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RED HEART® “Grandé™”, Art. E720 (6-ounce solid, 4½-ounce multicolor skeins):
Panda: 2 Ounces each No. 2101 White and No. 2112 Black;
Teddy: 4 ounces No. 2332 Linen;
Ladybug: ½-ounce No. 2915 Cranberry and small amount No. 2112 Black;
Black-eyed Susans: small amounts No. 2112 Black for each flower;
Pencil Can: ½-ounce No. 2934 Candy.
Panda: Two 15mm wiggle eyes, small amounts of black and red felt.
Teddy: Two 15mm wiggle eyes, small amounts of black and pink felt.
Ladybug: Two 5mm wiggle eyes, small amount of black felt, 4" length of black worsted weight yarn.
Black-eyed Susans (For Each): Two 5mm wiggle eyes, 3" square of yellow-orange felt, small amount of green felt, green chenille stem.
Pencil Can: One empty, clean and dry 10¾-ounce soup can.
For All: SUSAN BATES® Easy Wrap Pom Pon Maker, Art. 14063; scissors; a few yards of matching worsted weight yarn to tie centers of pom pons; hot glue gun and glue sticks; white craft glue. |
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Panda measures approximately 6½" high;
Teddy measures approximately 5½";
Ladybug measures approximately 2¼";
Black-eyed Susans measure approximately 3" across;
Pencil Can measures 4" high. |
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PANDA: Following directions included with pom pon maker, (1) use yellow pieces to make two 3½" white pom pons (one for head and one for body); (2) use green pieces to make two 2½" black pom pons for legs; (3) use purple pieces to make two 1¾" black pom pons for arms; (4) use white pieces to make one 1" white pom pon for muzzle; (5) use white pieces to make two 1" black pom pons for ears.
Trim each pom pon until round. With hot glue, glue head and body together; glue on legs, arms, muzzle, and ears.
Cut two eye patches and one nose from black felt; cut tongue from red felt. With craft glue, glue wiggle eyes to tapered end of eye patches; glue patches to each side of muzzle as pictured. Glue nose to muzzle. Separate yarn strands on muzzle below nose and glue tongue in place.
TEDDY: Make same as Panda EXCEPT make all pom pons with linen and trim all pom pons ¼" smaller than above. Omit eye patches and glue wiggle eyes directly to head above muzzle. Cut tongue from pink felt and nose from black felt and glue as above.
LADYBUG: Following directions included with pom pon maker, (1) use green pieces to make one 2½" cranberry pom pon; (2) use white pieces to make one 1" black pom pon. Trim. Cut six ¼" round polka dots from black felt. With hot glue, glue head to body. With craft glue, glue eyes to head and polka dots to body; glue one strand of black worsted weight yarn down center of body to denote wings.
BLACK-EYED SUSANS: Following directions included with pom pon maker, use white pieces to make one 1" black pom pon for each flower. Trim. Cut flower from yellow-orange felt and 2 leaves from green felt. With hot glue, glue pom pon to center of flower, glue back of flower to chenille stem; glue leaves to chenille stem. With craft glue, glue eyes to pom pon.
PENCIL CAN: Spread craft glue around circumference of can, approximately one inch at a time, and wrap yarn around can making sure wraps are close together to cover the metal; repeat until can is entirely covered. |
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