Bendies I made this morning

[mpeel]

My girls loved the bendies I got them from naturalplaythings.com. They wanted to make themselves some but I wound up doing them. :eyesroll Here they are:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/beatofmyowndrum/detail?.dir=a90b&.dnm=4d3e.jpg&.src=ph

[Kari_mom]

Those are sooooo CUTE! I love your colors!! I want to make some mermaids for a friend's daughter whose birthday is next month. Was it hard to design your own? What did you use for your wire? I have chenille stems but I want to try florist wire next.

My kids want to make their own too. My daughter who is 11 can sort of make them. My 6 year old can make most of one if we don't wrap the body and use flower parts. The sewing is kind of fiddlely, I find.

Awesome, thanks for sharing.:D

[mpeel]

I just wrapped the chenille pipe cleaner as usual but left the "legs" bare (to save on floss and hands). Then I cut a tail, doubled over. Then blanket stitched the edges and stuffed with wool. The hair was the hard part, especially on the big one. It is eyelash yarn (aka fun fur).

[mpeel]

Oh and I can't take complete credit on the tail. Danielle at www.naturalplaythings.com makes the mermaids. We have one of hers. Mine is skinnier.

[AngelBee]

Very cute! Where are directions on how to make them?