Our New Family Pet

Is some sort of strange cross between a termite, a woodchuck and a beaver. It's a Terchuckver (ter-chuck-ver). He's made a home in Caleb's crib. I present to you Exhibits A and B.


Well, I couldn't have that beautiful *allegedly* Lifetime crib (the crib that I had planned to use for not only Caleb but also his future brothers and sisters and eventually as a headboard and footboard for a full size bed) being turned into firewood after only 9 months of use! So, I went searching online for something to save the crib rails. I first came across this number, but I just couldn't see spending over $40 for something that I could probably make on my own. Then I came across this, but decided that I wasn't really ready to pull out my sewing machine and find out if the noise is enough to wake Caleb during his naps. So I continued searching for a no-sew option. And I came across this. PERFECT! Well, sort of. I ended up adapting it to my own needs and skill level and came up with this.


I bought 2 yards of some fleece fabric on sale for 50% off and some fusible batting at JoAnn Fabric. If you had a crib bumper that you were no longer using, I could definitely see scavenging that for the necessary fabric (and possibly batting) for this project. I measured my crib rails, ironed on the fusible batting to the middle of the fabric and then cut strips on the portion of the fabric that did not have the batting.


If you look closely at the picture below, you can see the batting in the middle.


Then I tied the pieces around the crib rail using the fringed pieces.


I'm really happy with the way it turned out, and it was about 1/4 of the price I would have paid purchasing a pre-made version that really wouldn't have worked with our crib. I was even able to squeeze the fish tank thing back on over the rail.


Now, talk to me in a few weeks/months after my little durability inspector has had a chance to test it out.