DIY Baby Paper

Ever since blessing us with her presence in mid February, Miss Quinny has let one thing be known: SHE IS THE BOSS. We have a high maintenance girl on our hands guys. Most days I can be found sitting in the recliner, all day long holding the Princess. I am so okay with this on most days. But, then there are the days where I have to get things done. Other than make up catchy little songs with Q's name as the chorus. So, needless to say, we were in need of something to help entertain our little lady.

We started noticing that Q loved to hold the wipe bags while getting her diaper changed, as I am sure most other babies do. My husband starting keeping an empty one around for such occasions, and then my light bulb went off. Baby. Paper. Now I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this awesome secondary use for wipe bags we would have otherwise thrown away. But I thought I'd share with you all how I went about creating a toy at NO COST for our sweet Quinny girl.

I started by gathering supplies:

* Fabric Scraps from some Boppy Covers I had made
* The empty wipe bag
* Scissors
* My sewing machine




After I had everything together I cut the ends open on the wipe bag.



I then cut the bag at the seam on the back, to open it up completely, and lay it flat.



Next, I peeled the lid piece off the top, to reveal just wipe bag, and nothing else.



After that, I started folding.


First in half.


Then in quarters.

Next I roughly measured the piece I had, and started cutting my fabric. No need to be exact here, just wanted it to be a little bit wider on all sides, then my piece of "baby paper."


This can totally be cut with just scissors, I had my rotary cutter and mat handy, so I just used that.



After the first piece was cut, I used a super scientific method for cutting the second. I laid the first over it, and cut around. I want this piece to fray as we use it, and wash it, so there is no need for perfection here.



Now I have my two pieces, and I am ready to sew.



This next part was a little tricky. I did not want the "baby paper" to ball up and get all puffy inside this toy. So I decided to quickly sew around the edges of the plastic bag. This proved difficult, as my sewing machine didn't like it much. Take this step or leave it, it is up to you, I found it to be worth the effort of taking my machine apart a couple times.



This is what the inside looked like after finally getting my seam around most of it.

Next I laid the inside on top of the bottom piece of fabric.

 

Then I laid the top piece over that.

 



 I then pinned all around, making sure to grab the paper again in some places, not all. As long as your seam hits the baby paper in some spots, it should stay in place.

 

After that, all that was left was a quick seam around. I chose a zigzag stitch, but that was just personal preference. Any old stitch will do.



End result:



And of course, one very happy baby! She has been laying at my feet playing with this thing, the whole time I write this blog! Mommy=1, Quinny Still= 9,999. Hey, I least I got this one win.



Hope you all enjoyed this project.This one was super quick, and very easy! If you decide to try it, leave me some pics of your creations in the comments.