The Crayon Roll

Well I finally did it.  I made my own crayon roll.  It was by far much easier then I expected.  I followed a tutorial for it of course.  And I highly recommend THIS ONE.  I only made a couple changes to it.  If you're anything like me, not perfect at measuring and cutting, I would add an inch to the dimensions all the way around.  I also used velcro tabs to close it.  I did use the ponytail holder as suggested in the tutorial.  But after I finished sewing it, I was not in the mood to sew on a button.

Velcro tabs come with a sticky back.  This way you just attach and go.  I like to make it a little more secure though.  Which is why you see the hot glue gun.  After sticking the velcro tab to the hair tie, I hot glued the button to the top.  This way when it's wrapped, you see the pretty button, not the sticky back of the tab.  I hot glued a button to the spot I wanted it to close at.  And stuck the other side of the velcro to that button.

Here it is unrolled.  Do you see how funny the first and last crayon looks? (above picture)  I'm not so good at sewing at an exact measurement.  The tutorial I followed was great!  Her measurements left room for seams and sewing.  I just sewed too tight of a seam.  If you just add an extra inch to the dimensions, you could avoid that problem.  Plus the crayons would be tucked in more.  As in, not nearly sticking out the top when you open/close it.

Here in this picture (above) you can see the velcro tab underneath my button.

And as I roll, the crayons got a little weird.  Again, my own fault for not being exact.  I'll be making another. For the neighbor girl.  And I WILL use the same tutorial.  Just adding in a little more room for my failure haha.  Also going to make a couple for the twins.  I hear these things are great for when you go out somewhere.  Have you been to a restaurant that gives your kid some paper and then only 2 crayons?  How can they think that's fun??  Most times they aren't even colors you can mix to create a new.  The ones I'll make for the boys will be smaller.  The pink one here was for Josie (since I stole her crayons for it haha), and it holds 16 crayons.  The twins' will only hold about 8, they don't need more then that.

I'm going to also make the boys their own journals.  Yeah, they are too little to know anything about that.  But this way, they will have their own books to doodle in.  And they'll be used for when we go out somewhere (not just eating out either, as that rarely happens, but shopping too).

Signed,
Super Mom

P.S.  I definitely felt super after I gave this project to Josie.  She just loves it!  Now hopefully no more lost crayons.