Valentine's Day Crafts
My son drew this picture a while ago with the request for me to make it into a stuffed animal.
Sorry it took so long, but here is 'puppy'. Happy Birthday, D !
You can make similar toys from your child's drawings like this too.
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From: Jonathan | 3/9/09 at 2:00 pm
The pictures are not coming up
From: Mariah DeMarco | 3/10/09 at 3:37 am
I love that! What nice lines & colors too!
I've been thinking of trying to sew one of my son's drawings (a super cute little beaver) ... You've inspired me! Thanks for sharing! xo
From: Jenna Lang | 3/10/09 at 6:10 pm
What a great idea! so cute I will surely try that with some of my daughter's works of art!
From: Gloria Brown, WINTERPORT, ME | 3/10/09 at 7:54 pm
Hello to Martha Stewart's crafting team!!
Congratulations on your new crafting dept.
My favorite is the sewing station because I enjoy sewing a lot. I like to take a new item and embellish it with my own ideas.
I look forward to many of your future blogs.
~Gloria
From: anne-catherine lueke | 3/10/09 at 8:13 pm
Daniels kleines Monster ist wirklich sehr lieb!
Liebe Grüsse,
Deine Anne-Catherine
From: Kim @ The TomKat Studio | 3/10/09 at 11:43 pm
This is so adorable! How sweet! I'm sure your son will love it!
From: Rabbit Knaw Crats | 3/11/09 at 8:41 am
That is so adorable! What a clever idea!
From: Phyllis Clark | 3/11/09 at 1:35 pm
Have you tried "Zentangle"?
check out their website zentangle.com
Please have a show on it.
Thanks
Phyllis
From: branwyn-gwynneth reeves | 3/11/09 at 6:15 pm
rad! i love using childrens drawings for projects, i just made a dress and embroidered it with one of my daughters drawings. it is so nice to see the drawings come to life. this puppy is too cute!
From: made sweet | 3/11/09 at 11:50 pm
so precious!! oh i adore it. I own a few little monster stuffed animals that are based off of childrens' drawings and I absolutely adore them.
From: Bring Your Kid's Art to Life | Tiny Décor Blog | 3/12/09 at 9:58 am
[...] Art Gallery were the coolest ways to display kids art, until I saw this. Silke Stoddard, from Martha Stewart’s Crafts Dept. turned her sons drawing into a real-life stuffed animal. If you are crafty with felt and stuffing, [...]
From: Kristine | 3/12/09 at 1:45 pm
That's soo cool of you. My fav. toys as a kid were the ones my mom made for me.
From: Mikelle | 3/12/09 at 4:26 pm
My sister-in-law did one for her nephew. http://treeinrock.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html
From: Ashley | 3/12/09 at 9:39 pm
this made my day!
From: Rikki | 3/13/09 at 6:39 pm
fabulous idea! Love the collaboration.
From: Pumpkin Petunia | 3/14/09 at 8:15 am
I've been meaning to make a stuffie from one of my daughter's drawings for ages. The drawing is actually tacked on the board above my workstation as we speak (I think it's mocking me, I'm not sure). Thanks for the reminder. Puppy is fantastic!
From: Stuffed Animal from Children’s Drawing « sidewise | 3/16/09 at 3:29 pm
[...] (via Craft Zine and Martha Stewart Crafts Dept.) [...]
From: Sandy | 3/22/09 at 6:21 pm
Nice, but why didn't you put the "H" on the orange side of the chest?
From: hailey | 3/23/09 at 10:08 am
cute the cutest thang i ever seen ccccccccuuuuuuuutttttttteeeeeeeee
From: The Electronic Cigarette | 3/24/09 at 12:37 am
What a great idea. Art you can cuddle with.
From: oki | 3/24/09 at 4:02 am
I love its fingers, hahaha, that's way too cool. You guys are a great team. XD
From: Edinburgh Wedding Photography | 7/28/09 at 11:55 am
I love this - so cute. Particularly the fingers.
From: angus | 1/1/10 at 12:20 pm
this is cute to grown ups, but a kid sees his drawing differently than how we do. a kid thinks the drawing is exactly like a real puppy, and when presented a gift like this he either does not recognize it identical to the drawn puppy or gets disappointed why his drawing was so misunderstood.
otherwise very cute, to grown ups.
From: k | 9/9/10 at 9:37 pm
that is the sweetest thing i've ever seen. i almost cried. you are a good parent
From: Jess | 9/14/10 at 4:53 pm
I was so excited to see this project with beautiful fall leaves... Then I remembered I live in Florida and I have no beautiful fall leaves to dip in wax.. bummer.
From: Christa | 9/29/10 at 4:40 pm
You are the best mommy on the planet. I love this idea and maybe someday I'll get to do this for my kids!
From: Ingrid M. Gonzalez-Castillo | 2/7/11 at 9:04 pm
What a wonderful idea!
From: Rosie | 3/7/11 at 2:55 am
So cool! I can't wait to do this with my kids. It really reminds me of the glass exhibit at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA.
Take a look when you get a chance: http://www.museumofglass.org/exhibitions/kids-design-glass/
From: Seth | 3/20/11 at 8:06 pm
This is such a great idea. My wife makes stuffed animals and she's always looking for ways to make original ones. Thank you for sharing!
From: Miami Makeup Artist | 5/11/11 at 1:12 pm
Wow that's too cute and really creative!
From: maureen | 7/20/11 at 7:44 am
my friend has been looking to make one of her sons drawings stuffed but doesnt know anyone who does it, can anyone help?
From: maureen | 7/20/11 at 7:46 am
i should have said in my last comment looking for anyone to make it, any websites of people who does this? thank you
From: Your Kids’ Artwork - Living in the Family Room Blog - Martha Stewart | 1/5/12 at 8:00 am
[...] into a sewn soft creature. Some examples from the gallery above here, here, and Silke creation's on the Crafts Dept blog here and here. Or farm out the sewing job here from Child's Own [...]