Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Play pizza restaurant in a box


WOW. It has been a LONG time since I have posted! My husband and I moved over labor day, and we have been spending time getting our new house around ( and getting ready for the baby, who will make his/her appearance sometime around Halloween)

Well my darling niece Audrey is turning 4 this weekend, and since I made a Homemade detective kit  present for her brother for his birthday, I wanted to make a special birthday present for her as well. 


Before this project, my sewing history was sewing a few buttons.  I have always had a phobia of sewing.  I think its because sewing machines scare me a little bit.  ( I did not use a sewing machine for this)

I looked online at felt pizza pictures. I did not follow a pattern for this.  After I got the hang of sewing these, It became easier and self explanatory.  ( I'm not a left brainer, a pattern wouldn't help me much anyway)



The toppings that I made for the Audrey's pizza are Green peppers, basil, mushrooms, onions, black olives and pepperoni. 




The peppers by far took the longest!




I also found these " restaurant checks" at Wal Mart.  I thought these would be fun to help Audrey play restaurant. 



I might of gotten a little carried away... ( my crafts often do get carried away) .  I had extra felt left over. I made breadsticks and cookies for Audrey's restrauant as well.  I also just purchased 1/2 yard of fabric for Audrey to use as a table cloth in her restaurant. 



I also made up menus. Here is a picture of the printed Menu.









I placed all the toppings into little bags, and put them into the box that I decorated.  I am going to send this in the mail.


Hopefully she will like it!! I am no longer afraid of sewing!! My mom thinks I need to try to use a " sewing machine" next!






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20 comments:

  1. So adorable! I love all your details.

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  2. Very cute! I have the felt all waiting to make pizza... this inspires me to get cracking!

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  3. Wow, you are SOOO talented! Any kid would love this. It's like a party in a box and best of all no calories! :-) I am a new follower from Blue Cricket Design. Vicky from www.messforless.net

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  4. LOVE this!! So cute. I'm like you, love crafts but I'm not a sewing person. I just inherited a sewing machine, though, so I guess that may change.

    I'm doing a meme on Tuesdays @ Tiny Blessings where I'm asking people to link up to a great gift idea... I'd love it if you'd stop by next week and link this post up! :)

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  5. I LOVE this! There is just so much you could do with this. Such a good idea! I'm gonna start scouting and saving felt.:) I'm a new follower from SYS linky.:)
    everydaygameplan.net

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  6. that is so neat! I'm saving this to make for my niece!

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  7. This is totally amazing!!! I'm going to try this for a christmas present!

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  8. Such a fun idea :) I love it!
    Stopping by from Saturday is Crafty day

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  9. I just wrote in the CraftGossip post about this box that my girls would go GaGa over this, but I TOO am going GaGa over it, I love it!! I've got to get to work on this if I want to finish by Christmas. Thanks for sharing!

    http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/?p=4836

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  10. I love, love, love, this! I found you through Be Different, Act Normal. Thanks for the inspiration. My little girl would love this!

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  11. What an adorable project! So cute! Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  12. Bravo! You did a fantastic job on this!! Inspiring, too!

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  13. OH OH!! I just came across this: http://smurfing-time.blogspot.com/2011/10/chef-hat-tutorial.html
    and it would go perfectly with this project..... a kid sized chef hat!!

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  14. that's really cute. what a fun gift!

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  15. This has to be the most creative play toy I've ever seen!

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  16. Pizza Equipment

    I need Pizza Equipment for Apple Pizza. any one can help me?

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  17. I've seen lots of these around the net - yours is truly super!!

    Georgia :)

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  18. Hahaha Oh Gosh! this is very cute. So adorable, we never have like this for Filipinos in the Philippines. Seriously, you are very creative!

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  19. Wow! I've seen a lot of felt food lately and I must say yours is the best! This pizza set is darling! Would love for you to share at the Pomp Party! http://www.createcraftlove.com/2012/09/pomp-party-35.html

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