Christmas- Part two: The handmade gifts.

I had visions of the weather clearing, and of taking amazing photos of these things with natural light and cheerful happy kids. Instead, it remains overcast and very glarey, Otto is at homecare and Aesop had to be bribed into helping me out. Ah well - something is better than nothing right?

This one is a blatant copy. I feel a little stink about it, and almost didn't post pictures. But, in all honesty, if I had thought about getting him one sooner I probably would have custom ordered one of the real ones through felt (this one.), but I didn't. I hope that it might inspire someone else to buy from them though - they're so clever.

These two were made using this (genius) tutorial and pattern : Here. I love it, and was very stoked with how they turned out. I can totally imagine all sorts of softies being made using this basic shape, definitely one to remember.

This 'Man Bat' costume was made using the tutorial over HERE.
For those of you not in-the-know (i.e you don't have boys/are not a comic nerd/don't play playstation..) Man Bat is different to Batman. He looks like this, and is a villain. We gave Aesop a pair of denim shorts to go with the costume, too.
(Note: I'm going to have to adjust the placing of the straps on this one, so hard to get it right without someone trying it on, but the back of the neck part sags at the moment. You know, in case you want to make your own..)




Abraham's presents are all on the line today. Typical.
But yeah, he had the usual boxer shorts (three pairs) and also had two t-shirts with floral pockets (made to look just like these ones he loves so much.). Fairly simple, but he was well pleased!


Lastly, my personal favourite, this is the doctors kits I put together for the kids.

I had some much fun making them matching scrubs, and amassing medical supplies! The blood pressure cuff, otoscope (ear thingy), and thermometer are all real ones, and the bandages etc are all 'proper' ones too. I wanted to make sure it was all stuff that was going to last ages and survive lots of play. Now to get them away from the masses of Lego long enough to actually use it..

So yeah, those were the handmade gifts this year!