First Time Mom and Losing It

We love celebrating every holiday in my home. Things are even more fun when you have a preschooler who can finally help with the festivities. When I celebrate a holiday I love to incorporate it into the breakfast, snack time and with something cute to wear.

The first thing I love to give my preschooler on Valentine's day are the most special (and easy) pancakes I can think of. It is so easy to just make your favorite pancake batter and put it into a condiment squeeze bottle. I like to cut the tip of the bottle so that the batter passes through a little easier. Then you can create a heart and the word love with the batter. Make sure when you are writing, that you write the letters in reverse.


I then love to make these easy Valentine's Day Berry Skewers as a healthy snack that is just as festive. They are so easy to make that your preschooler can make them by themselves.


For something festive to wear I created this Tutu adorned with hearts that my preschooler can dance around in. It is so easy sew a piece of elastic into a waistband and then to knot pink and white tulle all around. To make it extra special I sewed on the felt, glittery hearts.


We love creating our own Valentines so the "You are a Bowtiful Valentine" were perfect for my daughter to give to her friends. I made all of the print outs and bows and then had my preschooler help clip them onto the cards.


Valentine's Day would not be complete without a sweet treat. I created these super easy Valentine's Day doughnuts. I had my daughter help mix all of the ingredients and then she had fun watching them come out of the doughnut maker. I added the icing and then let her sprinkle on the sprinkles.


What do you do for Valentine's Day? 

At twenty weeks pregnant I found out that I was having a little girl. The first thing I said was "awww" and then the first thought I had was all the cute little bows and dresses I could put on her little head. When my daughter was born with a full head of thick black hair I knew I had to create some beautiful bows for her.

She is 2 1/2 now and I still love making things for her. My favorite thing to do is to create bows themed to the holidays like my Boutique Easter Bow and Santa Belt Headband. Valentines Day is right around the corner so what is more appropriate than a Valentines Day Plush Headband. I had tons of pink fleece left over from the Foofa (Yo Gabba Gabba) costume I made for her a year ago so it was prefect to use some of it up.


First I created the Heart Template to make it easy cut out the hearts. I printed out the template and cut out the black hearts. Then I pinned them onto a double thickness of the light pink and darker pink, alternating sizes.




I then measured my daughter's head and added half an inch to the measurement. I cut out that length of the fold over 1" elastic. Next I put the ends together and sewed using a 1/2" seam. Then I opened the seam and sewed each end to the headband. Make sure to use reinforcement stitches to make it durable.

Then I pinned the hearts to the side of the headband and sewed them in place using the button stitch. I cut all the loose ends and then bribed my little model with a couple of organic gummies to get some shots of the headband.