Felt food for a brand new play kitchen!

If I have been particularly quiet lately, it is because:
1. We've all suffered a bad bout of flu, and
2. The Dad and I have been playing at being elves who make beautiful things for little ones while they sleep!

One of those things is a very special play kitchen for our very special little girl...and as soon as I have added the final details to this little project in the next day or two, I will be posting some delightful pictures. In the meantime, here are some of the felt foods I've made to stock the play pantry with:

You can find the tutorial for this peelable banana at a blog called Just Stuff.

I made the carrots using a tutorial I found at Shelly Inspired, but made my own version of the leaves.

The potatoes are also inspired by Shelley Inspired, while you can find instructions for the felt strawberries at Pink Tea.

Next on my to do list: a felt sandwich! I will keep you posted!

First Felt Food!

Last year at exactly this time I was almost 8 months pregnant with my ArrowBoy, and like my mother before me, the pregnancy hormones of that last trimester spurred me on to

new creative heights

( my mother wallpapered her entire bedroom when she was 7 months pregnant with her fourth baby),

and so I took a class in

needle felting.

A needle felted door baby I made for a little friend.

 I was smitten with this new craft and spent the last part of my pregnancy happily making colourful felt beads, a ladybug brooch for Sweetpea, and a funky hot pink scarf for myself!

But when I started searching the Internet for more needle felting ideas, I also discovered another little hobby that was right up my alley:

 making FELT FOOD!

The lady who taught the needle felting class also sold craft kits for children for making

felt cupcakes,

and I immediately bought a kit and made two yummy cupcakes for Sweetpea, which we still enjoy 'tucking into' at our little tea parties! (The beauty of felt food: its amazing shelf life! It still looks fresh a year down the line!)

So when I started bloggin earlier this year I was delighted to discover that there are hundreds of blogging moms who share my passion for felt food! I have been bookmarking blogs that inspire me, and this week I finally decided to add a new dimension to my current

love affair with felt

(click on the label for felt boarding in the side bar to see what I've been up to).

Yep, I went 3-D, and made some

fabulously fun felt food!

I simply couldn't resist this

gorgeous, cream-topped cupcake delight

from Katja at Maedchen Mit Herz. Click on the link to see the original on her oh-so-pretty blog!
(she also has a great tutorial if you want to make your own)

I think I made the base part on mine a little too high, and my white felt is also a bit stiffer than hers, so it doesn't 'fall' quite as softly, but I am happy with the result just the same!

For the

strawberry on top

 I made a mini-version of these by CJ over at Pink Tea....

and then made her heart-shaped sugar cookies, too!

Then a few felt lollipops that I saw over at One Inch World, and I had to call it a day since it was supper time, and felt food was just not going to satisfy my family!

(sorry, I just can't get this photo to turn sideways!)

Next I am going to make popcorn, and then it's on to the healthy stuff: fruit and veggies and maybe even a few eggs! So watch this space! And if all this has made your fingers tingle, remember that I sell sheets of craft felt in a wide variety of colours, so drop me a line if you are interested!