Felt (3 or 4 squares plus scraps for details)
Needle/Thread
Fabric/Tacky Glue
Jon Scieszka really ought to be required reading for every 4 year old child. I love him.
Since we already have a multitude of stuffed animals (more on them later!) in my classroom, this one was for my nephew, Mr. Manatee!
A Humongous Thank You For An Amazing Tutorial Goes To Make-It and Love-It
Of course, I'm too cheap to own a sewing machine (slash haven't used one since 8th grade Home Ec), so mine is all home sewn. I sewed the wheels on with a basic button stitch (and then some inventive looping and more button stitching to ensure it'd stick). The details to the face/window/hubcaps are all glued on with tacky glue (which was all I happend to have on hand). It stuck amazingly...for about 30 seconds after being unwrapped by Mr. Moo. Luckily it was the 3 year old who pulled it off and not the 1 year old - so I'll have to sew it on next time! I've already got some purple fabric to make a little race car for Little Princess!
Nicely done with the background! See how easy that was!?
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