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from:Y o u r b e s t f r i e n d i s h a v i n g a b a b y a n d y o u d o n ' t h a v e t h e m o n e y f o r a g i f t ? N e v e r f e a r ; t h e r e a r e a n u m b e r o f e a s y h o m e m a d e b a b y g i f t s t h a t y o u c a n m a k e t h a t w i l l b e t r e a s u r e d f o r y e a r s t o c o m e . B e l o w , a r e s o m e g r e a t i d e a s f o r h o m e m a d e b a b y g i f t s t h a t y o u c a n m a k e w i t h t h i n g s t h a t a r e e a s y t o f i n d o r l y i n g a r o u n d y o u r h o m e .
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A h o m e m a d e b a b y b o o k i s o n e o f t h e e a s i e s t h o m e m a d e b a b y g i f t s y o u c a n c r e a t e . F o r a b o u t t h e p r i c e o f a c h e e s e b u r g e r a n d f r i e s , t h i s i s a g i f t t h a t g e n e r a t i o n s t o c o m e w i l l r e m e m b e r a n d e n j o y . A s m a l l , e m p t y s c r a p b o o k , a f e w b a b y r e l a t e d s t i c k e r s , a n d a r u l e r a n d p e n a r e a l l y o u w i l l n e e d f o r o n e o f t h e s e g r e a t h o m e m a d e b a b y g i f t s .
O n t h e f r o n t o f t h e s c r a p b o o k , y o u c a n p u t a n y s a y i n g y o u l i k e ; j u s t m a k e s u r e t h a t i t r e l a t e s t o b a b i e s . I f y o u n e e d q u o t e i d e a s , t h e r e a r e s e v e r a l p l a c e s o n t h e i n t e r n e t w h e r e y o u c a n f i n d r e l e v a n t q u o t e s f o r a l l p h a s e s o f l i f e . A d d t h e w o r d s ' B a b y B o o k ' a n d p l a c e a f e w s t i c k e r s o n t h e f r o n t , a s w e l l .
O n t h e i n s i d e o f t h e s e g r e a t h o m e m a d e b a b y g i f t s , y o u s h o u l d u s e y o u r r u l e r a n d p e n t o c r e a t e e a c h p a g e ' s t h e m e . O n e p a g e s h o u l d r e c o r d b a b y ' s b i r t h i n f o r m a t i o n , a n d a n o t h e r p a g e s h o u l d h a v e a p l a c e f o r a l l o f b a b y ' s ' f i r s t s ' . P l a c e t h e s t i c k e r s t h r o u g h o u t t h e b o o k , a n d y o u h a v e h o m e m a d e b a b y g i f t s t h a t a n y m o t h e r w i l l e n j o y !
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T o m a k e o n e o f t h e s e h o m e m a d e b a b y g i f t s , y o u w i l l n e e d t h e f o l l o w i n g : t w o p i e c e s o f h e a v y d u t y c a r d b o a r d ; o n e p a i r s h a r p s c i s s o r s ; c r a f t g l u e ; r u l e r a n d p e n ; a s m a l l l e n g t h o f r i b b o n a n d p a s t e l c o l o r e d f a b r i c o f y o u r c h o i c e .
T o m a k e t h e f r a m e c u t a r e c t a n g l e , r o u g h l y t e n i n c h e s w i d e b y t w e l v e i n c h e s l o n g , o u t o f o n e o f t h e p i e c e s o f c a r d b o a r d . U s i n g t h i s p i e c e a s a g u i d e ; c u t a n i d e n t i c a l l y s i z e d p i e c e o u t o f t h e s e c o n d s h e e t o f c a r d b o a r d . O n t h e b a c k s i d e o f t h e s e c o n d s h e e t , u s e y o u r r u l e r a n d p e n t o d r a w l i n e s s t r a i g h t a c r o s s t h e b o a r d , b o t h h o r i z o n t a l l y a n d v e r t i c a l l y , t w o i n c h e s f r o m t h e e d g e s . D o n o t w o r r y a b o u t i n t e r s e c t i n g t h e l i n e s , a s n o o n e w i l l s e e t h i s s i d e .
U s i n g y o u r s c i s s o r s ; c u t o u t t h e i n n e r r e c t a n g l e t h a t y o u h a v e n o w c r e a t e d . O n c e t h i s i s d o n e , p l a c e t h i s p i e c e o f c a r d b o a r d o n t h e b a c k s i d e o f t h e p a s t e l f a b r i c . U n l e s s y o u k n o w t h e b a b y ' s s e x w h e n m a k i n g t h e s e h o m e m a d e b a b y g i f t s , i t i s u s u a l l y b e s t t o u s e a n e u t r a l c o l o r e d f a b r i c , s u c h a s y e l l o w s , g r e e n s , o r m u l t i - c o l o r e d p r i n t s . T r a c e a n a r e a o n t h e f a b r i c a r o u n d t h e c a r d b o a r d , a l l o w i n g a b o u t a n i n c h a l l t h e w a y a r o u n d . D o t h i s f o r b o t h t h e i n s i d e a n d o u t s i d e o f t h e r e c t a n g l e . C u t o u t t h e s h a p e y o u h a v e m a d e , a n d c u t t h e i n s i d e a r e a o n t h e d i a g o n a l , t o w a r d t h e i n s i d e o f t h e c a r d b o a r d r e c t a n g l e .
U s i n g g l u e , t a c k t h e f a b r i c d o w n a l l t h e w a y a r o u n d t h e c a r d b o a r d . T a k e t h e l e n g t h o f r i b b o n , a n d p a s t e i t i n a l o o p o n t h e b a c k o f t h e s o l i d s h e e t o f c a r d b o a r d . O n c e t h e t w o p i e c e s h a v e d r i e d , r u n a b e a d o f c r a f t g l u e a r o u n d j u s t i n s i d e t h e o u t e r e d g e o f t h e s o l i d p i e c e o f c a r d b o a r d , o n o n l y t h r e e s i d e s , a n d p l a c e t h e f a b r i c c o v e r e d c a r d b o a r d o n t o p . P r e s s t o g e t h e r a n d l e t d r y .
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