Ella's Apron

My sister, McKinzie, discovered this fun pattern at a Relief Society activity at church. It's a child's apron made out of a hot pad, a kitchen towel, and some ribbon. I finished it yesterday, but Ella flat out refused to wear it. I put on my apron to encourage her, but she wasn't interested until she started "cooking" in her kitchen tonight. I'm excited because it's big now, but should last her for quite some time. Plus, I bought the materials at the dollar store, so this cost no more than $5 with all materials.





Having Ella's little kitchen in the dining room next to the kitchen has been so fun. She loves to make our family food and especially appreciates generous noises and high praise of "delicious!" The other night, she "fed" Uncle Ben over the phone and we kept saying, "Make eating noises, Ben." She loved it! I recently gave her some silicone cupcake holders (they are horrible to clean) to play with and she loves to make cupcakes. She also puts them on everyone's head -especially cute on Ezra's - and declare "Happy Birthday!"