Fabric Baby Blocks

It's baby shower season in my part of the world... and I'm about to give a shower for my sister!! I'm pretty sure all babies love noisy and squeezable baby blocks, so my mom (Kay from jerryandkay) and I made baby blocks to go with my sister's baby boy themed baby shower.

Our goal is to have as many of the decorations as possible be things that my sister can use for her baby. I loved doing this for my friend's shower and am using some of the same ideas, like the cloth diaper cake and muslin roses. The cake and roses will be slightly different, of course, so stay posted to see them in the next couple of weeks. 

I used this baby blocks tutorial as a guide to how to make fabric baby blocks. The most difficult part was choosing fabric...the baby blocks were a cinch to sew. I appliqued a capital and lower case A,B, and C on the solids sides of each block. My mom's doing X, Y, and Z.

To make the ABC blocks more enjoyable for the baby, I added noisy items in the center of the filling: jingle bells in one, cellophane in another, and marbles secured in easter eggs in the third. 

Shake, shake, shake...my kids loved testing the sound in the ABC blocks...

They sound good enough for preschoolers and good enough for a baby!

The fabric baby blocks also passed the squeezable test.

We are sure that baby will love them!

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