I really like babies. I do. I love making stuff for them, too. When my BFF, Heather, had her son, I jumped at the chance to make him some blocks with his name on them. You can read about how I did that here: Easy but Adorable Baby Shower Gift.
Then, my friend (and former student-teacher) had a baby followed by one of my loves from that 502 class I told you about. Then, my friend, Katie, had her sweet little girl. So, it was baby crazy in my craft area (which is really just the dining room table, but I like to pretend it’s an actual place), and I loved it.
For the three who had babies so close together, I decided to make them a personalized letter.
I knew that Matthew had his room decorated in monkeys, Brooklynn’s mama was all about girly stuff, and Macie’s mama already had two boys and was excited about bringing some extra estrogen in the house.
Let me show you how I made them, and then I’ll show you what each looked like in the end.
- First, I outlined the letter that I was going to cover on the BACK of a piece of scrapbooking paper. I also did the letter backwards on purpose. This way, it all matched up in the end. Make sure to keep your pencil as close to the edge of the letter as possible. TIP: I used scissors when I cut it out. It was tedious, but the straight-edge razor I was using hated me.
- I painted the edges of the letter. For Brooklynn’s, I used white to contrast the paper I’d chosen. For Macie’s, I used pink. I left Matthew’s alone because I thought it looked really cute with the natural wood color.
- When I made sure that the letter edges on the paper matched up to the letter edges on the wooden letter, I used Modpodge to glue it down.
- Then, I painted the small letters for their names. I chose colors that contrasted against the paper.
- I glued down each letter.
- For each of the babies, I chose a wooden figure: Brooklynn, a butterfly; Macie, a flower; Matthew, a monkey.
- Once everything was on, I Modpodged over the paper and letters to get the same sheen all the way across.
Here’s Matthew’s:
Here’s Macie’s:
Here’s Brooklynn’s:
Easy! Will you be making one of these for a special someone?
Macie and I love ours! What a thoughtful, original gift. Thank you Lydia.
I’m so glad you love it. Macie just may see some other things for her room!
Such a cute idea! You are quite the crafter, lady!
Thanks so much! I really love doing crafty stuff! It’s actually therapeutic for me!
Those are adorable!! I want to make them for my kids now!
You should! They’re easy and make you feel like you did something so difficult!
OMG! I love them. I’m just about 6 months pregnant with my second, and we’re not finding out the sex, but once s/he gets here I’m totally going to try to make these. I’m not crafty in the slightest, like at all. Do you think I would be able to do it on my own, or will I have to hunt you down and force you to sell me one?
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No joke, they’re easy. But, if you really felt like you needed help, I’d love to do one for you!
very cute! thanks for sharing.. i am entering the “friends having babies years” so i will need to refer back to this DIY quite often!
I hope you are able to! They’re very fun to make.
These are really cute and you did such a great job with them. I would love to do these for my two girls and son if I had the time to. I think they would really like them.
Thanks so much. When you do, be sure to share!
Very Cute!! I need to make these for my daughters room…..her ‘nursery’ still isn’t complete and she’s TWO! haha
My 8 year old keeps asking when I’m going to make one for her. It’s never too late!