Dreaming of Felt Food

Felt food is great way to encourage pretend play

Like many moms, I get my work done after the kids are asleep. Last night I was dreaming up a new style of icing for our felt cupcakes. The first post on this blog showed our original attempts at creating a realistic cupcake shape. If you've tried making your own patterns for felt food you know it takes a few tries to get a piece looking just right. Katherine and I initially settled on one icing style and have sold several in our shop on Etsy. These cupcakes feature soft ruffles in pink and white felt.

The fun thing about cupcakes today is variety, so we're going to keep dreaming up new designs for our felt cupcakes too! Our newest style features bold swirls of felt. I still need to stitch the layers together but so far I think it looks great. I couldn't resist putting a cherry on top. This was my first try at a felt cherry!! It was tedious to stitch the pieces together, but I think it's a nice finishing touch on this piece.

If you're shopping for play food this holiday season, please consider handmade felt treats like ours. See more of our felt goodies in our shop on Etsy!

Free Bake Shop Printable

As moms, we know getting kids to practice their handwriting isn't always easy. Many of our favorite kid's web sites have printables that feature characters and make learning fun. So we thought, kids love treats and it could be fun for them to learn words like - cupcake, cake, ice cream and cookie!

Treat them with this sweet lesson today - print our Bake Shop Fun worksheet. Spend a few minutes coloring and have fun writing out some favorite words.
TIP: As you go through the sheet you can also ask questions about their favorite flavors or ask them count the chocolate chips.

Get your free printable now, just click on the image to open in new tab, then print. Visit us every month for a new and different type of challenge.

Have fun!