Materials
- One black kids outfit
- White craft foam sheet
- White stretchy knit fabric
- Upholstery foam
- Red felt
- Orange felt
- Yellow felt
- Dark brown felt
- Tan felt
- Black marker
- Stuffing
- Empty paper towel tubes
- Black elastic band, 1” wide
- Small tree branch
Tools
- Hot glue gun & sticks
- Paint brush
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Tapestry needle
Instructions
- Create the marshmallow hat
- Cut a length of upholstery foam that will fit comfortably around the child’s head when rolled into a tube shape.
- Hot glue the ends of the foam together to form a cylinder.
- Cover the foam hat with white knit fabric, tucking the ends to the inside of the hat.
- Glue a circle of white craft foam to the top.
- Use scissors to make a small hole on either side of the hat for the tree branch.
- Break the branch in half and hot glue each piece on either side of the hat.
- Create the logs
- Cut one paper towel tube in half and cover the long section of all the tubes with dark brown felt.
- Glue circles of tan felt over the ends of the tubes.
- Use a black marker to draw tree rings on the tan log ends, and lines along the dark brown wood sections.
- Hot glue the logs together criss crossed and piled together.
- Create the fire
- Cut and stuff fire flames from yellow, orange, & red felt. Glue the flames together and then to the back top section of the logs.
- Glue a black elastic band to the back of the campfire to hold it around the child’s waist.
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