Simply Cute Felt Owl Phone Case

My daughter had been begging and prodding and reminding me to make her a case for her cell phone for weeks. Keep in mind she is 7 years old and her "cell phone" is one of my older Androids which she uses to play games via wifi. Still, it makes her feel grown up and important. Also, if you can do anything to make a child feel special I say do it...

Anyway, this isn't a blog post about parenting, this is about crafts, yo! We are a family of cupcake lovers, but also one who adores owls. So when I asked her what she wanted on her phone case - well, at first she said Fluttershy from My Little Pony and I wasn't about to look up how to do that - I suggested an owl since her entire bedroom set is owl-themed, and she agreed. Whew! Complicated embroidery and cutting of tiny felt pieces averted. (I should add that I'm also lazy... anyhoo!)

So this is what she and I came up with. She picked all the felt colors and fabric and I sewed it together using a combination of hand sewing and... a sewing machine! I'm excited because my mother is letting me borrow hers and what would have taken me an hour to do by hand (the edges of the case) took less than 3 minutes on the sewing machine.

I'm in love.