A Christmas Present Kids Can Make

A lovely gift children can make for each other, or as a Stocking Filler..

All the boys were out and our daughter (nearly 8) begged me to help her make a ‘thingy’. A ‘thingy’ as it turned out, is rather easy to make.

It’s called Tulip.

The concept of having ‘a little homemade friend’ was so popular with the boys when they got back, that I thought this would make a cool Christmas present that the kids could make for each other, or as a Stocking Filler.

You can make them any size you like, add teeth, pirate patch, zombie bandages, eyelashes, hair, whatever you fancy! You can even turn your ‘Thingy’ into a key ring for their school bag.

As it turns out a ‘Thingy’ is rather useful for all sorts of things (or are our kids just weird?):

fantasy play
used like a bean bag to see how many times you can hit the target / get it in a bowl
part of a relay race across an obstacle course
going with you in your pocket to boring places
to play hide and seek with
to snatch from your sister and play chase with
to use in the same way as you would a joke spider or whoopee cushion
to invite to a tea party
to sleep on your pillow next to you
to sit on your bedside table watching you read

What you need:

leftover material / felt
bit of felt / buttons / anything else for the eyes
scrap of ribbon and of course
toy stuffing (could also use shredded paper / scraps of material / wool)
thread

Then what:

Fold your material, right sides together and draw the shape of your ‘Thingy’. (Remember to go bigger than you think to allow a sewing margin).
Then add your eyes, teeth, tongue or whatever else you want to to the right (rather than wrong) side of one of the pieces.
Put right sides together again and sew all the way round with backstitch BUT do leave a hole big enough so you can turn it inside out and put the stuffing in!
Turn it inside out and stuff it.
Sew up the last little bit.

DONE!

Dummy Fairy Letters are available too!

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Emily x