Join the much loved and mutli award-winning Giggle and Hoot ABC4Kids preschool program, focussing on preschooler’s lives and routines through songs, stories, friendship, laughter and imagination. The 50-minute stage spectacular, incorporating these themes, will be one of the most anticipated and hottest tickets for families this summer full of everyone’s favourite songs, dancing and of course fun and laughter.

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I do not mind if you sell any Hoot's that you make but please do not sell or post this pattern anywhere else. Also, i'd love to see pictures of anything you guys make with this pattern. Email them to me at [email protected] and i'll post them here! Materials To make Hoot you will need: A crochet hook (I used a 3.5mm) Yarn in the following colours: Blue, Orange, Cream, White and Black Tapestry needle Polyfill Stuffing Tiny piece of black felt for the pupils Abbreviations Sc- Single crochet Dc- Double crochet Hdc- Half double crochet Ch- Chain sc2tog- Single crochet 2 together. To sc2tog: insert your hook into a stitch and draw up a loop. Then insert your hook into the next stitch and draw up a loop. Finally, yarn over (yo) and draw through all 3 loops on your hook. If you're unsure on how to do a magic ring there's a great video tutorial that explains how to do it on this page: http://www.hookandneedles.com/2008/03/22/amigurumi-tutorial-1/ Eyes (Make 2) In white yarn: (Note that the second eye you complete will be done a little differently than the first. Once you finish Rd 6 turn your work so you are now working back in the same direction you just came from and then continue with Rd7) Round 1: 6sc in Magic Ring (6) Round 2: 2sc in each sc around (12) Round 3: *2sc in next sc, sc 1* repeat around (18) Round 4: * 2sc in next sc, sc 2* repeat around (24) Round 5: *2sc in next sc, sc 3* repeat around (30) Change colour to cream Round 6: *2sc in next sc, sc 4 * repeat around (36) Round 7: sc in next 2, hdc in next 3, dc in next 3 Fasten off Wings (Make 2) In orange yarn: Chain 6 Round 1:sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 4 ch (5) Round 2: Ch 1, 2sc in same st, sc to last st, 2sc in last sc (7) Round 3-4: Ch 1, sc in same st, sc to last st(7) Round 5: Ch 1, 2sc in same st, sc to last st, 2sc in last sc (9) Round 6-7: Ch 1, sc in same st, sc to last st(9) Round 8: Ch1, hdc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, hdc, sl st in next st, hdc, dc in next 2 sts, hdc Now we're going to neaten up the sides of the wings by single crocheting around the edges of the entire wing. Fasten off In black yarn, sew around the edges of one wing and make horizontal lines across the other. Feet (Make 2) To make one foot you will need to make 3 identical toes. Toe (Make 3 for each foot): Round 1: 6sc in Magic Ring (6) Round 2: *2sc, sc in next sc* around (9) Round 3-5: sc around (9) Fasten off. Do this twice more so you have 3 toes all together Now we need to join the toes together so we can crochet the feet. I use a tapestry needle and the tail from the toes to do this but if your tails aren't long enough just use yarn. The arrows in the below picture show where I stitch the toes together. I join the toes by sewing two sc's from on toe to 2 sc's from another. The arrows in the above picture show where I stitch the toes together. I join the toes by sewing two sc's from on toe to 2 sc's from another. Once that is done you should have something that looks like this Round 6: sc around Round 7: sc2tog around Round 8-12: sc around Heart Round 1: Sc into Magic Ring 7 times, pull closed and join with sl st Round 2: Sl st in first stitch, 5 hdc in second stitch, hdc in next two stitches, hdc chain 1 hdc in bottom stitch, hdc in nect two stitches, 5 hdc in next stitch, sl st Fasten off In black yarn sew around the edges of the heart. Body and Head The body and head are one piece and is crocheted from the bottom upwards. In Blue yarn: Round 1: 6sc in Magic Ring (6) Round 2: 2sc in each sc around (12) Round 3: *2sc in next sc, sc 1* repeat around (18) Round 4: * 2sc in next sc, sc 2* repeat around (24) Round 5: *2sc in next sc, sc 3* repeat around (30) Round 6: *2sc in next sc, sc 4 * repeat around (36) Round 7:*2sc in next sc, sc 5* repeat around (42) Round 8:*2sc in next sc, sc 6 * repeat around (48) Round 9:*2sc in next sc, sc 7* repeat around (54) Round 10-22: 1sc in each sc (54) Round 23: *2sc in next sc, sc 1* repeat around (81) Round 24-40: sc around (81) I find that now is a really good time to sew on the eyes, heart and wings and feet. You don't need to finish off or cut the yarn but just take care while sewing that you don't sew your working yarn to the inside of Hoot Round 41: sc2tog, sc 1* repeat around (54) Round 42: sc2tog, sc 7* repeat around (48) Round 43: sc2tog, sc 6* repeat around (42) Round 44: sc2tog, sc 5* repeat around (36) Round 45:sc2tog, sc 4* repeat around (30) Stuff firmy now. Round 46: sc2tog, sc 3* repeat around (24) Round 47: sc2tog, sc 2* repeat around (18) Round 48: sc2tog, sc 1* repeat around (12) Round 49: sc2tog* repeat around (6) Fasten off Beak Hoots beak was just embroidered on using orange yarn Try changing the colours to make Hootabelle

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