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How to make a little penguin in felt 08/20/2019

 

Hello! Today I’ll show you how to make a funny penguin for your party which you can place on top of the cake or as a party favor,

and if made in a larger dimension, you could place it on the event’s reception table

Materials 

  • Felt in the following colors: Black White Orange Pink 
  • 2 white beads for the eyes 
  • Pink Satin ribbon
  • Wadding for stuffing
  • Colored threads: black and pink 
  • Scissors 
  • UHU type glue (or hot silicone)
  • Penguin pattern 

First stamp the pattern, trace the figures on top of hard cardboard, like a cereal box, cut out these pieces 

These cardboard molds will help you cut out each of the penguin pieces with more precision 

With pins we place the felt pieces together so they don’t move, we start sewing with black thread using the festoon stitch 

You can also sew with white thread, it is a matter of taste, here I show you both seams, personally I liked using the black thread better

Now we join the 2 pieces of the body with the same festoon stitch, starting with one hand (1), to finish at the other one (2), when reaching point 2 we place the tab shaped piece and sew first at the front part, finishing this part, we fill in and continue sewing at the back part to close the body

The tab will help keep our penguin standing

We sew the white beads and the black felt circles

And now we glue the eyes, beak, cheeks to the face and the legs with UHU type glue, by experience I recommend using this type of glue instead of hot silicone because it gives better maneuverability and time to paste, help yourself with tweezers to manipulate and position the pieces with more precision and neatness 

With the pink ribbon we form a small bow that we will sew to the head 

To clean the fluff that the felt releases, we roll tape on a wooden toothpick and pass it through the felt to clean it, especially the white felt

Our friend is also accompanied by this sweet pink little fish, formed by 2 felt pieces and stuffed with wadding, to which we embroidered some sequins as scams 

Ready! Here we have our beautiful penguin ready for the event 

Visit our store and choose Penguin customized party

Pleasure to serve at your party

Eli R.

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