So, with no one to borrow from and a horror of buying something, I made my own. BTW, I don't want to hear any comments about how it is not safe. I will not keep her in it if I think there is any chance of her rolling, wiggling or pulling herself out etc.
Step One: Find a storage container
for the base and the top.
It works best if the bottom storage container is filled
with things like out of season/pre-maternity clothing.
You want it to be stable.
Step Two: Tape the top unit to the lid.
This way you can still access your clothes
(hopefully they will still fit you...)
Step Three: Tape your children's mouths shut.
Somehow it didn't make them any quieter.
Step Four: Tape fabric around
the bottom of the base.
You can tape little pleats into it to make it a little ruffly. Don't skimp on the tape.
Step Five: Put another piece of fabric
over the top.
Add a folded blanket for extra padding and you are done!
So cute!
for the base and the top.
It works best if the bottom storage container is filled
with things like out of season/pre-maternity clothing.
You want it to be stable.
Step Two: Tape the top unit to the lid.
This way you can still access your clothes
(hopefully they will still fit you...)
Step Three: Tape your children's mouths shut.
Somehow it didn't make them any quieter.
Step Four: Tape fabric around
the bottom of the base.
You can tape little pleats into it to make it a little ruffly. Don't skimp on the tape.Step Five: Put another piece of fabric
over the top.
Add a folded blanket for extra padding and you are done!
So cute!
6 comments:
Our babies have slept on a changing table pad on the floor. My cousin's baby slept in a suitcase and then a laundry basket. I don't think there's anything wrong with your solution. Way to "make it do or do without."
But doesn't it need just a little bit more of a mattress in the top basket?
I was impressed with the ruffly skirt. Now I want to ruffle all of my rubbermaid containers.
I did make a little mattress out of 4 layers of batting sewed up in a piece of fabric. I just didn't put that in the "steps."
Very creative! Good job guys.
Your siblings got a blanket folded up in the bottom of the laundry basket. My parents put me in a dresser drawer. Looks like this little one gets the "deluxe" treatment. And I thought only the boys believed that duct tape is the handyman's secret weapon. Way to go!
I LOVE IT!!! So creative. ANd somewhere along the way, I didn't realize you moved while sooo prego and I can't exactly figure out why you moved, just that you moved. :|
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