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Giraffe
“What color should I use to put together a giraffe and what could I use to complete the look?”
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Has instructions
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No-sew
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Video
Products you’ll need (4)
Materials:
- One kids outfit in yellow
- One baby outfit in yellow
- Yellow felt
- Brown felt
- Black felt
- White felt
- Yellow Craft foam
- Firm headband
- Safety pins
Tools:
- Hot glue gun and sticks
- Scissors
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Double sided fabric tape
Instructions:
For the eyes:
- Cut two circles from white felt and two smaller circles from black felt.
- Hot glue the black circle to the white ones.
- Cut one circle from yellow felt and cut it in half for the eyelids. Hot glue one eyelid to each eye.
- Use double sided fabric tape to attach the eyes to the hoodie.
For the head piece:
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Hot glue yellow felt to cover the headband.
For the ossicones:
- Cut a piece of craft foam that is about 8 inches long.
- Roll it into a tight log and hot glue it closed.
- Cut the roll into two 4 inch pieces.
- Cut 2 small pieces of brown felt.
- Cut slits along one long side of each piece and them hot glue them around the top of the foam rolls.
For the ears:
- Cut two sets of ears from yellow felt (see our ear tutorial here)
- Hot glue each set together and pinch the bottom edge and glue together to give the ears some shape.
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Hot glue the ears and ossicones to the headband.
For the belly:
- Cut an oval from white felt.
- Cut in half and use double sided fabric tape to secure each half to one side of the zipper on the hoodie or footie.
For the tail:
- Cut a skinny rectangle of yellow felt, fold it in half and hot glue together along one short edge and the long edge.
- Turn the tail inside out so that the seam is on the inside.
- Cut a small rectangle of brown felt. Cut slits along one long side and hot glue it around the short end of the tail.
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Hot glue the open end closed and use safety pins to attach the tail to the pants.