Kids Learn to Sew - Easy Stuffed Animals

Looking for things to teach our kids during these crazy times at home, one thing I am a firm believer is to learn to sew.  So we set out to make a cute easy sew animal with a basic shape to cut out.

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Here is a video with lots of tips and ideas on how to make these easy sew creations!

We started with Fairfield World Oly-Fun Craft Material.  It is a easy sew no fray fabric that makes sewing for beginners super easy!!  There are a ton of colors, so mixing and matching new colors is super easy, and it kids had fun picking out the colors they liked.

I first drew out a super simple design of a head with ears and a round body with a flat bottom on paper.  We pinned them to the Oly-Fun material and cut it out.  When we pinned the pattern to the material we did it to a folded edge to have one less edge to sew. 

We then cut out our faces using dies to make crisp shapes, except my son who went his own direction which is totally awesome!! 

We also used a black pen to draw in the eyes and whiskers.

Now it is time to sew.  I taught my kids how to do a simple straight stitch to start, one day we will get in to the fancy stuff, but just so they know how to do a stitch is super important!  Catherine was a rock star and did her kitty in purple material and white thread.

Brandon took the same pattern I did and cut off the ears to make his Chewy from Star Wars using the tan material with the black and white for the ammo sash and then black thread.

Once you sewed up all but about 1 inch of the creature you can stuff then with wither pellets or stuffing from Fairfield World, or do a mix!

Catherine decided to make her creature into a fully stuffed with Poly-Fil® Premium Fiber Fill.

Brandon wanted his to be an all bean creature so he fill his with 100% Poly-Fil® Poly Pellets®.

I chose to make my blue kitty a mix of the pellets and stuffing.  The kids had a blast making their own stuffed creature, and they had total control on the colors and final designs and they learned to sew something cute!!

Brandon really got into his stuffed creature, it became his little should buddy!

What fun stuffed creature will you make?

Interested in the supplies I used in this project? Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase. 

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