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I think I have officially come a felt toy addict. There are so many fun toys you can make for kids with felt. One that I started on years ago before I had kids, was a soft Mr. or Mrs. Potato head! Now that my daughter is old enough to play with it, I decided it was time to finish my project. This soft Mr. Potato head is perfect for church, car rides, and anytime you need a good boredom buster. It is so easy to make one too! Here’s what you need…
*Felt (at least two pieces of light brown for the potato and additional pieces for the accessories and body parts.)
*Sticky back Velcro
*Cotton stuffing
First, cut out the potato front and back out of the light brown. I drew a potato on the felt using the Sharpie marker and cut out both felt pieces out at the same time so they would be the same size.
Now it is time for the body parts and accessories!
Now, you need to cut out two arms out of the felt. I cut a front and a back for both of the arms too. I stitched them together too. Cut out mouths and even mustaches too out of the different colored felt. Stitch details using the embroidery thread.
For the eyes, cut out eyebrows, different eye shapes, and even glasses. Stitch the eyes together using the embroidery thread. Most of them, I just eyeballed (haha, get it?!) when I cut them, but you can trace something and cut it out too.
For the shoes, I folded the felt in half and cut them out together so that the shoes stayed together instead of being separate. I made some Nike shoes, high heels, and cleats. I used embroidery thread to stitch the details on.
For the head wear, I just kind of eyeballed it as I cut them out. For the long hair, football, helmet, and hats, I stitched them together using the embroidery thread. I made the hats double sided so that they would actually slip onto the head instead of just sticking on.
I had WAY too much fun with the accessories! The great part about these potato head toys, is you can totally customize them to your family and your kids interests. My husband is a big Utah football fan, so I made a #1 U foam finger that you can slip onto the arm, a football, the cleats, and a football helmet. My family loves baseball too so I made a bat and a mitt that you can slip onto the hand. I am a cosmetologist, so I made a blow dryer, a mirror, and some scissors. The scissors work for my husband being a teacher too. They can go with the pencil. I made a little bow to go in the hair and a purse to put treasures in. Once you start making accessories, it becomes addictive! You just keep thinking of more things you can make!
After making all of the accessories, put Velcro on the potato body where you want the accessories and body parts to attach. Put the opposite side of the Velcro on each of the body parts and accessories. Stitch the potato body together. Make sure to stitch the arms on too. Don’t stitch it all the way together though. Leave a little opening so you can stuff the potato. Put a little stuffing in the potato and finish stitching it up.
Now you are done! You might want to play with it more than your kids will!
Brandy
I love this! Visiting from the link party. My son is a Mr. Potato Head FREAK. If I didn’t already have 7 potato heads and several plushies, I’d totally be doing this. Who am I kidding? I am going to have to make it.
Mine’s here: http://mommysplurge.com/coconut-flour-mini-donut-birthday-tower/
Angelina-JoJo and Eloise
OKAY!! How Seriously CUTE are these Potatoes… I have never wanted to be a Potato more than I do today!! So STINKING cute!!
xoxo
Mrs. Potato 🙂
Julie
I may have to make this for the grand-kids. You are invited to share this with Show Your Stuff:
http://juliejewels1.blogspot.com/2013/07/show-your-stuff-84.html
suburbsmama
What a cute idea! If you get a chance, please link up to my linky party: http://suburbsmama.blogspot.com/2013/07/sunday-linky-16.html
Mique
Super cute Mckenzie! Visiting from Mandy’s Take a Look Tuesday.
Camille
Seriously, these are darling!!! I love them!! My favorite is the little “U” spirit finger. 🙂 Way to represent!!
xoxoxo!
McKenzie
I am so glad you aren’t on the “dark side” I had to represent our team!
jet
smart and briliant funny idea, to make a potato head from felt. When i was a kiddo, we used a real patato with plastic shapes that was fun as well.
but i ‘m from the seccond generation of WWII so my mom didn’t liked to use real food for playing.
I think that’s a good thing to learn ,so the problem of using real food for playing is solved by you!!!!
well done, and awesome idea;-D
Connie
How cute! Thanks for sharing the tutorial. My question is about the Velcro. Does it stick well to felt. I have a rough 2 year old grandson. Thank you.
McKenzie
Yes! It has lasted us through the years!