A year or two ago, Ian was in a fabric store with me, and found a great shaggy, furry fabric that he wanted to make a pillow out of. I told him that would make a great project for school break, when he had more time, and then we both (mostly) forgot about it.
Until a few weeks ago, as fall break was beginning. (One great thing about Vail School District is that they have three weeks off in the fall.) Ian reminded me about the project, and we all took a trip to Jo-Ann's. We had fun looking at and feeling all the different fabrics. Finally, Ian picked out a shaggy white and Heath picked out a shaggy red material. We also bought pillow forms.
Over the next few days, Heath and Ian decided what kinds of pillow covers they wanted to make, cut out the material, and, with mom's sewing machine, sewed them up. The pillows turned out great, as you can see:
(You can also see that working with faux fur gets really messy!)
Adam had a more ambitious project. He wanted to make a stuffed animal out of a wild print he found. He drew a pattern, including pieces for ears and a tail. He came up with a way to use the leftover faux fur to make cute soft, fuzzy ears. Then he sewed them all together to create this:
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| Isn't he cute? |
As the break progressed, they came up with another fun project completely on their own. Heath had bought Adam a tiny, cute, little toy dog for his birthday, and Adam wanted a house for it, so he created one using a shoebox and some sticky foam.
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| Wouldn't you like to live there? |
Luke also had a little toy -- a fox -- who needed a home, so Ian kindly created one for him:
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| Foxy is sitting in his bubble bath. |
And then Ian made one for his pom-pom guy:
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| Naturally, he has the latest electronic gadgets. |
I just love how they included the details that make a house cozy and comfortable:
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| A warm fire |
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| Good food |
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| Books to read |
After the busy-ness of school days, it was so nice to have some time to let the creative juices flow!
