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Play Felt Christmas Tree {DIY}

When I saw this play felt tree on Pinterest I knew I had to make it for sweet P. I had shown it to the hubby and forgot about it until he was dropping me off at Joann’s and he so kindly reminded me that I needed to purchase the felt. Remind me again why felt is so.damn.cheap? Not only was it already half off but the bolt I picked up only had two yards left and I only wanted one so the worker said she would give me the second yard for 40% off only paying 10%. Needless to say I have enough green felt to make  a felt tree every year until P turns twelve (or, if any SD friends want some let me know). Not only was this a fast DIY and when I say fast, I mean like I threw it up on the wall in a matter of ten minutes, no joke. Yeah, I could spent some nit picky time on it but it works for now and maybe the one for next year will have a little more detail put into it. P loves decorating her “ismis tree” over and over again.

Here’s what I did:
– I held the felt up to the wall where I wanted it to go, made a mark and threw it on the floor and eye-balled a triangle or something that sorta resembled one. I then made small triangular cuts to give the tree some dimension. Should’ve ironed the tree…
– Took some felt squares in various colors and cut circles, squares, ovals. The presents were done the same way and then hot glue adhered the “ribbon”.
-I used permanent glue dots to stick it to the wall, they won’t take the paint off but if it does I am not worried because this wall needs to be touched up anyhow.
– I then placed the ornaments, presents and star on the tree. I originally purchased Velcro circles to make sure they really stuck but the felt has no problem staying up.
– Introduced P to her tree and now she decorates it and un-decorates it over and over. Success.

Cost-
Green Felt – Originally $4.99/yard, on sale for $2.50. – one yard for the width is needed
Felt Squares – $.39 each x 6

= Cheap

we can now return to our regularly scheduled programming…

gesh! did you miss me?! I sure missed writing an actual blog post and y’all of course. While doing giveaways are great and I am so  thankful for all of my new readers :::waves hi::: it’s just nice to get back to what I really love, writing (and gushing on a time or two). Life has been normal here, we had a great low-key Thanksgiving which I am uber thankful for since I got in some much needed sleep and spent Black Friday with my Mom and Sissy. Last week my Mom came and stayed with me while Jim was away on business, we had an ultrasound for B’s kidneys (more on that later) and I had my six-week post-partum appointment. Now, we are on the countdown to sweet P’s second birthday which is in twelve days! We haven’t made any plans which saddens me in a way but I am planning on doing some fun decorations to surprise her when she wakes up that morning, probably a trip to Seaworld that day since our passes expire on NYE and then my parents arrive home that evening from their cruise. I am even trying to organize a small get together with her friends at Kidding Around so she can play and have some of mommy’s cupcakes! Time seems to be slipping away now that we have two kids, I mean time flew before but I cannot believe how fast time is passing. I really wish I could slow this season down a tad, we are trying to pack in enough but it’s like each day fast forwards to 4 PM and then we start all over. On another note, Jim has been working on our bathroom remodel. The tile has been laid, the toilet is ready to go back into place and we just need to purchase our new vanity. We decided to keep the marble that was in the shower, it doesn’t necessarily match the floor tile but neither of us want to know what lies behind that wall, so it will stay for the next owner to deal with. I am going to leave you with a few pictures since my last post and I promise things will get back to our regularly scheduled programming by next week!

my little turkey

lots of cousin playtime! 

the dessert bar I made for our best friends baby shower. 

and this little beaut. . . 

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