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A Birthday Full of Cars

February 15, 2011 Sarah Coggins

Our neighbor turned 3 over the weekend and loves cars so what better than a race car birthday card?

Race Car Birthday Card

Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock, inks & Celebrate stamp; Provo Craft sticker.

I had planned to give him a car to go along with it.  He loves the Hot Wheels/Matchbox type cars and has quite the collection.  That latter part is what stopped me … he has so many so maybe another car isn’t the best idea.  Then I remembered 2 things.  One, I’ve seen him get in and out of the car with hands overflowing with the cars he’s taken between home and his grandparents, etc.  Two, a while back I saw a great tutorial on another blog for making a Car Caddy.  Aha!  The perfect gift for the boy that loves cars.  Now he has a good way to tote a few with him and has a little play space to go along with it.  I see another one of these in the future for my son.  It’s just so cute!

Car caddy folded up and ready for travel:

Car Caddy: Closed

Unfolded and ready for play (cars store in the pockets at the bottom):

Car Caddy: Open

Supplies: assorted fabric from my stash; interfacing (I used to stiffen it up since my fabrics were thinner than those in the tutorial); felt; thread; velcro; acrylic paint

5 Comments

  • Stacey February 15, 2011 at 8:50 am
    That's adorable!! Now I'm actually excited for Grant to get into matchbox cars so I can make one of those!
  • Staci February 15, 2011 at 4:19 pm
    That's awesome! What a great gift!
  • Laura February 15, 2011 at 5:04 pm
    Now how cute is that?! You are just so darn crafty! I love it.
  • Bonnie February 15, 2011 at 8:54 pm
    We have all been so impressed with Luke's car tote! He is using it to transport his treasures back and forth from home to Nana & Pops! Even Pop is impressed. I held about 20 cars this morning!
  • Kevin Machos February 16, 2011 at 12:33 pm
    Luke love's his Chuck trucks and kevin has a stash of matchbox cars just waiting to be played with. I may make this for my nephew first and try it out!
    Love it!
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