It appears that the Easter Bunny has been sewing items for certain Easter baskets this year. I found SkiptomyLou's tutorial on how to make these cute paper pad and pencil holders through mmmcrafts, and decided that perhaps this could be a cute item for both of the kids.

I didn't have any leftover denim or placemats to use but I did have a nice coupon and time to peruse the fat quarter sets that were delightfully on sale. The thing about those fat quarter sets at major box stores though, is that some of it is complete and total crum (as in, there is definitely a reason why they are only selling a fat quarter of this and definitely a reason why it is part of a super duper discounted set). The great thing is that you can find a hidden gem or two in there if you poke about a bit. I didn't really have to think about picking out coordinating fabrics because it was all coordinating! Couple that with the sale price and I couldn't say no.

This project used 3 fat quarters, the pencil pocket and paper pocket were cut from the same quarter. It is also sturdied up a bit (is that even a phrase?) with thick iron-on interfacing (which was still soft enough to sew through, although there are others out there that can be used that can't be sewn, just make sure your interfacing pieces fall well within your seam allowances). Giant button and ribbon are scraps from home. See, packrat behavior is highly helpful for this type of project!

The pencils are the Crayola twistable (erasable!) pencils, which are skinny enough to fit in the little slots and have the added bonus of not having tips to break off (the tips swirl right back into the plastic casing) making this craft ideal for shoving in bags for waiting room entertainment. Hopefully the kids will enjoy them, and even if they don't it only took an afternoon of sewing to complete them so it was more a fun, quick thing for me to try out :)