, the eyes go at the top. So that he can see, so that he can see, high-ho did you know, the eye go at the top. </span></span><br />
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For my students working on written communication, they had fun creatively writing about their little turkeys! <br />
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-79740037123596812062012-11-13T18:39:00.001-06:002012-11-13T18:39:32.583-06:00Oh Baby! Flannel Burp Cloths Tutorial Oh Baby! A few of my dear girlfriends are expecting little ones anytime now and since I just got a handy, dandy sewing machine, I thought I would test my new found sewing skills by making some flannel burp cloths that they can use as they are feeding their little bundles:)<br />
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As far as my sewing skills are concerned, I am definitely learning as I am going along. I took an intro. sewing class that covered the basics. Practice definitely makes perfect so I will most likely be practicing my sewing skills all Winter long! Watch out family and friends, you will probably be receiving some handmade gifts:) I wish I could say that the burp cloths were my first official sewing project but I made some pillow slip covers last week for my Sister. It's too bad I didn't snap any photos because the three pillows I made turned out great! <br />
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Attached below is the template for these simple to sew burp cloths. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flannel Burp Cloth Template 1 of 2 (print/cut 2 copies for end pieces) <br />
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Supplies (to make a set of 4 burp cloths):<br />
<ul>
<li>Sewing thread (I use 100% polyester thread) </li>
<li>1 yard of coordinating flannel (1/2 yard of each pattern) </li>
<li>Quilt batting (I use Warm and Natural) </li>
<li>Scissors</li>
<li>Straight pins </li>
<li>burp cloth template </li>
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I use soft flannel to make my burp cloths. Using the template, cut three identical pieces (two pieces from the flannel and one piece from the batting. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut 3 pieces from burp cloth template </td></tr>
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Layer the two flannel pieces (face to face) and then layer the batting on top. Use straight pins to secure the pieces approximately 1/4 inch from the edge. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Layer flannel pieces face-to-face and then place batting on top</td></tr>
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Starting at one of the curved edges, stitch along the pins leaving about a 1/4 inch seam. It can be very tricky to sew along the curved corners and I find myself stopping my machine and realigning often to be sure the edges are lined up evenly. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stitch 3 layers of cloth together along pinned edge</td></tr>
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Stitched along the perimeter of the layered cloths (making sure to catch all there layers) until you reach the end of the last curve and stop the stitch leaving approximately a 2 to 3 inch opening. <br />
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Removed the cloth from the machine and turn it inside out so the pattern is now on the outside. Straight pin in the open edges and return the cloth to the machine to top stitch the remaining cloth closed. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turn cloth inside out and top stitch closed </td></tr>
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Before gifting, I washed and dried the burp cloths so they would be soft and comfy:)<br />
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I tied up each set of burp cloths with a pretty bow and added them to my baby gifts. My flannel burp cloths are less than perfect but they are very cute and will definitely serve their important purpose of cleaning-up all of the new little ones:)<br />
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-60093200342254862482012-11-04T16:52:00.000-06:002012-11-04T16:52:02.316-06:00Queen of Hearts Costume <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Halloween! I decided to be the Queen of Hearts for Halloween this year and since I have become quite crafty, I decided to take a chance and make my own costume:) Tulle is one of my favorites! I use it a lot to make bows for gifts (I will post how to make a tulle bow next time I am wrapping a present). <br />
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Inspired by some cute and pretty pricey tulle costumes I found on Etsy, I decided to try my luck at making the skirt for my costume out of tulle. Tulle is available in a variety of colors, finishes (matte,shinny, glittered) and is very easy to work with. <br />
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Supplies:<br />
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<ul>
<li>10 to 12 yards of shinny tulle (I used approximately 2 yds. yellow, 2 yds. white, 4 yds. red, 4 yds. black)</li>
<li>1 inch wide pajama elastic </li>
<li>1 sheet (12 x 12) red stiffened felt </li>
<li>1 sheet (16 x 16) gold glittered card stock </li>
<li>1 spool of 1 1/2 inch wide red satin ribbon</li>
<li>Heart stencil or cookie cutter </li>
<li>Tacky glue </li>
<li>Scissors</li>
<li>Measuring board or tape measure </li>
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First, I measured the elastic piece to fit securing around my upper torso (just below my chest). I cut off the excess elastic and I secured the elastic in place by over lapping the ends and sewing across the band. Remember, you want a snug fit and the elastic is very stretchy so don't worry too much if your elastic piece looks too small, you don't want to be pulling up your skirt all night long.<br />
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Next, I used my measuring board and scissors to cut the tulle into 72 inch x 7 inch strips. This is an approximation so don't worry about being too precise, you can eye ball it if you don't having a tape measure. I didn't want my dress to drag on the floor so if you prefer a longer skirt, just cut the strips as long as you like.<br />
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Then, I simply secured the tulle strips along the elastic band by folding each strip in half and loop tying around the elastic. The tulle strips should be approximately 36 inches long when folded in half. To loop tie, place the looped side behind the elastic band and pull the two loose ends through the hole.<br />
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I secured the yellow tulle first as a starting point, this is the front of the skirt. Once the yellow tulle was in place, I added the white tulle strips evenly to each side of the yellow. I then filled around the sides and back alternating with the black and red tulle. <br />
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As a finishing touch, I measured the red satin ribbon around the waist, leaving extra length on each side to tie a bow at the front of the skirt. I folded the ribbon in half to find the middle and pinned it to the elastic waist band at the back of the skirt. I straight stitched the ribbon to the back of the waist band to secure. Then I brought the ribbon pieces back around (like a belt) and tied a ribbon at the front of the skirt to the side.<br />
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I used my heart cookie cutter to trace four hearts on to the red felt. After cutting the hearts out, I used tacky glue to secure the hearts down the center of the yellow tulle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hearts </td></tr>
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I cut out a crown from the gold glittered card stock and glued, then stapled the two ends together to secure. I hot glued some hair pins to the inside of the crown.<br />
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I completed my Queen of Hearts ensemble by wearing a black long sleeved top, black leggings and kitten heels. I added earrings and my glittered crown and my costume was complete! <br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 32px; line-height: 64px;">Lauren</span></div>
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<br />The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-23958674846335636702012-10-23T21:11:00.002-05:002012-10-23T21:15:43.705-05:00Frankenstein <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frankenstein:) </td></tr>
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Frankenstein has arrived! As our Halloween celebrations continues Frankenstein came to school this past week! I found this <a href="http://lifeinfirstgrade1.blogspot.com/2011/10/pattern-for-frankfree-on-tpt.html" target="_blank">pattern for Frankenstein </a>on this awesome blog <a href="http://lifeinfirstgrade1.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Life in First Grade</a>. The blog <br />
features many patterns for projects for early childhood education. I actually discovered her blog while searching the site <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers</a>. This site is a great resource to buy, sell and share teaching resources. I recommend checking it out to be inspired! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frankenstein is a spooky monster! </td></tr>
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Again, cutting and pasting activities have been a big hit this school year! My students had an awesome time cutting and pasting Frank and then writing about him and his scariest adventures with his spooky friends! <br />
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Each student had to cut out the zig zag lines on Frankenstein's arms and pants. After the zig zags were cut, each student was given one head, body (shirt), two hands, two feet and two bolts to paste on to create Frank. The paper body parts were presented one at a time, 2 x 2. After Frank's body was pasted together, we flipped him over to his front to add five stripes to his shirt, three stripes on each arm sleeve, and two googly eyes. My students had fun using a marker to draw on his stitched mouth and scars on his face. <br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Frankenstein is another fun and creative cutting, pasting and writing activity </span><span style="background-color: white;">for Halloween focusing on fine motor and visual-motor integration skills. T</span>he kids had a fantastic time creatively writing about their monster friend "Frank" and all of his goblin friends; ghosts, witches and vampires! <br />
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<br />The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-56428450144407036832012-10-23T20:10:00.003-05:002012-10-24T09:09:02.067-05:00Witches! <span style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">Hocus Pocus! Happy Halloween! These magical little witches have been casting spells all around our school! My students had a blast making these pretty witches for Halloween:) All that's missing is a black cat and a broom!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">This witch is another fun cutting and pasting activity for Halloween incorporating spatial awareness, body awareness, hand-eye coordination, fine motor control and visual-motor integration skills.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">Circle of Witches:) </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Five Little Witches</u> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;">Five little witches (hold up five fingers) standing by the door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">And then there were four.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Four little witches (four fingers) standing by a tree</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">One went to pick a pumpkin (picking motion with three fingers)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And then there were three.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Three little witches stirring their brew (stir) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">One fell in</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And then there were two (two fingers).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Two little witches went for a run (run with fingers) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">One got lost</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And then there was one (one finger).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">One little witch, yes, only one (one finger) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">She cast a spell</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And now there are none (make motions as if to cast spell and then put hands in lap).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Halloween Matching Boards: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I made these matching boards this school year and I was lucky to find a variety of matching games from different resources on the web.</span> </div>
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<a href="http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/pumpkin/filefolderpumpkin.shtml" target="_blank">(preschoolprintables.com) </a></td></tr>
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(<u>www.kindergartenkiosk.blogspot.com</u>) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkin Patch Matching<br />
<a href="http://filefolderfun.com/SubjectPumpkins.html" target="_blank">(www.filefolderfun.com) </a></td></tr>
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</span>The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-89326910413776863572012-10-09T17:39:00.001-05:002012-10-09T17:39:46.018-05:00Leaves and Trees <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down...</span> Fall has arrived and for the past few weeks my students have been welcoming Fall in many fun and festive ways! The leaves on the trees are Falling down all around our school and leaves are probably one of my favorite things to incorporate into treatment activities because there are so many ways to discover their beauty. My students are always excited to explore the different shapes and vibrant colors of red, yellow, orange and brown, the textures of soft, rough and crunchy and the smells of nature:) <br />
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If you have time, you can venture outside and find a variety of leaves that have fallen from the trees outside or make a visit to the store to buy some fabric leaves. Fabric leaves are great because they are easy clean-up and can be re-used for many Fall seasons to come. I dump the leaves in a large water table (a bucket or tray would work well too) so my students can explore and play in the leaves, feeling the different textures and scents. You can even hide different manipulatives in the leaves, such as plastic farm animals or bugs, sensory balls or other fidgets to find. <br />
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My students love to jump and roll in the leaves too! The kids love jumping on the trampoline or bouncing/rolling on the therapy ball while the leaves fall overhead. With facilitation for safety, the students are able to reach to the ground for the leaves, pick them up and then watch them fall. My students love parachute activities so it is fun to take turns sitting in the middle of the parachute (on top) with the leaves all around and as the parachute moves the leaves swish and swoosh all around. While laying on top of the parachute the students can roll side to side in the leaves. These sensorimotor activities are not only fun but also encourage peer interaction, body awareness, gross motor coordination, balance, motor planning and sequencing. <br />
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Some Fall Favorites:<br />
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<u>Autumn Leaves </u><br />
(sing to the tune: 'London bridges')<br />
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Autumn leave are falling down, </div>
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falling down, falling down</div>
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Autumn leaves are falling down, </div>
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falling to the ground.</div>
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Pick them up and watch them fall, </div>
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watch them fall, watch them fall</div>
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Pick them up and watch them fall,</div>
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it's so much fun! </div>
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<u>The Leaves on the Trees </u><br />
('The Wheels on the Bus') </div>
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The leaves on the trees are falling down,</div>
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falling down, falling down.</div>
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The leaves on the trees are falling down, </div>
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all through the town!</div>
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The leaves on the trees go swish, swish, swish</div>
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swish, swish, swish</div>
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swish, swish, swish</div>
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The leaves on the trees go swish, swish, swish</div>
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all through the town!</div>
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The leaves on the ground go crunch, crunch, crunch</div>
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crunch, crunch, crunch</div>
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crunch, crunch, crunch</div>
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The leaves on the ground go crunch, crunch, crunch</div>
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all through the town!<br />
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My students had a blast creating these magical rainbow trees for Fall. These beautiful little trees are a fun way to incorporate both fine motor and visual-motor integration skills, including: cutting, pasting, hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, counting, and ordinal sequencing (largest to smallest). The tree trunks were cut from recycled newspaper and each student got to pick 4 to 5 large circles in their favorite colors to cut. After the largest (biggest) circles were cut and pasted on branches, the medium sized circles and smallest circles were introducted and pasted in place. For my students working on written communication, they were given time to write sentences about their rainbow beauties:) <br />
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As I explained in my previous post (Apples), I try to incorporate a lot of visual-motor integration skills into my treatment sessions, matching, lacing, tracing, connect the dots, mazes, printing, etc. Matching games are a great way to work on not only visual-motor skills but also hand-eye coordination, visual-scanning and discrimination skills and fine motor control. My students absolutely love matching and I have found it to be an easy to use and adapt activity that is effective in encouraging visual-motor integration skill development. Of course, I explored the web to find images of leaves so I could make some matching boards. Unfortunately, I am unsure where I found my images for these matching boards because I made them last year but if you just Google search 'leaf matching' you will find a ton of great images to use with different colors, patterns and shapes. Like I said before, matching boards take a while to make but they are so worth the effort and time because they prove to be a perfect warm-up table top activity and if laminated they can be sanitized and stored for school years to come:)</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 200%;">Lauren </span></div>
The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-72732105789249593972012-10-09T17:21:00.003-05:002012-10-23T19:07:03.023-05:00Spooky Bats <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It's time to celebrate Halloween and we have been making spooky bats all week long! This spooky bat is a fun cutting and pasting activity that focuses on spatial awareness, body awareness, hand-eye coordination, fine motor control visual-motor integration.<br />
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Each student was given the body and head of their bat and after they cut out their oval shaped body and circular shaped head, they were given two pointy wings, circular eyes, triangular fangs and a moon shaped mouth. The paper body parts were presented one at a time and pasted in order. <br />
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Each child attached a strip of black paper with tape on the back so they could fly their bats around the room while singing some favorite batty songs:) </div>
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<u>Bats Are Sleeping</u></div>
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Bats are sleeping, bats are sleeping,</div>
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Upside down, Upside down</div>
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Waiting for the night! </div>
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Waiting for the night!</div>
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Then fly around, Then fly around. </div>
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For my students working on higher functioning visual-motor integration skills, specifically written communication abilities, we then practiced copying spooky sentences about bats from the board. Working on attending to margins and applying proper capitalization, letter formation, spacing and punctuation. My students are very creative with active imaginations! It is cute to read their descriptions of their batty friends! <br />
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<br />For my younger students, we had fun reading the book <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/there-was-old-lady-who-swallowed-bat" target="_blank">There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat </a>by Lucille Colandro. She also swallowed an owl, a cat, a ghost, a goblin, some bones, and even a wizard! I joined the <a href="http://clubs.scholastic.com/about/index.shtml" target="_blank">Scholastic Book Club</a> so I have been purchasing some of my favorite stories to include in my treatment sessions:) Another favorite sing-along story we have been enjoying is <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/spooky-wheels-bus" target="_blank">The Spooky Wheels on the Bus </a>. We have been enjoying this story while playing with our parachute and other sensorimotor therapy activities, such as hand print bats. <br />
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Hand Print Bats:<br />
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My students had a blast exploring shaving cream and black paint to create these furry little creatures. First my students painted a black circle in the middle of the page, working on painting within circular boundaries and then place two hand prints to create bat wings:) We used a textured paint brush so not only did my students explore the tactile input of the sticky and smooth paint but they also experienced the rough textures and tickle input of the brush on their hands. </div>
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This activity is great for students who are tactile defensive and have difficulty in exploring different textures. This activity is also a wonderful way for students to explore their environment throughout touch and sensation. Once the shaving cream paint was dry, we pasted on two eyes and a mouth with fangs. <br />
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Spooky Matching Boards:</div>
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I made these Halloween matching games last school year so I am unsure of where I got the images. I am sure I just Google searched 'Halloween matching' and found the images. I love this first matching game because as the kids build the spooky characters they are working on body awareness. </div>
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I also use these matching games to play Go Fish and Halloween Memory with my students:) <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hoot Whoo! </span><br />
This week these adorable little owls crash landed and are perched around our therapy gym. Since I work in an early childhood school setting, many of my treatment plans incorporate functional use of art materials, including cutting and pasting tasks. The first week of therapy, my students got acquainted with <a href="http://www.hwtears.com/hwt/learning-lounge/mat-man-world" target="_blank">Mat Man</a>. Mat Man is a fun way to teach body awareness, shape recognition, spatial awareness, cooperation, organization, counting and sequencing as the children build and draw Mat Man together. I love to begin each school year with Mat Man being one of our first activities and I continue to incorporate and build upon these skills as the school year progresses. <br />
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My students were so unbelievably excited to create these cute owls. Each student got to pick the color body and wings of their owl and after they cut out their oval shaped body and wings, they were given an oval belly, circular eyes, triangular nose and ears, and rectangular feet, moving from the top of the owls head to the bottom. Then each student was given 10 circular dots to paste on the owl's belly in a tree pattern. I placed 10 dots of glue for a visual cue; working on fine motor and hand-eye coordination while counting and pasting the dots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wise Little Owls <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owl Template: Wings <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owl Template: Belly, Ears, Eyes, Beak, Feet and Dots</td></tr>
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Each sweet little owl is unique and it's so cute to see each student's personality shine though!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Owls</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 200%;">Lauren </span></div>
The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-13926550332432808122012-10-08T22:30:00.003-05:002012-10-08T22:32:00.449-05:00Candy Jar <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mason Candy Jar </td></tr>
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My wonderful friend Martha made me delicious homemade salsa as a birthday treat. Martha gifted her salsa in this Mason jar garnished with lavender stems and a raffia bow (very O.T. of her). Not only was the salsa delicious but it was packaged with love! After making my <a href="http://www.thelovelyot.blogspot.com/2012/10/mason-sewing-jar.html" target="_blank">sewing jar kit</a> I decided to upcycle this jar to make a candy jar for my desk at work. This cute candy jar was very easy to make and it is the perfect addition to my desk top! <br />
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Supplies: <br />
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<li>Mason jar with lid</li>
<li>Fabric (I used a quarter of a yard)</li>
<li>Fabric glue</li>
<li>Pencil</li>
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First, I took the flat metal top out of the rim of the jar and I used a pencil to trace the circle shape on to a corner of the fabric. <br />
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Second, I cut out the circle of fabric and I glued it flat onto the metal lid. I turned the metal rim of the jar upside down and I applied glue along the inside. Then I placed the flat lid into the rim with the fabric side showing through the top. <br />
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Finally, I used the remaining fabric to create a few fabric flowers (see my <a href="http://www.thelovelyot.blogspot.com/2012/08/fabric-flower-headbands.html" target="_blank">Fabric Flower Tutorial </a>for more details). Once the fabric flowers were complete, I used fabric glue to secure the flowers on top of the lid.<br />
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Now I have a cute jar to hold all of my tasty treats! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mason Candy Jar</td></tr>
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-82537315199933267802012-10-08T21:25:00.000-05:002012-10-08T21:34:50.316-05:00Mason Sewing Jar <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My lovely Parents bought me a sewing machine and sewing lessons for my birthday! What a great gift to receive and I am so excited to become a little sewing machine:) I decided to use a Mason jar that was my Grandmother's to create a small sewing kit. My pin cushion top sewing kit was simple to make and is the perfect size to store all of my sewing essentials. My sewing treasure reminds me of my Grandmother each time I see it pleasantly sitting next to my sewing machine. My Grandma Ma would be so happy to see that I am putting one of her canning jars to good use! <br />
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I didn't take any photos while I was making the jar so I will try my best to describe the steps. <br />
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Supplies:<br />
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<li>Mason jar with lid</li>
<li>Fabric glue</li>
<li>Hot glue</li>
<li>Fabric (I used about a quarter of a yard) </li>
<li>Cotton Batting </li>
<li>Thin cardboard or card stock</li>
<li>Scissors</li>
<li>Pencil </li>
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First, I took the flat metal lid from the rim and used my pencil to trace it onto the cardboard. Next, I traced another circle onto my fabric approximately 1 to 1.5 inches larger in diameter than the lid. I used my scissors to cut out both circles. Then I took a small handful of batting and I glued it onto the cardboard circle and placed the fabric circle on top, smoothing out the fabric over the batting. Then I applied hot glue to the back of the cardboard piece to secure the edges of the fabric. <br />
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Next, I turned the metal rim upside down and I applied hot glue to the inside of the rim. Quickly I placed the fabric and batting cushion into the center of the rim, making sure it was protruding evenly through the hole and that the cardboard was flush against the inside. Finally, I used hot glue to attach the flat lid to the cardboard. <br />
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Once the pin cushion lid was complete, I used the remaining fabric to create a few fabric flowers (see my <a href="http://thelovelyot.blogspot.com/2012/08/fabric-flower-headbands.html" target="_blank">Fabric Flower Tutorial </a>for details). I used fabric glue to secure the flowers on the top, adding a charming touch to the pin cushion. <br />
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Sewing Essentials: <br />
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<li>Measuring tape</li>
<li>Sewing needles</li>
<li>All-purpose thread</li>
<li>Thimble</li>
<li>Extra buttons</li>
<li>Safety pins</li>
<li>Straight pins </li>
<li>Seam ripper </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mason Jar Sewing Kit </td></tr>
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-55478730429828015192012-09-19T19:49:00.001-05:002012-10-05T22:04:34.969-05:00Apples, Apples, Apples! <div style="text-align: center;">
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Back to school! I decided that as the school year goes on I am going to post some of the treatment activities that I do with my little ones at school. Lacing is one of my favorite activities to do with my O.T. students! Lacing is an activity that promotes the development of many fine motor and visual motor skills needed to perform functional tasks; such as bilateral coordination, hand-eye coordination, grip strength, finger dexterity, spatial awareness, sequencing steps, and accuracy. I will try to post pictures of my lacing activities with templates as the school year progresses. My student's are definitely more eager to practice lacing when they know they are creating something fun! Back-to-school apples, Halloween pumpkins, Thanksgiving turkeys, Valentine's hearts, Winter Wonderland penguins, lucky shamrocks, and Easter eggs are a few of my lacing ideas so far:) <br />
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<b>Supplies:</b><br />
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<li>Apple, stem and leaf template</li>
<li>construction paper (red, green, brown) </li>
<li>yarn</li>
<li>hole punch</li>
<li>newspaper or tissue paper</li>
<li>tape</li>
<li>glue stick</li>
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I am having difficulty in uploading the apple, stem and leaf template I created so I posted it as a picture to give a better idea of the patterns I traced to create the pieces. I will be sure to update this post as soon as I figure it out... so stay tuned!<br />
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<b>Preparation:</b> My best practice is to prepare for all of my treatment themes ahead of time and I usually prep a few extra just in case of any mix-ups. I am usually tracing, cutting and laminating in front of my favorite television shows. For my lacing projects, each student's gets two templates identically hole punched and tied together through one of the holes with a piece of yarn long enough to lace in a front-to-back pattern along the template. For example, if you are preparing this activity for 20 students, you will need 40 paper apples and 20 pieces of yarn cut to fit.<br />
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After the apples are cut, hole punched and tied, add a small piece of tape to the end of each yarn piece so it will be easier to manage and to thread through the holes. Then cut an apple stem and leaf for each apple using the brown and green construction paper. I try to incorporate cutting practice into most treatment activities so for this project I decided to cut the apple stems and then trace the leaf shape on to small green squares for the students to cut out themselves. I also used the school dye cut machine to cut out small upper case letters so the students could work on sequencing their first names on to their apples. <br />
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<b>Intervention:</b> The students begin by lacing their apples. It is important that the student's focus on lacing each hole, sequencing one-at-a-time in a clockwise (or counter clockwise) pattern and remembering to pull the string fully through each hole so there is enough yarn to lace the whole pattern. I usually cue my students to continue lacing along the pattern until there are only about 3 open holes toward the top. Then give each student a piece of newspaper to tear into small pieces, crumble and stuff into the apple. I love this part of the activity because it really targets bilateral coordination and motor planning skills and the kids really love tearing the paper and stuffing the apple to look delicious and juicy! After stuffing the apple, lace the remaining holes, secure with a knot or bow and trim away excess yarn. Have the students use scissors to cut out the leaf and stem shapes and use a glue stick to glue the stem and then leaf on top; working on spatial awareness and sequencing. "The stem goes at the top, the stem goes at the top, hi ho did you know, the stem goes at the top..."<br />
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A few of my favorite apple songs:<br />
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<u>One Little, Two Little, Three Little Apples!</u></div>
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(sing to the tune 'One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians') </div>
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One little, two little, three little apples!</div>
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Four little, five little, six little apples! </div>
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Seven little, eight little, nine little apples!</div>
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Ten little apples growing on the tree! <br />
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<u>Apples, apples, apples!</u><br />
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Apples, Apples, Apples<br />
Apples on a tree<br />
Apples, apples, apples<br />
Red, yellow, green!<br />
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Apples, apples, apples<br />
grow so way up high<br />
Apples, apples, apples<br />
we bake them in a pie!<br />
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Apples, apples, apples<br />
taste so good to me<br />
Apples, apples, apples<br />
good for you and me! <br />
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<u>APPLE Song</u><br />
(sing to the tune 'BINGO') <br />
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There is a fruit that grows on trees<br />
and apple is its' name-o!<br />
A-P-P-L-E<br />
A-P-P-L-E<br />
A-P-P-L-E<br />
and apple is its' name-o!<br />
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It is a fruit that good to eat<br />
and apple is its' name-o! <br />
A-P-P-L-E<br />
A-P-P-L-E<br />
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A-P-P-L-E<br />
and apple is its' name-o!<br />
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It can be sweet, it can be tart<br />
and apple is its' name-o!<br />
A-P-P-L-E<br />
A-P-P-L-E<br />
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A-P-P-L-E<br />
and apple is its' name-o!<br />
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<u>Ten Red Apples</u> <br />
Ten red apples grow on a tree<br />
Five for you, and five for me<br />
Let us shake the tree just so<br />
and all ten apples will fall below!<br />
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10! <br />
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Since my area of practice is school-based, specifically early childhood, I also try to incorporate alot of therapeutic activities that focus on visual-motor integration skills into my treatment sessions. Matching games are a great way to work on not only visual-motor skills but also hand-eye coordination, visual-scanning and discrimination skills and fine motor control. I have created many matching games to tie into alot of my intervention plans. There are alot of great resources on the web that offer many printables according to theme and grade level. All you need to do is print (remember to print two copies; one for the matching board and one to match on top), laminate, cut and Velcro and you have an instant matching game. Depending on the skill level, you can printables focusing on matching according to color, shape, pattern or theme. Matching boards are definitely a student favorite! </div>
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Here are a few of my favorite resources: </div>
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<a href="http://filefolderfun.com/SearchKindergarten.html" target="_blank">File Folder Fun</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.busybeekidsprintables.com/Printable-Games-for-Kids.html" target="_blank">Busy Bee Kids Printables </a></div>
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<a href="http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/filefolder.shtml" target="_blank">Preschool Printables</a></div>
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For my younger Pre-Kindergarten and severe and profound students, alot of treatment interventions focus on sensorimotor and sensory processing therapeutic activities. I love to plan activities that focus on motor planning, tactile exploration and functional use of art supplies. Painting and pasting activities are perfect for incorporating these skills. It is important for these little ones to learning how to functionally engage within their learning environment and simple painting activities focus on learning functional use art supplies (using the paint and brush effectively) and sequencing steps (dipping the brush into the paint and apply the paint while targeting within large boundaries). For this apple activity, I cut out large apple shapes from white construction paper and had the students paint them bright red using a mixture of tempera paint and shaving cream. I find it helpful to add a few drops of dish soap to the paint mixture for easy clean-up and to minimize stains. As you can see for the picture above, my students are little Pablo Picasso's:) To add to the experience, I purchased apple scented products and apple sauce so the children could explore and experience apples using their other senses (olfactory and tactile). <br />
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Apples have definitely been the theme for O.T. throughout the first few weeks of school. By the end of the theme, I am usually dreaming and singing of red, yellow and green apples:) Being resourceful, I used some green and brown felt material I found amongst my O.T. supplies and I cut out two large green circles and two large brown rectangles to create trees. I clipped the trees onto my movable easel stand (one on each side) and used Velcro dots to attach red and green balls to create an apple trees. My students loved participating in apple picking race. The student's had to pick the apples at midline and sort according to color into barrels. Not only does this activity focus on motor planning, hand-eye coordination, sequencing, spatial awareness, visual discrimination skills but it also incorporates turn taking, team work, endurance and crossing midline. After sorting and counting their apples, the student's then had to tally on the board the number of red and green apples they picked. This is a fun warm-up activity and can be modified depending on skill level and physical abilities. For my higher functioning students needing to work on balance and body awareness, I have them stand on a balance board or disc.<br />
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Modification: Since I have students functioning at different developmental and skill levels I decided to adapt the apple picking race to make it a little more challenging. I created a large tree similar to the felt tree using bulletin board paper (I laminated it so I can use it again next school year). I used Velcro dots to attach the apples from the apple matching boards I made and I hung the tree on a tall movable cart. This type of activity is great for working on visual scanning skills, hand-eye coordination and motor planning. Picking the apples from the tree and then matching the apples on the board was not only fun for the kids but a purposeful activity. <br />
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Darling apples have beautified our therapy gym! What a tasty way to Fall back into school!<br />
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-91272273934519200472012-09-18T12:47:00.002-05:002012-09-19T16:45:32.994-05:00Fabric Flower Wreath <div style="text-align: left;">
Welcome to September! It has been a few weeks since I have posted but I have been working like crazy to prepare for the new school year and hopefully I will find the time to post some of the crafty projects that I have been working on soon!<br />
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Since I had so much practice this Summer making the rolled fabric flowers, I decided to make a wreath (one of my favorite gifts) for my parent's front door to welcome Fall! I tried to choose fabrics that coordinated using Earth tones (cream, gold, green, blue and red colors). There are always so many choices of fabrics and I didn't want the wreath to look too busy so I narrowed my fabric choices to five different patterns. Remember, the pattern of the fabric isn't as important as the colors. I usually look for larger print patterns so the pattern won't really matter once the flowers are rolled. I was able to find all of the materials used at <a href="http://www.joann.com/" target="_blank">Joann Fabrics </a>. Joann has a great selection of fabrics and floral accents and usually runs great sale prices and offers a pretty sweet discount for educators:) <br />
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<li>Fabric (I used 5 different patterns, 1/2 yard of each to make approximately 40 fabric flowers) </li>
<li>Fabric glue </li>
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<li>Ruler or rotary cutting mat with ruler</li>
<li>16 inch grape vine wreath</li>
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Step One: Follow my <a href="http://thelovelyot.blogspot.com/2012/08/fabric-flower-headbands.html" target="_blank">Fabric Flower Tutorial </a>for step-by-step instructions on making the rolled fabric flowers. Side Note: In all of my practice making these flowers I discovered that instead starting the flower by tightly rolling the fabric 7 to 8 times (as seen in step two) it is much easier to tie a knot at the end of the fabric strip to create the center of the flower and then begin twisting the fabric. (Please see example below) I suggest trying both techniques and deciding for yourself which way works best and which flower style you prefer. I decided I wanted the wreath to be very full so I rolled approximately 40 flowers using every inch of fabric. <br />
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Step Two: Once all of the flowers were rolled, I used my hot glue gun to secure the small berry branches around the wreath (sorry I forgot to take a picture of this step). I used five stems and tried to space them evenly along the diameter of the wreath. I was originally planning on using both the large and small berry accents as pictured however after I got started I decided that the small berry stems were just enough. Worry not, the large berries will not go to waste! I am sure I will find a creative way to use the stems in the near future..I am thinking to decorate a hurricane candle.<br />
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Step Three: Once the berries were in place and secure, I used my hot glue gun to attach the flowers by alternating patterns and sizes. In the meantime, my sister Gwen painted the wooden G a gold color and once it was dry I attached it to the wreath using my hot glue gun.<br />
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My Mom was so excited with how fabulous the wreath turned out and I think it is a beautiful addition to their entryway and a simple way to transition into Fall decor! It would even be pretty hanging in a bathroom or kitchen and the Earthy colors look great with the fresh mums we planted with the potted spikes and vinca vines hearty and surviving from Summer. Fall is definitely one of my favorite times of the year and I am looking forward to sharing more crafty Fall projects throughout the season!<br />
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-73240654845381382822012-08-13T18:48:00.001-05:002012-09-19T17:09:19.565-05:00Chocolate Covered Pretzels <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chocolate covered pretzels have become my favorite go-to treat for parties and special events. These tasty little treats are pretty simple to make and are always a hit! This weekend I co-hosted a baby shower for my friend. Last minute the party favors we ordered fell through so I was convinced to make some chocolate covered pretzels and package them up as a thank you treat for our guests. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I like to decorate my pretzels using chocolate and sprinkles to compliment the holiday or theme of the event. I prefer to use <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Plymouth-Pantry-Almond-Bark-0007259199176/10313776" target="_blank">Almond Bark</a> in vanilla or chocolate flavors because it is easy to melt, tastes delicious, and sets smoothly. <a href="http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E310A5F-475A-BAC0-513EBB4AAC195A7E&fid=3E32DFEA-475A-BAC0-51B68534387FF8B9" target="_blank">Wilton Candy Melts</a> are also great because they too are easy to melt and the wafers are available in a variety of vibrant colors. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">pretzel rods (be careful not to crack the pretzels in transit)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">almond bark melting chocolate or candy melts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">sprinkles (sugar or candy) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">wax paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">microwave safe glass mug or cylinder shape container</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">spoon </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Step One: Begin by covering your work surface with a few sheets of wax paper. In the meantime, fill your glass mug with melting chocolate and heat in the microwave on high for approximately 60 seconds, remove and stir. The chocolate will begin to soften and as you stir it with a spoon it should become creamy. You may need to pop it back into the microwave for 15 second increments until it is not only creamy but thin but be careful not to over heat! If overheated, the chocolate will become chunky and will not set properly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Step Two: Place pretzel rods vertical into the mug and use your spoon to gently work the chocolate up the pretzel. Once the pretzel is covered with chocolate pull it out of the mug, shake off excess chocolate and place onto the wax paper. As the pretzels are being covered with chocolate, line them up vertically on the wax paper and shake on the sprinkles or candy pieces before chocolate starts to set. Make sure to leave the pretzels on the wax paper until the chocolate is fully set and hardened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Step Three: Once the chocolate is fully set, I usually melt a small amount of chocolate in a ramekin dish (following heating directions in step one) and I use a spoon to drizzle the chocolate in a sweeping motion across the pretzel rods. Do not remove the pretzels from the wax paper until the chocolate is fully set (allow about 20 to 30 minutes). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Step Four: Store the chocolate covered pretzels in an air tight container with a piece of wax paper between the layers of pretzels to prevent them from sticking together. I usually serve the pretzels on long white porcelain serving plate or arrange the pretzels in a heart or cylinder shape glass vase lined with tissue paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since we were giving the chocolate covered pretzels as a shower favor, we purchased <a href="http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=C183D5EC-423B-522D-FB7E5B3E94A4B4E1&killnav=1" target="_blank">Wilton Pretzel Bags</a> to package them. We placed two pretzels in each bag and tied a pink tulle bow on top. The pretzels were delicious and a tasteful way to say thank you to each of our guests:) </span></div>
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-3694915636721704332012-08-01T23:59:00.002-05:002012-09-18T12:55:10.825-05:00Fabric Flower Tutorial <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My darling cousins are about to turn 6 and 3 years old and with their birthday party fast approaching I decided to make them both something handmade to add to their gifts. Rachel and Courtney are very girlie and they rarely leave home without being decked out from head-to-toe! My little dollies are always well accessorized so I decided I would try to make some headbands that would coordinate with their Fall wardrobes:) <br />
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I recently learned how to make rolled fabric flowers which are simple to make and can be used to dress-up just about anything! I made an adorable wreath earlier this year using a grape vine wreath and fabric flowers in shades of green (my favorite color). The wreath is packed away in the attic but I will be sure to post a photo when I pull it out in the Spring. These flowers are also cute glued on ribbons, clips or pins to embellish gifts, clothing, hairdos, etc....these flowers are a crafty gem and the possibilities are endless! Since I was making the headbands for little ladies I decided to make 3 flowers per headband. <br />
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<li>Fabric (I used 3 different patterns, 1/4 yard of each to make approximately 18 fabric flowers) </li>
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<li>Ruler or rotary cutting mat with ruler</li>
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<b>Step One:</b> Cut the fabric pieces into 2" wide by 22" inch long strips. With these measurements, I was able to cut approximately 10 strips per 1/4 yard of fabric. The length of the fabric strip determines the width of the flower, a 22'' strip makes a flower approximately 1" wide (small). To make a larger flower I usually use 2 to 3 strips.<br />
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<b style="text-align: justify;">Step Two: </b><span style="text-align: justify;">Once the fabric strips are cut, begin by folding your strip in half (lengthwise) and applying about a line of fabric glue top to bottom. </span></div>
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<b>Step Three:</b> Begin rolling your fabric strip about 7 or 8 times. This will be the center of the flower. </div>
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<b style="text-align: justify;">Step Four: </b><span style="text-align: justify;">Keep a tight hold on the center with one hand and with your other hand start twisting the fabric around the center in a counter clock-wise direction, placing a small dot of glue every other twist to secure. I usually place a good amount of glue on a piece of cardboard ahead of time and use my finger tip to apply the glue while twisting. The more you twist the fabric, the tighter rolled the flower will be. </span><br />
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<b>Step Five:</b> Keep twisting your fabric strip around the center and when you get to the end of the strip, glue the end down to the side of
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<b>Step Six: </b>After the glue on your flowers are dry, use fabric glue or a hot glue gun to attach as desired. I used my hot glue gun to attach the fabric flowers, one at a time to the headbands. I glued three flowers per headband. <br />
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It took me a few evenings to make enough flowers for the headbands. Once you get into the groove of twisting and gluing, you will be surprised just how simple and fun these flowers are to make:)<br />
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As a finishing touch, I placed the flower headbands in clear cello bags tied with white tulle. I wanted to be sure the headbands didn't get smashed when wrapped with the matching pink ruffle tops and comfy boot cut jeans I purchased for the girls. The headbands are darling and I will try to snap a photo of the girls wearing them at their birthday party. <br />
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I am kind of on a roll with making the rolled fabric flowers and like I said before, once you get moving and grooving with making them the possibilities are endless! My cousin Taylor's birthday party is also coming up and I had some extra fabric quarters in my craft box so I decided to make her a headband to match the outfit I bought her. Taylor is going into the second grade so I decided to get a little thicker headband and I discovered that is much easier to mount the rolled flowers onto a thicker surface.
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By the way, I forgot to mention before that the color of the fabric is much more important than the pattern. Once the flowers are rolled the pattern isn't really visible, just the colors. The fabric that I used to create the flowers for this headband had a bright pink background with large green, yellow and orange flowers. </div>
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All of the flower headbands I made are adorably cute, but I do think the bright pink flowers on the thicker pink headband is my favorite! I am excited to see what else I can beautify with these crafty treasures! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This past Winter, one of my dearest friends, Dayna and I decided to start a "crafty club". Currently, Dayna and I are the only members of this crafting club (our other friends weren't too hip to the idea) but in theory it's a fun way for us to spend some quality time together and a great way to let our creativity shine!<br /><br /> Dayna is the writer of a fabulous blog (</span><a href="http://www.groundedwife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.groundedwife.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">) where she features delicious recipes, handy dandy tips and tricks, organizational and upcycling ideas and crafty projects. Dayna is one of the most ambitious and creative people I know! I highly recommend you check out the Grounded Wife so you can see for yourself just how crafty and resourceful Dayna truly is! Dayna is my inspiration for writing my blog and hopefully I will soon have many more posts that feature our crafty club activities:) <br /><br /> The Grounded Wife is expecting a little Crabb in November and has been working diligently to decorate the nursery and to create a warm and comfy nest for her baby bundle. I am so excited for the arrival of baby Crabb and I can only image how amazingly special her nursery will be:)</span>
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The Lovely O.T. http://www.blogger.com/profile/03453237900991120202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288952564948783102.post-39939135994327629302012-07-16T09:49:00.002-05:002012-09-02T03:22:14.602-05:00Fabric Wreath Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Bash Giraffe Wreath </td></tr>
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My dear friend, Erin is expecting her first baby bundle in November and a few girlfriends and I have been planning a baby shower in her honor. Erin loves giraffes and has chosen an adorable neutral giraffe theme for her baby's nursery <a href="http://www.cocalo.com/item.asp?id=915&brand=1&g=4&coll=915&cat=1" target="_blank">Snickerdoodle Bedding</a>. <br />
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While planning for Erin's baby bash, we decided to incorporate her giraffe nursery theme into the party decor, games and favors. Since one of my favorite craft projects are wreaths, my fellow party planner presented me with the challenge of <span>making a wreath that will not only greet guests as they arrive for the shower but can also be enjoyed in the baby's nursery. This cute idea was right up my alley! </span><br />
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<span>Eager to get started, I ventured out to several fabric stores on search for the perfect neutral fabrics that would coordinate with the colors of Erin's nursery (tan,cocoa, yellow and pale orange). There were so many fabrics to choose from that I was sure I would find what I was looking for...how hard could it be?! Sadly mistaken, I </span><span>was in over my head! </span><span >Although I found many baby friendly giraffe theme fabrics, I couldn't find any in neutral colors. Frustrated, I surrendered my search and was even considering buying an extra crib sheet from the bedding collection and cutting it up into strips so the wreath would coordinate perfectly...great idea but kinda costly. </span><span>I decided to make do with the fabrics I could find and I did eventually find a neutral fabric with baby carriages and blocks to substitute and wooden giraffes that I could paint to coordinate as a bonus:) I was back on track! </span><br />
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<li><span>14 inch wreath (I used a straw wreath with the plastic left on to minimize the mess) </span></li>
<li><span>4 to 5 different fabrics (1/2 yard of each) </span></li>
<li><span><a href="http://www.joann.com/fiskars-9-pinking-shears/prd2873/" target="_blank">Pinking Shears </a> or craft scissors (pinking shears are scissors with blades that are saw-toothed instead of straight and cut a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge) </span></li>
<li><span>Ruler or measuring tape </span></li>
<li><span>Accents (I used wooden giraffes and painted them to match using acrylic paint and Mod Podge and attached them using a glue gun but fabric glue would probably work too) </span></li>
<li><span>Bonus: I recently purchased a <a href="http://www.joann.com/fiskars-rotary-cutting-set/prd23953/" target="_blank">Fiskars Rotary Cutting Set </a> which made measuring and cutting the fabric strips a lot easier! It's well-worth the investment. </span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supplies: rotary cutter, board, ruler, pinking shears, and fabrics</td></tr>
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<b>Step One:</b> Cut the fabric pieces into 2" wide by 18" inch long strips by placing the fabric flat along the mat, then placing the ruler on top to measure the width and guiding the rotary cutter along the edge of the ruler from one end of the ruler to the other.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step One: cut fabric into 2" by 18" strips</td></tr>
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<b>Step Two: </b>Once all of the fabric is cut into strips, use the pinking shears (optional) to cut a zigzag pattern along the edges of each of the strips of fabric. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step Two: cut zigzag pattern along edges of fabric strips</td></tr>
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<b>Step Three:</b> Tie the fabric strips onto the wreath clockwise alternating colors (I used a 1-2-3-4-5 pattern for variety). Make sure to tie a double knot to keep the fabric pieces in place.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step Three: tie fabric strips onto wreath clockwise<br />
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<b>A"giraffe" touch...</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The wooden giraffes I found at the craft store were originally painted orange and yellow so I decided to repaint them to match using acrylic paint and a thin paint brush. I had to apply three layers of paint, allowing time to fully dry between layers. Once painted to my liking, I painted a thin layer of Mod Podge to each of the giraffes to add a shiny glow. I laid them on wax paper to protect the table top and to prevent the giraffes from sticking. Once dry, I used a hot glue gun to attach each of the giraffes onto the wreath. </span></div>
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I had a lot of fun with this project and I am excited with how cute the wreath turned out! I hope it will be a special surprise for Erin and I am sure it will be the perfect addition to her little giraffe's already adorable nursery!<br />
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