Today, I’m bringing home a tutorial I made for I’m Feeling Crafty’s series, Sew Ready to Play all the way back in September.
I made the carrot baby toy inspired by a really kooky, fun game but I think it’s also good timing for Spring and Easter. Can you believe Easter will be here in just a month? I don’t know if my yard got the memo. It’s still covered in a foot of snow.
These green, green grass pictures have me seriously jonesing for Spring.
Our family is definitely a game family. We play at least one game almost daily, whether it be War with just me and my almost four year old, or a family round of Blokus.
So, trying to nail down one as an inspiration for this project, was tricky.
I finally landed on this one…
Killer Bunnies. Have you heard of it?
It’s kind of an obscure card game. You certainly can’t hop over to your local big box store and pick it up.
Don’t let the bunnies aspect fool you, it’s for ages 12 and up. Yep…teens and adults.
It’s basically a super silly game about bunnies taking each other out with anything from a kitchen whisk to a nuclear weapon all in the name of finding the magic carrot.
So, I thought I would make my own magic carrot in the form of a cute, cuddly plushie/chew toy for my baby.
I kept the face, sweet and simple, unlike the game. Making plushies are SO fun, basically because you can personalize it to however you like it, so easily.
Here’s how to make a Magic Carrot plushie:
* Cut a section of and old T-shirt. I used a thrifted newborn onsie.
* Sew a face on with embroidery thread.
* Layer two pieces of T-shirt on top of each other (making sure lines match up if there are some), right sides facing.
* Draw your desired shape around that face, with a disappearing sewing marker.
* Pin around your lines. Leave the top open for the leaves.
* Cut some leaves out of another old T-shirt and sandwich it between the two carrot layers. Make sure the top of the leaves are facing inward and are encased by the lines you’ve drawn and pinned.
* Pin and sew all the way around, except for a small opening on the side.
* Trim away the excess and cut small triangles at the curves so that it lies flat when turned right side out.
* Turn it right side out.
* Stuff it with poly fill.
* Sew the opening closed.
More tips:
The eyes are french knots. Purl Bee has a great tutorial for that here.
The corners of the mouth are also French knots but smaller. I wrapped the thread around the needle four times for the eyes, and just twice for the mouth corners.
To close it up, I used a ladder stitch. Go here for a tutorial on that.
As you can see…my ladder stitch still needs a little work. 🙂
And that’s it!
My killer bunny seems to like it.
“Who me? Killer?”
🙂 Couldn’t be.
Super simple, right? And easy to whip up for Easter baskets. Natalie is still enjoying munching on this carrot, even after being through a few washes.
Hope you’re having a lovely Monday!
Oh so much cute’ness for in one post. Love it!
Awww look at tiny Natalie! So cute! My son's FAVORITE toy is a giant stuffed carrot from Ikea. He never liked stuffed animals until I brought that thing home. He still sleeps with it and it's almost as big as he is!
Love it!! I think my boys might be getting something similar in their Easter baskets. And thanks for sharing the video of the ladder stitch!
Love it!! I think my boys might be getting something similar in their Easter baskets. And thanks for sharing the video of the ladder stitch!
Super cute! PS. We TOTALLY love that game. We are pretty sure the creators were all on something when they made the game! Super fun.
The grass is tripping me out a bit, haha, still deep snow over here. That is one cute carrot, and your 'killer bunny' sure seems to love it!
Tim & I LOVE that game! Oh my gosh. I need to play it with him this weekend.
And lookit the baby ^______________^
Oh I love this!! It's so crazy cute and I laughed out loud that you said you were "jonesing" for something. 🙂
Just a FYI, I tried to get to an old pin of yours from Pinterest this weekend and got the dreaded "suspicious link" block from Pinterest. I've gone to several of your projects from Pinterest in the past and they've worked fine. I don't
that is super cute, thanks for the tutorial. I am really commenting because I love your blog and check it daily, if the little munchkins will let me, but ever since you have changed things up, my internet blocker (k9) comes up saying you are suspicious, which I know you aren't. But then I have to put in our password to be able to view your blog. Just wondering if you know what has changed
What a cute carrot, and I love Killer Bunnies! It's fun to see that someone other than my family plays it, hehe!
Erin and Chelsi, thank you for the heads up. I just switched domains and the old owners were fishy. They were squatting on my domain, why they wanted deliacreates.com I don't want to know. It should update soon and not be marked as suspicious in a week or so. Sorry for the inconvenience!
so cute!
I can't believe you don't have any snow any more! Exciting 🙂
i love the carrot!
we play killer bunnies all the time when we have friends over. best. game. ever! 🙂
Yay! Glad there are more Killer Bunnies fans out there! 🙂
oh geez, this is soo adorable!
Thanks for sharing your carrot plushie tutorial! I love that it’s made from recycled onesie! super cute and adorable! I featured this pot in my blog http://www.plushiepatterns.com/carrot-plushie-little-ones/
Thank you Becky!