I am super excited to be participating this year since my daughter and I both enjoy hand sewing.
Your children will delight in this adorableDIY Cactus Plushy.
It is easy to create with our handy template and tutorial below.
Supplies:
Instructions:
1.
Use the template to cut out two cactus shapes from your green felt.
Sew black buttons to create eyes
Cut a small slit along the eyeball dots for your black button eyes.
Place the back of the buttons inside the slits and sew them onto the back of the green felt.
Draw lines down the center of cactus and along cactus arms
Turn the front of your cactus plushy over.
Use your black marker to draw lines down the center of the cactus and along the cactus arms.
You will use these as your guides to sew needles onto your cactus.
Layer to cactus pieces together and fix them with sewing pins
Layer the two cactus pieces together.
Place sewing pins around the cactus to hold the two pieces together.
Replace the pins and continue sewing around the cactus.
Stuff the center of the cactus plushy with poly fill.
After the DIY cactus plushy is full sew the bottom of it closed.
Use a hot glue gun to scrunch and glue the sides of the circle together to create a flower.
Cut the bottom off of the flower so it is flat.
Then hot glue it onto your cactus.
you might use one flower or several.
