It is my eldest son's birthday today - he's a whopping 4 years old... "not three mommy, actually 4!"
Tempting as it was to run to the toy store and buy him a bunch of trains and track, or cars or games or gadgets, I wanted to concentrate on homemade gifts for my family this year, so I started planning his a couple of months back.
He is CRAZY about cars and loves them in all shapes and sizes and what he loves to do best with them is ride them over different textured surfaces and watch the wheels! It's adorable! He lays down towels, he flattens newspapers, he makes bridges over the sofa cushions etc. etc.
So I decided to make him a playmat that folds up into a little bag for travel (we're off to England at the end of the week!). In the process of researching playmat ideas, I came across a fabric play-house that opens up. I thought that would be perfect for storing the cars inside, so I made one of those too.
All the birthday gifts were travel-inspired this year... as in, inspired by the prospect of a 10 hr flight and needing MANY distractions. So the last piece of his present was an "I Spy Bag". I loved these little bags so much that I made them as favors for the kids who will be coming to his party later today.
All the fabric came from the thrift store (except for the felt, which is made from recycled pop bottles!).
