Next was the photo shoot. My kids change outfits all the time, so I thought this would be tons of fun for them. It ended up being, I admit, a tad more of a challenge than I anticipated. I guess they like to dress up when someone isn’t telling them to do it. I said they could pick out one outfit that made them feel pretty, one outfit of their own choosing and one silly outfit. I also said there would be a mommy’s choice. We put an X on the spot they would stand, and we set up the tripod for the camera. My amazing husband then sized these photos to fit the 2 1/2″ block. Kids don’t come proportioned in perfect thirds, so he had to play with it a bit and their feet are cut off, but that’s OK. My man is super good on the computer, and he said it takes a bit of know how in Photoshop to make it happen. See how he had the cutting lines on there and everything.
Once your pictures are printed on normal printer paper, cut them out and make sure they are sized for the blocks. I had to do slivers of trimming on the sides.
Finally, it’s time to Mod Podge. Please see my post on tips for using Mod Podge. We did two sides on all three blocks of each body and let those dry completely before doing the other two sides. I put a plain piece of paper on the top and bottoms of the blocks. The kids were so excited to play with these, and I love all the fun combinations you can make out of all the blocks.
I need to give a shout out to my husband who was a major contributor in this project. He’s amazing!
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What a Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
This remains one of my favorite projects. Glad you like it. Thanks for commenting.
you did it!! I´ve been wanting to do this for years for my grandchildren for reasons you mentioned. we are spread out. Wish I did it way back when but I couldn´t figure out how to do it all. Now I have almost 30 g/c, but I still want to do it.
thanks for the tutorial.
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So fun. I’m so glad you found the tutorial, and I hope you have a lot of fun putting the blocks together!
Thinking the grandkids would have fun if we added in mommy, daddy, grandma, grandpa and aunts and uncles too….just picture grandpa’s body and the 2 year olds face ?
Great idea! Let me know how it goes. I love to hear about grandparents doing these kind of projects with their grandkids. It makes me happy to know there are multiple generations invested in the lives of kids. I hope you have a lot of fun with it.
These turned out so cute, my daughter would love these! The would make a great gift, too.
Thanks so much. I agree that it would make a cute gift.