Camping Shirts

Last week my sister and I made turkey shirts for our little turkey children. The boys couldn't wait to wear them. Even though it's not November yet, they wore them on Saturday. Mica doesn't like to wear Halloween shirts very much. He says, "I don't want to wear that because it will scare the girls." How considerate.

I went over to finish the camping shirts with my sister Terra on Saturday night. Here's how they turned out:

I think they are pretty cute! Terra sewed felt, while I cut felt.

Isaak was a punk and wouldn't let me take pictures of him with his new shirt on.

We're thinking of making snowman ones to. Hey we're on a roll. 5 turkey shirts, 5 camping shirts, what's 5 more? I think they'll be cute because they'll have buttons on them. I had the idea of putting yellow on some parts of the snowmen. Then writing in fabric markers, "Don't eat the yellow stuff!" I love the mixture of cute with crude. My Dad would be so proud! My Mom on the other hand would be like, "No Alissa!" HA HA! Their schools wouldn't like it. My husband thought it was tacky. Dang it's funny to me.  We'll probably just have cute snowmen with no additional concept.

Turkey Shirts

My sister Terra and I made turkey shirts for our little turkey children last Sunday. 

I bought the shirts and felt. I wanted to make monster shirts, but here it is almost Halloween and they never got made. They still could have worn monster shirts, but the boys wanted turkeys instead.

Our little nephew Emerson (cousin to the boys) is getting a light dose of chemo for 2 tumors he has on his kidneys. He has Trisomy 18. He is such a little cuddly child! I feel for him! I planned different crafts for the 4 and 7 year olds (my boys and a few of my other nephews, Emerson's brothers) to keep us busy. Emerson was supposed to start chemo in the middle of October, but the date was set back because he got a really bad virus. He starts chemo really soon now.

Turkey shirts is what we made. I have other crafts lined up for next month; if needed.

Here's how they turned out:

I came up with the idea (minus the hat - Mica wanted a pilgrim hat to be on the turkeys). I worked on cutting the felt and my sister sewed. I can't sew with a machine. I just never really learned how to thread the machine. My sister can sew anything. All my sewing is done by hand. It's probably way harder and more time consuming to do, but it's what I know how to do.

My sister came up with an idea for a camping scene t-shirt. We went back to the store and bought blue shirts, cut brown sticks out, cream marshmallows and fires for underneath. The fires are so fun! There is a blue outer felt flame, then red, orange and yellow one for the center. We're not done with those yet.

My sister found a way to put the fire felt and the turkey tie over a long sleeve romper for little Emerson that has an NG feeding tube. She cut out little holes for the tube to connect. That will make feeding him so much easier!

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Betty Lukens Flannelboard - Ocean Scene and Animals Review

I am very happy with the Betty Lukens Flannelboard. Isaak got the chance to pick out of many Flannelboards. He went with the Ocean Scene and Animals set.

I think he chose this one because he loved the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, which we went to this summer.

We love that Betty Lukens contains the following:

• Learning
• Conversation
• Fun
• Doesn't require batteries
• Is a quiet toy

Here is the board he started out with:
 

Isaak asked a lot of questions when playing with the Ocean Scene and Animals set. He kept asking, "What's this?" I didn't mind answering. Learning is one of the goals in playing with toys like this.

One thing that Isaak did, which surprised me, is that he had to get every animal on the flannelboard. I told him that they didn't all have to be on there. He insisted that they were.

Betty Lukens Flannelboards are $19.95. The scene is 25 1/2"x36" with over 50 ocean animals.

I think it's a great toy to play with. Isaak can easily take it to Grandma and Grandpa's with it's carry case. It's a toy that is great to play with after visiting any aquarium! They are also an excellent toy for homeschooling kids.

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Disclaimer: The opinions on the post are my personal take on the product. This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. I am not compensated to provide my opinion except for receiving the products themselves to test out. Betty Lukens provided to me a free product to help with this review.

Betty Lukens Learning Fun with Felt

I could see Mica and Isaak getting into these felt boards:

Yes, the Thanksgiving one would be a hit any time of year for my kids.

Mica at one time wanted to be a prince.

I could see these sets being great for Grandma and Grandpa Apel's house. That is a time when we travel and need something quite to do. It would be great for programs, or church.

Betty Lukens has many options of felt boards. Natural Mama is giving one away - winners choice.