For the past week and a half or so, I've been playing Pokemon GO and I love it. It's a lot like a scavenger hunt, which is great, and the AR feature is amazing. I've been having way too much fun taking pictures of myself with my favorite monsters (e.g below photo). Anyway, if you're looking to bring Pokemon into the physical world for yourself or your favorite Pokemon trainer, why not try making one from felt? It's much less expensive than buying the plush toys from a store. I think Zubats are adorable and they are fairly simple in terms of their features, so I thought I'd try my hand at making one. Here's how you can too. Me giving a Zubat bunny ears Materials: *1-2 sheets blue felt, depending on how large you'd like your Zubat to be *1-2 sheets blue felt, depending on how large you'd like your Zubat to be *1 sheet black felt *White fabric paint or 1 sheet white felt (for Zubat's teeth) *All purpose adhesive *Needle and thread *Scissors *Metallic marker or chalk *Stuffing Directions: *Print out a copy or two (two needed if you want to reuse the template) of the below template, sized to your desired size: *Cut out the various outside pieces of the template and trace using a metallic marker or chalk two copies of the body from blue felt (I made one sans legs for ease, but you may want to keep legs on both for added structural integrity), two copies of the outer ear piece from blue felt, and four copies of the wings from purple felt. Then cut out, either from the same template or a duplicate copy, the inner ear and mouth pieces and trace two copies of the inner ear onto purple felt and one copy of the mouth onto black felt. *Cut out all of the various felt pieces, as shown below: *Using either fabric paint or felt, create teeth for the mouth. You'll see in the picture below that I used fabric paint, but in the end I wasn't satisfied with them, so I covered them up with felt. *Glue or sew together the outer and inner pieces, as shown below: *Fold two copies of the wings together and stitch them together. This will make the wings more sturdy. I used a running stitch here, but blanket stitch could work nicely. Repeat with the other two wing pieces. *Place together the two body pieces and start sewing together, sandwiching in the wings and ears as needed. Leave an opening at the bottom for stuffing. I used a running stitch again here. *Add stuffing and sew closed. *Glue on your Zubat's mouth. Now you're done!

Fold-over seashells - fun as cards or gift tags. These seashell notecards are fun and easy to make. You can use them as bon voyage cards, gift tags, or just to write summery messages on. String them on some raffia to make a bunting for a patio party. Make them on a rainy day - and think sun and surf. Here's the pattern: To make: trace the pattern, cut them out. The larger shells have a "V" to cut at the top fold - use a craft knife over a cutting mat. Of course, it makes sense to pencil the radiating lines on the wrong side of the seashell. Now: make an impression. Place the card on a mouse mat or sponge flower-shaping mat. Emboss the lines using an embossing tool and a small metal ruler. The cards look fine unadorned, especially if made in pretty pearlescent paper. But for a crafty finishing touch, you can draw the ridges (I used Tim Holtz Distress markers in light colours) and sponge the edges (Distress Inks applied with Tsukineko Sponge Daubers). For the full monty, embellish with the starfish (use a sticky square for lift) and seaweed cut-outs applied with tacky glue.

Looking for a DIY holiday gift for a Pokemon fan? Why not try this felt Magikarp plushie? For other DIY Pokemon gifts, check out m...

Looking for a DIY holiday gift for a Pokemon fan? Why not try this felt Magikarp plushie? For other DIY Pokemon gifts, check out my Meowth plushie, Snorlax plushie, Zubat plushie, and Vaporeon hair bow. Materials: *Orange felt *White felt *Yellow felt *Black felt *Pink felt *Needle *Black thread *White thread *All purpose adhesive *Stuffing *Metallic marker or chalk Directions: *Print out two copies of the Magikarp pattern below: *Cut the various pieces of the template out and trace onto the appropriate colors of felt corresponding to the picture at the top of this post. For everything except for Magikarp's "crown," bottom fin, and the oval shape that's separated from the rest of the template (which is used to make Magikarp's mouth), you'll need two copies, one for either side of Magikarp's body. *Using black thread, stitch detailing onto Magikarp's fins, as shown below: *Sew on Magikarp's eyes, side fins, and whiskers (not pictured) with white thread. *Place the two Magikarp halves together, right side facing in, with the crown and bottom fin sandwiched in between, the pointy sides of the fins facing one another, and sew together from the top of Magikarp's mouth to the beginning of its tail, and the same thing from the bottom of Magikarp's mouth to the beginning of its tail. Do not sew the mouth or tail closed. *Fit the black oval inside Magikarp's mouth and sew it on. You may have to trim the oval a bit to get a good fit. *Turn Magikarp right side in. It should look something like this: *Add stuffing. *Place the two tail fins inside the orange outer tail piece and sew closed. *Glue on pupils. *For Magikarp's lips, I started with the lip shape that is faintly outlined in the template at the top of this post. I traced two lip shapes, meeting together in the middle. I then cut this out and glued it to Magikarp's mouth.

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