If you're a fan of FamilyFun Magazine, you've seen that their "Badges of Fun" program for August is to take a road trip.
When I saw the idea for the laptop desk, I got really excited!
In fact, I have this bad habit of buying fabric for intended projects that I never get to. So this made me feel a little better since I actually used some of that fabric (that yes, had been intended for something else. Guess I'll just have to buy more!).
It's a simple project where you make your own pillow and glue it onto a clipboard but I thought it needed some slight modifications . . .
Oh, wooden clipboard? Hard to find! Walmart though carries pretty much everything and it was only $1.63.
Anyway, modifications.
My 3 year old loves pillows, being cozy, and small things. I figured she would have a major meltdown if she had a cute, small pillow covered in cupcakes that she couldn't cuddle with. Solution? Velcro.
I just happened to have some leftover super-soft velcro from another project (that actually used what I purchased for it) so it was an easy fix to sew the soft side onto the fabric before sewing the pillow together.
Once the pillow was sewn and stuffed, I laid the grabbing strip of velcro (do you love my technical terminology) on top and spread it with tacky glue. Then I placed the clipboard on top and weighed it down with some heavy books over night.
Voila! A traveling lapdesk . . .
And a nice little pillow covered in cupcakes. I can't wait to see how it works (update to come!).
