Category Archives: Kids

Anna's Christmas Dress

Posted on December 10, 2010 by city-made_admin

We had this great red satin women’s shirt in our stash of items to repurpose.  I had always pictured it as a Christmas dress for Anna. The time came to refashion the shirt into a dress so that she would … Continue reading →

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Ribbon scrap taggie blanket

Posted on November 26, 2010 by city-made_admin

We at citymade are happy to announce the arrival of citymade sister Catherine’s new daughter, Josephine! Congratulations to Catherine, John and Oscar on the new addition to the family. We always love to do sewing-for-baby projects, so Josephine wa a … Continue reading →

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Fabric Scrap Door Cushion

Posted on November 14, 2010 by city-made_admin

Today we created a door cushion with some fabric scraps from our scrap bin. We were able to stuff the cushion with used dryer lint and sew in two elastic hair bands to hook it onto the door knob.  This … Continue reading →

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Alternative to Baby wipes

Posted on November 13, 2010 by city-made_admin

Baby wipes can be useful for so much more than cleaning babies bottoms.  They come in handy for wiping little hands, noses, faces and spills.  The downside to baby wipes is that they produce quite a bit of waste.  Also, … Continue reading →

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Violin Shoulder Pad

Posted on November 7, 2010 by city-made_admin

Recently Ava (and Colin) began taking violin lessons. I love it, mostly because it has always been a dream of mine to play the violin, and what are kids for anyway, but to live out your dreams (kidding) Anyway. The … Continue reading →

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Word Magnets

Posted on November 3, 2010 by city-made_admin

Here is a simple idea to help your little kindergarten student learn his or her high frequency words (ask your child’s teacher for a list of the words if you do not have them).  Anna and I sat down with some … Continue reading →

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Sweet Repurposing

Posted on November 2, 2010 by city-made_admin

We are pretty sure many of you now have a giant stash of candy in your house from trick-or-treating this weekend.  I know we have way more than we need. We stumbled across this website http://www.candyexperiments.com/ that has some great … Continue reading →

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Anna's Pinkalicious Shoes

Posted on November 1, 2010 by city-made_admin

Anna had this old pair of hand-me-down tennis shoes. They fit her great but weren’t quite “pink” enough for her taste. She decided to be Pinkalicious for Halloween and needed some appropriate shoes. Sparkly pink shoes are not hard to … Continue reading →

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Lunchbag scrapbook

Posted on October 29, 2010 by city-made_admin

Ava here. For this next project, we decided to get the girls together (the brothers were occupied elsewhere) and create some fun scrapbooks. We started by gathering some paper bags. Folded them in half, punched holes and then tied them … Continue reading →

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The Brothers' Rad Pocket Pouch

Posted on October 28, 2010 by city-made_admin

Colin here: I came up with this idea from a ninja cartoon. Mom: That’s because you watch too much t.v. Yeah, but then I wouldn’t have gotten the idea in the first place. Mom: O.k. your right. Continue. Anyway, when … Continue reading →

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