It is not very often that we have tutorials involving wood, drills, and hammers here on Prudent Baby but when the chance comes, we love to share them with you. Who is totally loving this child-size ironing board right now? Me too! Over at Duo Fiberworks sisters Laura and Katie are making all sorts of wooden and felt toys for their little ones. Today they will walk you through the process of making this adorable ironing board. Make sure to stop by their blog to check out their many other tutorials like felted milk and juice bottles, carved carrots, and felted knit boats. Take it away ladies…
Gordon’s First – Football Birthday Party
This past Saturday we celebrated Gordon’s first birthday with a NFL playoff party here at the house. We made three kinds of soup served up in Crock Pots with fresh bread and cheese. We mixed up a batch of our signature Orange Slush. The kids played in the ball pit and had a pick-up game of football in the backyard. The birthday boy put on a great “cake smash” show. This was an easy party to pull together. Ill be sharing all of the details and simple DIYs. For now, here are some photos!
Mama treated herself to some DIY football nails. 
Tissue pom poms are a cheap, quick and big impact decoration.
Turn a plain white t-shirt into an easy football “jersey.” Nibble on delicious baby boy.
But there’s more…
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2-Minute French Toast in A Cup
Here is one food in a mug that might actually be yummier than the real thing. French Toast in a cup is fast, simple, and satisfies that craving for sweet, starchy deliciousness. And you can make it in two minutes!
Who’s got the munchies? Ha! Seeing as our Cup of Coffee Cake (in Under 5 Minutes) is one of our most popular post of all time, I thought y’all might enjoy my other favorite last minute snack, which is even quicker and easier and more fattening (and therefore more delicious/more embarrassing to admit I eat on a regular basis): French Toast in a Cup. We highly recommend that you try our 2-Minute French Toast in a Cup microwave dessert, or breakfast, or midnight snack, then head down our rabbit hole of single-serving dessert in a cup.
It’s french toast in a cup, made in your microwave and topped off with a generous ssquirt of ssyrup (which is making my ssssss key kind of sssticky right now).
So please, grab a slice of bread and allow me to blow your mind…
Don’t forget to check out Jaime’s Lazy Late Night Cooking Corner on our YouTube channel for more microwaveable treats like, Single Serve Cinnamon Roll, Rice Krispy Treat, Blueberry Cobbler, and Strawberry Shortcake for Two.
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Want to find out who won 1 free month of advertising on Prudent Baby? First, let’s give a round of applause to all our Prudent Baby sponsors since they play such a huge roll in making Prudent Baby possible…
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Keep reading to see the other amazing sponsors and find out who won 1 free month of advertising after the jump…
Semi-DIY Clutch with Tulip Shimmer Sheets
We were asked to try out Shimmer Transfer Sheets from Tulip. While their glittery perfection screamed to be used on goodies for the girls, I decided to hot-mess-mommy it up with a little Semi-DIY clutch. Now that I carry around a big ol’ mama purse day-to-day, I like to lighten my load down to credit card, phone and lipstick for date night. Check out this easy project…
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Butternut Squash Soup: Easy Crock Pot Recipe
My mother is the best – whenever she comes over she brings me food. Like those awesome giant bags of pre-cooked udon from costco, man I love those and she always brings them to me. But the best is when she hands over fresh vegetables from her or her neighbor’s garden. This year’s backyard farm caught a fungus and all my curcurbits bit the dust, so her latest delivery of a pile of butternut squash was so awesome. 
I wanted to make a soup in the crock pot (to save time and also stove top space over the holidays), but couldn’t find a really good crock pot butternut squash soup recipe out there. 
I perfected this one over a few days and it really is so easy and turned out so yummy that I wanted to share it. I hope you give it a try, because this is one healthy soup that even kids will gobble up.
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11 Most Popular Posts from 2011
We had so much fun together last year, didn’t we? We took a look back at every post we wrote in 2011 to see which projects were the most popular, and we were delighted to see what y’all were clicking on and whipping up. Did one of your favorites not make the list? Anything on here surprise you (#1 certainly surprised us)? Thank you all for an awesome 2011, and we can’t wait to craft with you in 2012!
Much love, Jaime & Jacinda
10. How to Sew Knit Fabrics: Sewing with Jersey 101
8. How to Build A Pallet Daybed
7. Pretty Party Dress with Free Downloadable Pattern
6. April Fool’s Prank: The Fake Parking Ticket
2. How to Make Beautiful Dress Up Wings
And the most popular post from 2011 is…
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Merry Happy Everything!
Wishing all the Prudent Mamas a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Awesome New Year, from our family to yours. Jacinda and I are taking the week off to be with our families and work on the all-new Prudent Baby website, launching sometime in January. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been planning. In the meantime I hope you enjoy my video holiday card. Here’s hoping your new year is pretty in pink!
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