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| Washcloth Jack O' Lantern or Pumpkin |
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| TerryGami, 15 Cloth Toy or Ornament Projects for Crafters, Teachers, and Children |
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Bats! Washcloth TerryGami bats can be made with any color thin washcloth: black bats, orange bats, purple bats, green bats! How about an albino bat?! In a kid’s world, bats can be any color. Adults want black bats, but from what I have observed, kids go crazy about color and about making their creations unique. Thin, black washcloths are currently not easy to find. See my blog on dyeing washcloths, if you really want black bats. Also, note that the thinner cloths make for thinner wings.
Hang the bats around the house or the front door for Halloween or give the bats as a party favor. Actually, the kids can make the bat as the party activity and the bat can be the party favor, too. Make the body a little longer and the bat can be a boo boo bat for young children. Just place an ice cube in the tummy and apply it to the child’s boo boo.
The washcloth pumpkins are versatile in that you can place a foam board or felt face on one side, and then leave the other side plain. When Thanksgiving rolls around, just turn the pumpkin around for the holiday.
There are so many different color glitters available now; you can glitz your creation up a little by dusting them in glitter and by using glittered foam board for the facial features. There is probably even glittered yarn to use for the pumpkin stem and to hang up the bats with. Craft stores are booming with new glitter products. There is even glittered felt!
Once I discovered the glittered foam board, I wished I had used it for all of the facial features on the critters. It dresses them up considerably and gives them a festive sheen.
Happy Crafting!
~Terry
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