Sage's Felt Playhouse

Sorry for the lack of posting this past week. Other than getting over strep throat, I had a lot to do for my church responsibilities as well as crafting away for my twins' 2nd birthday! They turned 2 years old on Saturday, 9/11. My goal for this year is to make each child a felt playhouse for their birthday instead of buying them toys. I was able to make Sage's pink playhouse, while I am still working on Sawyer's. I felt bad that Sawyer's wasn't ready for their birthday, but I don't think he cared! Here are some pictures of Sage's felt playhouse that I made...



The front is probably my favorite. I love the little poodle patch I bought for $4. I also love the little mail envelope. I meant to make a door, but ended up not and I think it still looks good.



I cut out the birds from the leftover fabric I used for my kitchen curtains. The fabric comes from IKEA, and it worked out perfectly for the little bird bath.



This is the back of it, and I wanted to add a real cut out window, but I knew they'd try to crawl in and out of it and end up wrecking it, so I settled for a felt window. As you can see, I need to go back and iron on the felt to adhere the Heat N' Bond better. It takes a little bit longer over felt.



I cut out each leaf individually, so it took forever for this side! The butteflies were on another fabric I had laying around and so I thought they'd be cute!



And here is a picture of them chowing down on their birthday cupcakes. They are still shirtless because we had just eaten spaghetti!!! It was a good birthday!

I spent about $67 in materials for both playhouses, so I figured each one costs about $33 to make...not too bad for a cool little play fort! I bought felt fabric and used Heat N' Bond that I found at Wal-Mart to adhere each little detail on it. The only sewing was to stitch together the actual sides and top of it.

Here is a website that has a tutorial on how to make your own playhouse:

Fireflies and Jellybeans