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DIY Felt Letters - Teach your child to write their name

Clearly I am not the best person to ask for advice on how to raise your children. But to be fair, I did work in a children’s museum for five years, a daycare for two, and was a nanny for several families. And (almost) all of those kids turned out okay. Or mostly okay. Fine. They’re all still alive. That means something, doesn’t it?

I always thought I’d have about six of my own kids to ruin, but time changed that. Now I can’t even ruin my best friends kids, because they all live so far away. I guess they’ll all have to find other “aunties” to buy them their first beer in high school college. They’ll have to settle for someone else to teach them how to sneak out of their bedroom windows when they want to see their boyfriends besties. And they just will have to buy their own itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, yellow polkadot bikinis. Okay, that, I can do. Thank heaven’s for Amazon.

Teach Your Toddlers to Spell

One of my best friends has a toddler (I’ll give you one guess at her name) that I would love to show the ropes. But since she’s still pretty little, I’ll settle for just teaching her some of the basics. Like how to spell her name. This is very important because when she eventually goes on to become the President of the United States, she will need to know how to spell her name. And then I can say I taught the President how to spell her name. I’m really just hoping for a tax break.

Teach Your Toddlers to Spell DIY Felt Letters

So in honor of Avery, I sewed some letters out of different colored felt and stuffed them with a little stuffing. I printed out her name in big black block letters on some cardstock, and sent her the little kit. My bestie assured me it really helped her. She got the hang of it right away (just like a future President would), and she learned the letters of her name quickly. Gosh my kiddos are the smartest.

DIY Felt Letters - Teach your toddler to spell their name

Comments

  1. Adorable! I may have to do this for my best friend’s baby! She’s only 16 months old right now so I have some time to procrastinate and then try my hand at this haha

    • Oh my gosh that is the perfect age! Avery was actually about 18 months when I sent this, and my friend said she totally picked up on it. 🙂

    • Awww thanks!!! You should totally! I didn’t even want to stop at her name, I could have sewn the whole alphabet!

    • Thank you!!!! I hope so! I have to show my love by buying them lots of goodies. Who said money can’t buy you love? 😉

  5. I totally love your creative mind and your blog always puts a smile on my face 😀 Bless you! So cute gift idea <3

    • Thanks!!! I’ve just made my second set. I think it’s a really great tool!