Andrew is currently participating in T-Ball through the local rec council. He LOVES it! I love how fast boys make friends. We were not even at the first practice for more than 5 minutes and he meets his "best friend". I volunteered to be the team mom even though I wasn't sure what the role entailed. I asked around and got the following similar answers:-make drink/snack schedule for practice and games.
-take pictures.
-help coach with any paperwork (picture papers, fundraiser)
-help organize kids.
-make t-ball banner.
-organize end-of-season party.
I did the schedule right away - that was easy. I love taking pictures and Jason got me a fancy camera for Christmas, so that was good. I'm detailed-oriented and don't mind paperwork (as long as I have it under control!). I think I'm fairly good with kids and I love planning parties. I was only worried about the stinkin' banner. What the heck am I going to do?? I did what any other mom would do - I googled and pinterest'd it. I only got ONE good hit. Disappointing to say the least...but the banner was good and it gave me a starting point. I couldn't believe there were no other blogs discussing banners for baseball which I could find! I thought opening day was the most important part of baseball!?!?!
So I wanted to do a paper banner for the 4, 5, and 6 year olds to display. I had a couple of great decorating ideas in mind. But the paper banner was quickly nixed by a teacher at boys school. She said "do you think the paper banner would hold up with a bunch of 4, 5, and 6 year olds all trying to hold it?". Good Point, Mrs. Laura! I went to Joann's and gathered my materials.
I grabbed a yard of red felt, a couple sheets of black, grey, and white felt (the stiffer felt), a package of dimensional fabric paint, and 3 yards of baseball ribbon. I followed the directions for cutting and sewing the banner from my ONE good hit. Then I used my cricut and cut out the team name: Muckdogs. I chose to cut the name twice - once in black and once in grey to match the logo. The cricut also cut the bat and baseballs. I drew "laces" on the baseballs. My advice - don't worry about the laces matching. No one will notice. Don't use a pencil to draw it first - just do it! It took the longest to figure out the positioning of everything. It just had to be perfect! I used spray adhesive to glue everything down just to find everything coming off the next day. I ended up using hot glue and it worked good. Their names are around the outside of the banner with their number on the inside. The kids were very proud carrying their homemade banner on opening day!!
Opening Day was a blast! The Rec Council did an amazing job. There were games, food/drinks, music, and even bouncy houses!
Maybe I'll start documenting step-by-step instructions in future crafts...
I leave you with some brotherly love...
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