You'll flip over the floppy friends animal craft. These adorable, fuzzy animals are fun to make and collect.
Start by making a basic body shape. You can use this basic body shape to make an elephant, polar bear, grizzly bear -- any animal you can imagine.
What You'll Need:
- Two chenille stems, 6mm each
- Scissors
- Pencil
- One pom, 2 inches
- Glue
- One pom, 1 inch
How to make the floppy friends animal craft basic body shape:Step 1: Cut two chenille stems in half to create four 6-inch pieces. Wrap one of these pieces around a pencil to create a tight spiral, then carefully slide it off. Step 2: Repeat with the remaining 6-inch stems.With this basic body shape, you can make almost any animal. Try a Hippopotamus, as in the following instructions, or create your favorite animal.
Floppy Friends Hippopotamus Animal Craft
What You'll Need:
Basic body shape, gray
1 gray chenille stem, 6mm
Scissors
Glue
1 gray pom, 3/4 inch
2 black poms, 5mm
2 wiggle eyes, 6mm each
Nail scissors
2 white poms, 5 mm each
Step 1: Cut two 1/2-inch pieces from the chenille stem. Bend each piece into a semicircle to form two ears; glue them to the head.
Step 2: Add a snout by gluing the 3/4-inch pom to the front of the head. Glue both black poms to this snout to create nostrils. Glue the wiggle eyes above the snout.
Step 3: Use nail scissors to trim a small strip in the shape of a mouth just under the snout, and glue in both white poms to look like teeth.
Cute and fuzzy hippos are fun, but a Frankenstein animal puts a scary twist on the craft. Continue reading to find out more.
