Felt Food and Ikea

We also went to IKEA this week. I've been wanting to get Jack a set of good play pots and pans, and we found them there. When we got home and opened them up, he was thrilled. He likes to pretend to stir things in the pots, and I wanted to give him some pretend food to actually stir. I went on etsy to see what people were making in the pretend food area. I found all this neat stuff for felt food. It's relatively cheap to make, particularly if you use the cheaper felt. You can go all organic with the felt, but my budget won't allow that right now. It also gave me a good reason to keep practicing my sewing techniques. I learned how to blanket stitch and I'm loving it. I found a few free patterns online to get me started. First, I made Jack some felt ravioli to stir in his pot. He actually gets what it is and pretends to eat it. I also made him a sandwich and some chips, but for some reason he doesn't get those yet. I figure if I keep making the food by the time he does get it, he'll have a lot to play with. Next, I'm making cookies, donuts, and bow tie pasta. I've included pics of Jack playing with his new pots and the felt sandwich and chips.