| You've recently had a baby. It's been a few months | | | | and pants into shorts are some quick fixes to pinch |
| now, and the baby has outgrown virtually two full | | | | pennies. |
| wardrobes. Sure it's expensive, but there's a whole | | | | Another way to use up material from old baby clothes |
| other issue at hand. What is a mother to do with all of | | | | is to make stuffed animals. Do you have a favorite |
| this extra baby clothes? | | | | t-shirt of your baby's that his or her little arms just don't |
| There are a number of ways to deal with this problem. | | | | quite fit right in anymore? Using the material to make a |
| First of all, there is the donation route. If you don't have | | | | little stuffed bear is a great way to preserve that |
| close friends with similar aged babies, you can put | | | | memory for yourself and pass something very special |
| aside certain things for when they do, or in the event | | | | on to your baby. The same thing can be done, if a |
| that you have another. The rest of the clothes can go | | | | hobby persists, with socks and jeans as well. Soon all |
| to the Goodwill or Salvation Army. These are also a | | | | of your friends will be begging for little stuffed dolls |
| great place to find gently used baby clothes for | | | | made out of your baby's old clothing. |
| incredible savings. | | | | If you are in fact creatively inclined, another great way |
| Special occasion attire like baby's coming home outfit, | | | | to reincarnate your baby's clothes is by creating a |
| first Christmas, and Baptism can be saved in a special | | | | memory quilt. Save bits and pieces of your baby's |
| place for passing on to a next generation. A great | | | | clothing and use it to create a full sized patchwork quilt |
| way to do this is by creating a memory box. Get a | | | | for when your baby gets their own big bed. That kind |
| small trunk at a craft store and decorate it however | | | | of sentimental value also makes a great gift for a |
| you'd like. Fill it with small mementos like the baby's | | | | graduation or a wedding (if you can wait that long to |
| hospital bracelet, first outfit and blanket. As the baby | | | | show off your handy work). |
| gets older you will have more things to add to it. This is | | | | If you're planning on having another child, you have a |
| a great way to preserve memories that your child | | | | built in way to get rid of all of the extra clothes. You |
| may not have the foresight to think of now, but will | | | | can put away the clothes that your baby grows out of |
| appreciate very much later. | | | | in a storage area. Just make sure you launder |
| Using material from old baby clothes to make new | | | | everything when it comes back out for round two. |
| baby clothes is a great way to save money and get a | | | | Sure, it stinks to get hand-me-downs, but it is unlikely |
| little more use out of the items that your child quickly | | | | your infant will notice, let alone care. |
| outgrows. Making t-shirts into cute patchwork dresses, | | | | |