Charlie Brown Group

Materials

For Charlie Brown:

• One yellow kids top
• One black kids bottom
• Beanie that matches child’s skin tone
• Black pipe cleaner
• Black adhesive felt

For Snoopy: 

• One white kids top
• One white kids bottom
• White baseball cap
• White felt
• Black felt
• Red felt
• Yellow craft foam
• Black marker
• Large black pom pom
• Velcro 
• Stuffing (polyfil, tissue paper, or fabric scraps)
• Safety pin

For Lucy:

• One blue kids dress
• White lace socks
• Black beanie
• Black felt
• Teal felt
• Black adhesive felt
• Stuffing (polyfil, tissue paper, or fabric scraps)

Tools

• Hot glue gun & sticks
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Fabric tape

Instructions

For Charlie Brown: 

• Create the headpiece:
• Bend a black pipe cleaner into a curved loop like Charlie brown’s hair. 
• Glue this hair piece to the front of the beanie.
• Create the shirt pattern:
• Use a pencil to draw a zig zag shape on the back of the adhesive felt.
• Cut out the shape and stick it across the lower half of the polo.

For Snoopy: 

• Create the headpiece:
• Cut four matching ear pieces from black felt.
• Glue two felt ears together, and slightly stuff them before sealing them up.
• Glue the ears to either side of the cap.
• Cut two black felt eyes and thin eyebrows and glue them to the cap.
• Glue a large black pom pom to the end of cap bill.
• Create the collar: 
• Cut a length of red felt for the collar and glue velcro to the ends. 
• Cut a circle from a sheet of yellow craft foam for the nameplate. 
• Use a black marker to write “Snoopy” on the nameplate.
• Glue the tag to the center front of the collar. 
• Create the tail:
• Cut two tail pieces from white felt. 
• Glue the tail pieces together and stuff it before sealing up.
• Safety pin the tail to the back of the pants.

For Lucy: 

• Create the hair:
• Cut two matching pieces for each hair section - bangs and side curls - from black felt. 
• Glue and stuff each hair piece together and glue them to the beanie.
• Create the collar:
• Cut a ring of teal felt large enough to fit around the neck collar. 
• Scallop the outer edges.
• Glue velcro to the back opening of the collar to hold it in place. 
• Use fabric tape to attach the collar to the neckline of the dress if needed. 
• Create the button details:
• Cut two button shapes - two small circles with a line connecting them - from black adhesive felt.
• Stick the buttons to the dress just under the collar.