Mackenzie just celebrated her 100th day of kindergarten.
And to celebrate, everyone in her class had to make a project using one hundred things.
One of the kids in her class glued 100 sea shells to a poster board that was painted to look like a beach.
Someone else stuck 100 monkey stickers onto a tree.
Someone else stuck 100 monkey stickers onto a tree.
But Mackenzie had bigger plans.
She wanted to make a stuffed animal butterfly.
With 100 different fabrics.
So that's what we made.
Go big or go home people.
It only took us 6 nap times to make but it turned out super cute and Mackenzie helped me every step of the way.
The front of the butterfly had 100 different fabrics cut into various shapes.
Then we sewed the 100 pieces on and quilted the wings together with batting in the middle.
I accidentally sewed the fabric for the back of the butterfly on the wrong way. Opps!
So we decided to work with it and added the pattern on to the back.
And I let Mackenzie draw some designs on with a fabric marker.
The middle section is stuffed with stuffing and the face is drawn on by Mackenzie.
We also used ribbon to make antennas for the butterfly.
a close up of one of the wings
ta da!
The finished product!
Our labor of love.
Mackenzie told me that she was going to keep it forever or at least until she was really old.
Mackenzie told me that she was going to keep it forever or at least until she was really old.
I love being able to craft and sew with my big kindergartener.
