One of the best things about having my sister live in the same city, only minutes away, is that I get to snatch up my niece Josephine and bring her to my house for some hard core crafting!
Since Mother’s Day was coming up I knew it was the perfect opportunity to get our gift craft on!
After some collaboration Jo decided she wanted to make both my sister and mother a pillow for mother’s day gift.
So with stencils and brush in hand we got to crafting.
Stenciled Pillow here we come!
She picked the colors and laid out the stencil exactly where she wanted it!
(She made each one different so they would know they were getting a special gift.)
Jo took advantage of having to wait for the paint to dry and hand made her mom the cutest mother’s day card…
(Love this kid)
(Love this kid)
She finished it just in time to add a border to her pillows
(check out that look of concentration …)
Once it dried her gift was ready for the sewing machine!
I pinned everything together and then Jo got to use the sewing machine for the first time.
I let her drive (push the peddle) after a minor moment of panic on my part she laid off the lead foot and things went smooth as can be!
(I mean seriously look how proud she is of her fabulous pillow!)
I had my entire family over for Mother’s Day brunch and Jo was able to present her gifts to them in person. They were so surprised, she really did an incredible job on them and they LOVED their mother’s day gifts!
I LOVE them too – and am so happy I got to help her create them!
Hard to believe these were made by an 8 year old aren’t they?
Crafting with kids RULES!!! I think next years mother’s day gift we will try to make tea towels from kid’s drawings – how fun would that be?
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Pretty pillows!! Those turned out great and look cute sitting outside 🙂 🙂 xo Holly
Thank's Holly I am super proud of her!
How cute is that! I love that your daughter can stencil! I screw it up everytime!
Haha thanks Danni, she really did do a great job!
Beautiful!! I'm so impressed!!
Thank Sarah 😉
Oh how fun! I love this project with the kids. Of course I have two boys and they would run for the hills if I asked them to stencil LOL. Thanks for sharing with the newbie party. They turned out adorable.
I asked her two older (teenage) brothers if they wanted to help make something and go the normal 'No thanks' … well at least they were polite! hahaha
I love those pillows. Your niece is lucky to have such a fun aunt nearby! I love the table and chairs too!
Angie
She did a great job!!
What color are your patio furniture? I have my fingers crossed that it's spray paint! 🙂
Thanks Mrs. Jones! She did do a great job. The furniture has been spray painted, Isn't this color great? It is RustOleum Painters Touch – Blue Sky. I was only able to find it at one store AC Moore, not even Lowes or HD carried that color :(. I have seen it on Amazon if you don't have an AC Moore … good luck! Oh yeah don't forget your 40% off coupon!
They look awesome! I need to borrow your niece! Looks like she had a great time!
Debbie
She is pretty much as awesome as they come – thanks for checking us out again Debbie!
very cute love the color!
What a great idea! Those turned out fabulous! Of course it helps to have such a cutie crafting along with you. 🙂 Hope you have a wonderful night!
Sharla
The pillows are beautiful. It looks like you had a fun and productive day! Love the color of your table and bistro chairs too!
It was a blast! Thanks for checking it out!
What a lucky little girl, I bet her mom was so proud of her! I too love the color of the table and chairs!
Mom & Grandma were super excited and LOVED them! 🙂
She did a great job on the pillow. You are a great Aunt! Found you from WOW and am a new follower – going to poke around your blog some. Have a great weekend.
She did didn't she? So proud! Welcome to our blog!
-Jacque
Those turned out awesome! FBing them tomorrow!
Thanks for sharing at Creatively Living!
–Katie
ok…I think i'm a day late. FBing them right now 🙂
Thank you so much Katie and thank you for FBing & Featuring her pillows she is going to be sooo excited when I tell her!
-Jacque
These are adorable! What a great Auntie you are 🙂 love the aqua bistro set too!!!
Thank you Karen, you are too kind!
Great craft and beautiful pillows – love the birds!
Thanks for linking up this week – featuring you!
Stacey of Embracing Change
Thank you Stacey I just saw that! It was such a fun project I am so glad I was able to share it with you!
-Jacque
Just a note to let you know that you have been featured!
Jill
http://www.jillifyit@gmail.com
What an adorable gift!! So sweet and special! Looks pretty darn good too!
These are so cute! I will have to get my daughter to work! haha Looks like a good project for the smoking glue guns!
Now I love that the kiddos get into this project! Perfect…and oh so CUTE!
I am totally doing this! Great idea, Jacque! pinning now!
I am obsessed with stenciling pillows! That Jo is one crafty girl…too cute!
She is one talented 8 year old! Beautiful pillow :o)
Those turned out so great! I never would have guessed they were painted!