If you’re looking for a special gift for a child, you can’t go wrong with a book and a handmade softie that looks like one of the characters in the book. Stephanie from Swoodson Says has rounded up 10 of her son’s favorite kid books and paired each with a tutorial for making a handmade softie that goes with the book. For example, she pairs the book The Pout Pout Fish with a free pattern from While She Naps for making a fleece fish softie. Or Llama Llama Red Pajama with a free pattern for a stuffed alpaca.
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Half handmade gift ideas (books and matching softie patterns), by Swoodson Says
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Papgena says
I love this post!I had a similar idea, for a gift a while back.
I leave the links for two of my posts showing a christmas gift that I made for my daugter, for one of her most loved books: 10 in the bed.
the finger puppets here http://papgenamadeit.blogspot.pt/2012/01/10-numa-cama-10-in-bed.html
the bed http://papgenamadeit.blogspot.pt/2012/01/cama-bed.html
Becky PS says
Wonderful idea!