Fish Extenders?

[tjbaggott]

Newbie for DCL and craft impaired. Can anyone help me out with some easy directions on how to make one?

In the DIS DCL Faq's thread, there are easy NO sew instructions for FE's. I've used this for our own, although I did do some sewing on parts to strengthen it (I worried the heat and bond wouldn't hold up). I found it very easy. Working on more FE's today and I'm sewing them all as I'm running out of heat and bond and I find it easier to just run it through my machine.

 

[ppiew]

I just bought an 8 1/2 wide piece of felt and a couple of those felt squares in different colors. sewed the squares to the felt 'hanger' - sewed a pocket on top for wooden dowel (Walmart) cut slits in top and put in some ribbon to make a hanger. Worked great. No work of art but looks ok to me. Oh, I put some of those stick-on scrapbookthings to 'decorate' the FE.

 

[croppincolburn]

My TA is going to make me a FE. How wonderful is that? Love the ones I've seen on this thread. You are all so creative!

 

[Disneynutbsv]

I bought one I was afraid I would screw it up I can't wait to get it!

 

[linkandclover]

Hi everyone. I am new to this board and after all of the postings and examples I have decided to make my family's FE. Thanks for the no sew directions. After visiting Joann's fabric's they now make a lot of sense and it seems rather manageable .

 

[2gr8DisneyKids]

Well, I still have the hanger part to do, but it is done for the most part so I had to share!

I used toddler t-shirts and shorts from Wal-mart and fabric taped and hand sewed them at the bottoms and then hand sewed them together. I then ironed-on the Mickeys and Minnies I ordered from Etsy.

 

[cccory]

VERY cute!

Does anyone know how long the FE can be before they hit the floor? I have 5 kids and need to fit 5 pockets on it.

 

[tjbaggott]

VERY cute!

Does anyone know how long the FE can be before they hit the floor? I have 5 kids and need to fit 5 pockets on it.

Consider that each pocket is typically 6 inches from top to bottom, plus maybe one inch between pockets plus a header. I'm currently working on one for a family of 6 ( if parents share a pocket) or a family of 5 if everyone wants a pocket to themselves, and it's total length is 38 1/2" long. My own was this size and nowhere near the floor once it was hanging on the fish hook.

 

[scrapah1]

Well, I still have the hanger part to do, but it is done for the most part so I had to share!

I used toddler t-shirts and shorts from Wal-mart and fabric taped and hand sewed them at the bottoms and then hand sewed them together. I then ironed-on the Mickeys and Minnies I ordered from Etsy.

That looks amazing!

Could you share w/me the seller from Etsy where you got your Mickey & Minnie heads?

 

[Goofy Mum]

Well, I still have the hanger part to do, but it is done for the most part so I had to share!

I used toddler t-shirts and shorts from Wal-mart and fabric taped and hand sewed them at the bottoms and then hand sewed them together. I then ironed-on the Mickeys and Minnies I ordered from Etsy.

I absolutely LOVE this!! The best idea I've seen so far. So creative! Well done!!

 

[cccory]

Consider that each pocket is typically 6 inches from top to bottom, plus maybe one inch between pockets plus a header. I'm currently working on one for a family of 6 ( if parents share a pocket) or a family of 5 if everyone wants a pocket to themselves, and it's total length is 38 1/2" long. My own was this size and nowhere near the floor once it was hanging on the fish hook.

Great! I'll have enough room. I might put 1 1/2" between them then.

 

[jessica52877]

Sorry - we were on vacation and I didn't see this post!

It is a 3 part reason:

Our family is DH, me and DS.

A friend of mine went with us on this cruise and I wanted her to be included but I didn't want her name on it forever.

We are in the process of adopting a little girl. We do not know what her name will be when she joins our family (we're going to adopt through the foster system so she will have a name she has had her whole life). All we know for sure is that we will adopt a girl and she will be younger than DS.


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safety wise I'm not all hung up on not posting names on stuff but I don't like to post both first and last names. It would have been one or the other (first OR last) but not both.
I figure if anyone is around us for just a short time, they WILL know my son's name! LOL Ethan, stop that. Ethan, look at this! Ethan..........

I actually ended up taking a picture of the fabric and using that to make mini-name badges that I used a safety pin to attach to the FE.
It's hard to see the pattern in the 'name badge' but it is the same as the fabric. I printed it on photo paper (thicker and I like the gloss! LOL) and then I taped small safety pins to the back and pinned them on.

I went back and forth about putting our names, first and or last names, too. I decided to put our last name so someone was tempted to walk off with it (although I want to believe that would never happen). I figured if I put 3 pockets that would cover me if I ever had another child.

I just bought an 8 1/2 wide piece of felt and a couple of those felt squares in different colors. sewed the squares to the felt 'hanger' - sewed a pocket on top for wooden dowel (Walmart) cut slits in top and put in some ribbon to make a hanger. Worked great. No work of art but looks ok to me. Oh, I put some of those stick-on scrapbookthings to 'decorate' the FE.

I almost did that. I made the same type thing years ago but for mail and storage for paper, envelopes, etc with felt. It would have worked great as a FE but I decided to go ahead and make a real one in case I ever decided to start selling them.

Here is a picture of mine. We were on the "never ending cruise".

My friend Heathersue designed Mickey! And I just love it!

 

[mom4mad]

This is our third Disney cruise, but fiorst time doing FE gift exchange. My husband and I were thinking for the gifts for adults either a single use box of Tide to use on board (it is a two week Cruise, so we figure everyone will probably need to do laundry at some point) with a label with our name/cabin number and maybe a cute little limerick about laundry, or a small bottle of sunscreen with a label. Didn't know if these were good ideas or not. Would love any feedback good or bad. Thanks!

 

[tjbaggott]

This is our third Disney cruise, but fiorst time doing FE gift exchange. My husband and I were thinking for the gifts for adults either a single use box of Tide to use on board (it is a two week Cruise, so we figure everyone will probably need to do laundry at some point) with a label with our name/cabin number and maybe a cute little limerick about laundry, or a small bottle of sunscreen with a label. Didn't know if these were good ideas or not. Would love any feedback good or bad. Thanks!

I think the single use laundry detergent is a great idea! Thats something that would be of benefit to me if I were on a cruise that long! The sunscreen, not so much as I always bring my own of that anyway.

 

[kileybeth]

This is our third Disney cruise, but fiorst time doing FE gift exchange. My husband and I were thinking for the gifts for adults either a single use box of Tide to use on board (it is a two week Cruise, so we figure everyone will probably need to do laundry at some point) with a label with our name/cabin number and maybe a cute little limerick about laundry, or a small bottle of sunscreen with a label. Didn't know if these were good ideas or not. Would love any feedback good or bad. Thanks!

Well, I always bring my own of both of those but I would also say you might want to consider allergies ect. to both of those items. Personally, I would think people prefer a certain brand? Having said that? I ran out of laundry detergent last vacation and not only had to buy from the hotel laundry room at $2 a pop but had to find enough quarters first! Thankfully no more quarters in DCL laundry rooms, just slide your card, nice!

 

[jessica52877]

This is our third Disney cruise, but fiorst time doing FE gift exchange. My husband and I were thinking for the gifts for adults either a single use box of Tide to use on board (it is a two week Cruise, so we figure everyone will probably need to do laundry at some point) with a label with our name/cabin number and maybe a cute little limerick about laundry, or a small bottle of sunscreen with a label. Didn't know if these were good ideas or not. Would love any feedback good or bad. Thanks!

I would enjoy either of those, especially on a longer cruise. I do always have my own sunscreen too, but not always a smaller travel size and I'll use it eventually anyways. I don't tend to do laundry on vacation although I am sure if I were gone that long I would have to. I would NOT want to buy the soap. I do try to pack my own just in case but don't always remember.

Coming up with something for the adults I found quite hard, especially ones that had no kids in their rooms. If they had kids, the kids got good loot so I wasn't as worried. I did a small notebook and scrapbooked the front a little and then bookmarks with some other little odds and ends. I still would have liked something better but was just at a loss.

 

[GoHerd1028]

We have been struggling with what to get for adults also....Wife found some crossword and word search books today that might be ok..I also told her that some travel size hand sanitizers might also be ok...what you think?

 

[jessica52877]

We have been struggling with what to get for adults also....Wife found some crossword and word search books today that might be ok..I also told her that some travel size hand sanitizers might also be ok...what you think?

Love the puzzle idea! I would have used one of those last week! Hand sanitizer also gets a thumbs up from me!

 

[tjbaggott]

Ideas for adults: On our last cruise here's what I gave the adults. (I'm Canadian, so it was easy to find things not sold in the U.S, which made it a perfect gift).

- small bottles of Pure Canadian Maple Syrup
- maple candies in the shape of a maple leaf
- Kit Kat and Smarties Chocolate bars and chocolate candy
- Playing cards with prints of Canadian money on the tops
- refrigerator magnets with Our Flag as the background and a temp thermometer built into it
- Disney Key chain (some were pewter princess Belle and others were POC)
- magnets I made myself

They were well received.

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[ranidayz]

Can someone remind me 1)how long to cut the dowel and 2) how to make those cute wooden mickey heads?

As far as FE gifts -- I got cute chochkes and just plan on giving them for the cabin rather than adults vs kids...I mean - on a Disney cruise - we're all kids - right?