Hand-Drawn Stuffed Monster
Hand-Drawn Stuffed Monster ~ The very first project my daughters wanted to try when we received the Martha Stewart’s Favorite Crafts for Kids book, was the Hand-Drawn Stuffed Animals project. Gabrielle took out a piece of paper right away and started drawing her creation. She decided to make a monster instead of an animal.
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We started off with Gabrielle drawing the monster she wanted. Once it was drawn we photocopied the drawing to be able to use it as a pattern. Once photocopied, Gabrielle cut out the body of the monster. We folded in two the fabric she had chosen and we pinned the pattern onto it. Gabrielle cut the fabric, using the pattern as a guide.
Next Gabrielle cut some felt to make the face, mouth, legs and wings. We hand stitched the face and mouth onto the front side of the fabric. She then picked out the buttons she wanted and hand stitched them onto the front of the monster.
When the face was completely put together, we place the two pieces of fabric face to face (good sides facing each other) and sewed the sides together (without stitching the bottom). We unfolded the monster (since it was inside out) and then began stuffing it with batting. Gabrielle added stuffing to the monster until he felt cuddly enough for her.
When he was stuffed enough, we pinned the legs in-between the fabric and we did a zigzag stitch to attach them to the monster. The last thing we had left was to attach the wings onto the back of the monster. We accomplished this by hand stitching the wings onto his back.
Hand-Drawn Stuffed Monster
And because Emanuelle is in the stage where she wants everything exactly like her sister. She asked Gabrielle to make her a monster exactly the same. Gabrielle opted to change the fabric for her sister’s stuffed creation. (I was honestly surprised that Emanuelle didn’t want to draw her own.)
Hand-Drawn Stuffed Monsters
Here are my monster creations, holding their monsters:
What do you think of the hand-drawn stuffed monsters? Aren’t they cute?
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great idea to keep little ones entertained! :-) & her little monsters turned out great!
your daughters look adorable in the pictures! :-)
wish you a beautiful and fun week Christine!
Awww! What a creative project for the little ones – and they look so professional! Great idea. Holy Smokes, they are so adorable, I want one! :)
So fun and colorful! Love this :)
Hope you have a good week!
Hugs from Portugal,
Ana Love Craft
oh those are SOOOOOO cute! and your cutie girls holding them makes then even better :)
Suuuuch a cute idea, i LOVE this! I can’t wait until my toddler can draw pictures, this is SO cute!
This looks awesome!!!
ADORABLE! Love those! Thanks for linking them up at the Make Bake Create party this week!
Christine, this is so adorable!! My son would love this. Gotta try it ;) Thank you so much for sharing at Give Me The Goods Monday!
Jamie
Haha! Your monsters holding their monsters! These are too cute Christine! What a great idea! Ill have to wait til my kids are older, but we will try this! :)
Those came out super cute! What a great way to bring a drawing to life. Thank you for sharing at our Pinteresting Party!
So much fun! I know my daughter would love this project, but I don’t think she’s old enough for sewing. How old are your daughters and how much of this project were they able to complete on their own? …I guess I could use fabric glue as an alternative….
Oh my gosh, this is so cute! My daughter would just love this!
I love this! I just found your blog at lil’ luna’s link party.
Awww what a cute idea.. Kids are going to love it! :)
Awww What a cute idea! Pinning for when my little guys are big enough to draw :) Would love to have you share at my party!!
So adorable! Great idea!
Awww, how cute and fun are these?! I can’t wait till my daughter wants to do stuff like this! Thanks for linking up to Give Me the Goods! Jenna
Christine-we love ALL of your monsters! fun idea…
Oh my goodness Christine! These are SO fun and cute! I bet these little monsters are a huge hit with kids! Very creative!
Those are so freakin cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it
How great is that – I remember we always had to “design” things before we made them at school so this is a great way to start off, and so cute.
These are so cute! I want to do these now with my kids doodles!
This is too cute – and you make it seem so easy!! I think I may give it a try (although I am sure my monster will be a little “scarier” around the edges!)
Super cute!