Montessori Toys Shapes and Colors

Montessori toys, sensory toys shapes - soft small cushions for match the colors and shapes. I made them in rainbow colors to be bright and cheerful. If the shapes are related to a color, kids are learning them quickly.

Montessori toys for your kids

I made them from cotton and filled with anti bacterial toy filling. You can play with them in different ways: 

1. Choose a color. Find around your house or outside objects in that color. 

2. Sort the colors and the objects. 

3. Sort the shapes. Match them. 

4. Match the colors. 

5. Build something. 

Because they are soft, they are suitable for 3 - 5 years old kids. 

If you want these Montessori toys, find them HERE. 

Ema 

Rainbow Gnomes, Waldorf Gnomes Days of the Week

These are my Waldorf gnomes. Because my background as a Waldorf teacher gives me ideas, I made these Waldorf gnomes. They are used for setting a seasonal table for example. They represent days of the week, and each has a particular color.

Waldorf gnomes

The colors are: Monday - purple, Tuesday - red, Wednesday - yellow, Thursday - orange, Friday - green, Saturday - blue, Sunday - white. 

Waldorf dolls have no face, so the kids can imagine their expression. 

Rainbow gnomes

Waldorf Gnomes Activities 

• Using a different color for each day can help you in many activities. On the other hand, kids love the colors. 
• You can dress in the color of the day. 
• Following the color of the day, the kids can choose easily their clothes and they will learn the colors quickly. 
• Use the gnomes to tell or to invent stories, use them in math or when you read a picture book. Make them your partner. 
• Ask your child to find through the house or outside things in the color of the day. 
• Kids will learn easily the days because they associate each day with a color. 

Each gnome doll has 8.66 inches (22 cm).

Waldorf Days of the week

If you want these Waldorf gnomes, find them HERE.

Ema 

Bunny toy and a tote bag

I made this toy thinking at the little girls who need a bag to carry their stuff: small rocks, flowers, a candy, a plastic coin, a ribbon, a toy. A bunny toy in a tote bag is a cute gift.

A bunny toy

The bunny toy is not a big one. It is perfect for little hands. It is soft and it has a nice dress. 

The bunny and the bag are made from assorted fabric. Choose at the check out the print of the fabric: polka dots or flowers. It could be a great birthday gift too. 

Size for bunny: 28 cm
Size for bag: 32 x 16 cm 

They are made from cotton fabric and they have anti bacterial poly filling inside.

Ema

How to make Fabric Memory Game, sewing tutorial

Fabric matching memory game. You can make a game like this with uni fabric with different colors, or with some printed fabric with different motifs.
Before telling you how I made it, let's see haw you can play with these squares.

How to play with matching cards

1. Play memory game. Turn the cards with their face down. Turn 2 and see if they match. 
2. Put the cards on the table, face up. Match the cards 2 by 2. 
3. Talk about their pictures.
4. Describe the pictures using many adjectives, attributes: The snail is small, green, hungry, tired. 
5. Invent stories about their pictures. 
6. Count them. 
7. Draw the picture from a card. 

How to make fabric memory game

I found this lovely fabric that is perfect for sewing a memory game for kids. It has some divided squares and they are match 2 by 2. How I made the memory game:

I cut the pieces. I made some same size pieces for the background.  They are from simple uni fabric.

At sewing machine, I sew on the edges.

Then I turned inside out and I sew the open space with invisible stitch. The game is finished.

Because I have different sets, I made a bag for each. I embroidered the theme on the draw string bag. 

If you have another design or idea, leave a comment. 

Find this fabric memory game in My Shop Here. 

Ema

Black and White Quiet Book, Monochrome Book

This black and white book is for visual stimulation. I saw that for kids room some parents prefer not so many colors, not a mix a bright colors that can distract the kids attention. I am agree with this.

You can see the entire book in this video. 

As my other quiet books, this one has multiple uses. Each page has some ribbons for hanging. So, you can use them for a baby crib and you can change them all the time. 

Each page has a shape. There are basic shapes, such as a rectangle, a circle, a triangle, a square. Others are creative shapes: a heart, a star, a fish, a house.

This is the back of the pages. All the black shapes are sew by sewing machine. Here I attached the ribbon for hanging. 

I sew around the pages, 2 sides, leaving a small open for turn them. 

I turned the pages inside out and I sew the open. 

The book can be used as a book too. You can teach shapes. The kids can follow with their finger each shape.

The book is made of black and white cotton. It can be washed and iron.

Make a monochrome book too. It is easy. You can use white and red or white and blue too. 

I sold this book, but if you want one, please contact me or visit My Shop. 

Ema 

How I made a custom toy - a bird toy

Maybe my explanation will help you to make a sew a custom toy after a kid's drawing. This is a bird from a picture that I received.

Materials I used: felt (black, white, brown), adhesive fabric, anti bacterial poly filling, brown thread

I enlarged the design and I trace a pattern. I used to make the pattern a little bigger because I sew the edges. Then I cut the pieces: the head, the body, the beak, the wings and feet and other details. Some of the parts are going inside others, so I have to consider them longer. For example, the feet and the wings will go inside the body. The body will go inside the head. The beak will go inside the head. So, these pieces are longer. 

Sometimes, for stability, I put adhesive fabric on some pieces. For this bird, I put it on the head, beak, body, wings, feet. The adhesive fabric has one side with a special adhesive. You put the fabric on your piece of felt in this case, and press it with a hot iron. Be careful, the glued part must be on your felt, so they can collate each other. 

I sew the small parts: the wings, the feet, the beak. they will go inside the other parts, so I need them first to be done. Then I sew the details, in this case the eye and the brown shape on the body. 

Then I pin the parts together following the drawing: the wings, for example, must be in the wright place. Here, first, I sew the body, around, using blanket stitch. Before closing it, when the open is large enough, I fill the body with anti bacterial poly filling. Not too much, it has to be soft. 

Then I sew the head and then I attach the body that will go inside the head. Finish off. 

The bird is done. This one was a quick project. Other toys are with lots of details and many colors. 

If you have any questions, please leave a comment, I will help you. 

Happy sewing! 

Ema 

Handmade dragon toy, a custom toy after a kid's drawing

Every toy I make is a challenge. Some of my toys are made after my pattern. But others are made after kid's drawings. This handmade dragon toy is one of them. I received a picture with some dragons. I have to make a particular position with other one dragon wings.

The challenge was not only to find the best size, the best wing, the best position of the wings on the body, but to make this thin body strong enough to carry the wings. And to make the wings to look light but puffy, big enough too.

Then, I search in some fabric stores the perfect color and the perfect felt. But I did it. Completely sew by hand, filled with anti bacterial poly filling. This is the dragon, a blue one, made after a kid's drawing. I think it will be a Christmas present for a boy. 

If you want a custom toy made just for you, visit my Etsy Shop Here. 

Have fun! 

Ema