Baby Blocks

For Molly's baby shower, I wanted to have a craft. We gals at work are a creative group, so I knew that most of those attending would enjoy something crafty. I came up with the idea of painting blocks. Bought plain solid wood blocks at Hobby Lobby, painted them all white, sanded their edges for a rustic look. Then for the shower I set out the blocks, paints, brushes, rounded-corner squares of scrapbook paper, and old Golden Books about the alphabet and words (for inspiration and ideas). I also had a small bowl of paper squares, each with a letter of the alphabet, so that the girls could take one and we wouldn't duplicate letters.

I painted all of the blocks below except the ones where noted. The shower group painted a little less than half the blocks, which left me with a bunch to finish, a "chore" that I gladly took on (and, honestly, was sad when the painting ended!).

I had a few blocks leftover, so one got a gator on it who wrapped around all sides.

 G is for glove and grapes.

Another non-alphabet block with butterfly and a flowery vine.

Q is for queen and quilt.

Another un-alphabet block got a beach ball, overalls with a chicken and a turtle.

I is for iron. U is for umbrella (thanks to Laura). F is for frog.

C is for cotton bolls, cow and clown. Un-alphabet block with a dice face. 

P is for peacock (another Laura original; her blocks are the loveliest jewel shades!)

Another part of the U is for umbrella block, this including adorable yellow rain boots (artist, Laura).

F is for fire, fish and fork.

A block with an H (for Hargather, the baby's last name) 

and a baby face (thanks to Molly's sister, Robin Anne).

I is for ice cream.

E is for elephant (another Laura gem!).

The two blocks on the right were done by Jenn. Each is like a little water color canvas.

B is for bear and bee. R is for rabbit.

O is for octopus (Laura's masterpiece).

J is for jar of jam and jellyfish.

N is for nest.

M is for monkey, mouse and moon.

An un-alphabet block got a spiderweb and spider.

On the right top, another side to Laura's peacock block.

An un-alphabet block gets a house and a pear.

A cat on the C block.

Three more pieces of artwork by Jenn. B is for boat. R is for rooster. S is for sheep and spider.

W is for watermelon. K is for knife and key. Y is for yolk.

X is for x-ray. Another side to Y — yarn. V is for vase and violin.

I'll be spraying them this weekend with a clear matt finish. And then they'll be gifted to Baby H, keepsakes to be handed down for years to come!