I can’t believe that IKEA is selling these soft fruit, vegetables and carpenter tools…and that I discovered them just when I finished making my FELT FORT for Smidge’s birthday!
They are a whole $10 per kit, with anywhere from 9 to 15 pieces, but they are already made and come with little material baskets or a tool belt!  They have more sets too!  I think I saw cupcakes and a whole breakfast tray of food.

all those years of architecture school finally paid off…This was definitely not a quick craft project, but it was a lot of fun and we can still add to it!  We decided Smidge needed her own little castle fort, that fits over our kitchen table!  I didn’t make it too girly…just so Adam will think it’s cool for years to come.

Years ago, I cut two windows in a cardboard box and covered it with black fleece.  I strung a simple curtain over one of the openings  using some black cord and added some shiny trim.

This has been our finger puppet theatre for about 10 years…