A FUN EASY CRAFT TO MAKE WITH NO SEWING WHATSOEVER! JUST FOLLOW THE PHOTO DIRECTIONS BELOW! The bed is a small painted box (you add a bedstead!) and the comforter is glued together. The pillow is made in the same way.
MORDECAI IN THE BED:
- The bed can be a matchbox or any small box, painted brown.
- For the bedstead cut out a cardboard or paper rectangle to fit your box. Curve the ends of the rectangle according to the photograph. Paint it brown.
- Glue the bedstead to the bed.
- Add glue to the inside bottom of the bed. Fill the bed half-full with fiberfill.
TO MAKE THE BEDDING:
- Cut a piece of fabric 4.5” (11.5cm) x 8” (20.5 cm) to make the comforter.
- Fold in the raw edges on all sides, making a narrow hem. Glue them down.
- Fold the fabric in half. Place fiberfill on one half.
- Glue all the edges together. Tuck the comforter into the bed on top of the fiberfill.
- The pillow is made in the same way from fabric 3” (7.5 cm) x 3.5” (9 cm)
TO MAKE MORDECAI:
- For Mordecai’s robe cut felt 2.5” (6.5 cm) x 1.5” (3.5 cm)
- Insert a mini craft stick into a 1” (2.5 cm) styrofoam ball. This will be the head.
- Cut a 2”( 5 cm) square of panti-hose or nylon stocking and stretch it tightly around the styrofoam ball.
- Secure tightly around the “neck” with a pipe cleaner or wire. Trim off the excess fabric and wire.
- Glue the scrap of felt around the body. Make a stapled “pleat” in the centre.
- Add googly eyes and a beard. The beard can be made from yarn or from “roving” (unspun wool available in some yarn shops or on the Internet.
