It Stood the Test of Time

While visiting my mother-in-law, she brought out a gift she had received years ago from my oldest son.   I was surprised how well it had aged.  He is 27 now.  It was sweet that she kept it.  I had forgotten all about this little project my son and I did while he was young, but seeing it brought back memories of the time spent making them together.

One Christmas season years ago, when my kids were young,  I made an effort to teach the joy of giving.  I wanted the gift to be something useful, but personal.  We would be traveling back home and spending Christmas with relatives.  I bought simple supplies and gave simple instructions to my son.  I would guess we made about 15 of these for grandparents, aunts and uncles.  I don’t remember how old he was….  I’d guess five.  It was simple enough task that he didn’t get frustrated, but interesting enough that he didn’t tire of it.  I don’t remember details of how it was made.  We were pleased with the end result and every recipient was very happy to receive a special creation.

He drew a simple picture.  On the back he wrote his grandma’s name and his name.

I took a quick picture before she put it back in her closet.

Vague directions:  I used one piece of fabric, cut to fit (folded over and I played with it for size first before cutting out multiples).  I used pinking shears on the edges to prevent the fabric from unraveling.  I  can’t remember if I attached the fabric to the hanger first or had him draw on it first, I suspect it was the latter.  I used a hot glue gun to attach the folded over fabric and a stretchy tape to secure it to the hanger on top.