playhouse - park

Welcome to the park!

There are animals hiding in the tree - a hand-embroidered squirrel and owl.

They've been stocking up on acorns!

There are lots of leaves for every season, apple blossoms, and apples that have already fallen from the tree.

Be sure to pick a couple flowers while you're there!  They are felt flowers with pipe cleaner stems.  They have felt or bead embellishments on each of them.

playhouse - grocery store

The grocery store is next.

The great part is you could include all sorts of other fun felt foods from a play kitchen.  I realized as I was downloading the pictures that there was a stray orange that is not on the shelf.  Oops :)  The yummy chocolate donut is covered in vanilla frosting and lots of sprinkles (seed beads).

We made a box of mac & cheese and kept it in the grocery cart!

We included a lot of fruit to be weighed in the scale - bananas, apples, oranges, and grapes.

We also made sure to include some refrigerated goods - Orange Juice, Milk and butter.

My only problem is I keep on seeing more great felt food tutorials and I just want to keep filling up the grocery basket!

playhouse - library

On to the library!!

Take a peek in or out the window!  Then use the letters to write a message on the white book under the window.

The bookshelves are full of good books.  A couple of them were made using glued on felt pieces, and a couple of the books were printed on fabric and sewed on felt.  They each have cardboard insides to help them stay sturdy through lots of useage, and velcro squares on back to stay on the bookshelf. 

What book would you like to check out today?  I'm sure they could be returned in the mail slot!

The fanciest book of all got a little extra special trim.

playhouse - post office

Next stop - the post office.

This is the side of the playhouse with the entrance.  It is a dark blue felt with a white roll-up door.  There are red ribbons to tie it up.  To the right is a streetlight over a mailbox.  The mailbox opens and closes with a button and elastic closure on top.

There are three hand-embroidered envelopes ready to be mailed.  Although the Velcro on back isn't as important on this item as others, we Velcroed each envelope to be consistent.

playhouse - roads

I am declaring this Playhouse Week!!!
My church craft group has been working for a LONG time on a special project for our craft show in November.  Now that it's all done, I'm ready to share it with you.
Because there are so many special parts to share, I'm going to share a different side each day.
There are a few other fabulous, creative women who worked hard to make it what it is - so thank you Patti, Kristina, Nancy, Dagny, Julie and Mary!

The top of the house is the perfect place to begin!
We tried to use parts of our town for inspiration - so we started with the downtown area.  It has a parking garage, river, sidewalk and covered bridge. We made sure to measure parking spots to fit Matchbox cars perfectly.  I could definitely see lots of other little toy animals & people making appearances along the riverfront and in the grassy green park area nearby!