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Supplies
- A few yards of white 4-ply yarn
- 1-inch Styrofoam ball
- 6 inches 1/2 inch red ribbon
- Small amount of black felt for ears
- 2 3mm wiggly eyes
- 1-inch white pompom
- 1/2 inch white pompom
- 1 black sequin
- Small piece of red felt
- 5 inches of rickrack (optional)
- String or ribbon for hanger
Instructions
Cut cardboard template according to instructions in Fig. 1.
Tie 6-inch piece of yarn to top of bundle. Cut through bottom of bundle.
Following Fig 2, draw yarn around Styrofoam ball and tie tightly. Pull all loose strands down to tighten.
Tie red ribbon tightly over this point. Divide strands into two bundles and tie at the bottom, using picture as a guide. Glue the 1-inch pompom to the front for a nose, placing the eyes above. Glue the black sequin to the pompom for the nose. Cut 2 ears from black felt and glue to head. Cut the felt triangle for the hat.
Fold in half and stitch. Add Glue rickrack to edge of hat, if desired. Glue hat to head taking care to let ears show below the edge of the hat. Place hanger in position: pull point of hat down and glue to side of hat. Glue &frac;-inch pompom in place on hat.
By Harlean from Arkansas
Click Here to download the instructions in PDF format.
About The Author: Harlean Greathouse is a mother of three who has been married for 45 years. Long time readers of ThriftyFun will probably recognize her as Harlean from Arkansas, the name she has posted under as a valuable member of the ThriftyFun community. She specializes in wood crafts and enjoys designing crafts using recyclable materials, knitting, crochet and has been an arts and crafts vendor for over 35 years. Harlean has a CD available with 11 unique crafts designs for only $5.00 (including shipping). For more information visit:
http://www.thriftyfun.com/columnists/harlean.html
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