Print out our free pattern to create this happy earth sewing craft for kids – a fun idea for Earth Day (or any day)!
This is part of our current focus on environmental awareness and sustainable craft ideas.
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Meet Mr earth. He’s a happy friendly fellow, but he needs somebody to take care of him and he LOVES big hugs.
His favourite topic of conversation is environmental awareness. In fact, Mr Earth is so passionate about taking care of our environment that he’s even stuffed with his own scraps! You could say he’s full of rubbish but it’s the good kind of rubbish and he’s happy to be full of it.
It’s easy to make a happy earth of your own to snuggle with our printable pattern, here’s how.
How to make a happy Earth sewing craft
You will need:
- The Earth Softie Template, available from our digital library
- Needle and needle threader
- Embroidery thread (I’ve used blue, green and black and red to blend into the felt colours being sewn)
- Soft felt pieces in green, blue, black, white and red
- Scissors
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How to:
- Pin the pattern to the felt pieces and cut out.
- Sew the green pieces onto one of the blue circles by the inside wobbly edges (leaving the curved edges unsewn for now).
- Sew the facial features on. To sew the eyes I’ve just made a single stitch in the centre of the layered black and white pieces, the mouth is stitched all the way around. You can glue these if you prefer using fabric glue.
- Sew the arms and legs to the second blue circle, a single stitch for each limb will do because it’s just to hold them in place while you sew the two halves together.
- Now place the two blue circles together with the arms and legs on the inside and sew around the edge until you have a gap for stuffing.
- Stuff using the felt scrap offcuts, then sew the rest of the way around.
Your happy earth softie is all done and ready for cuddles!
Isn’t he adorable?
Mr Earth is a subtle reminder to kids that the real planet Earth needs a bit of love too.
More Earth Day ideas for kids
- Make a gorgeous earth sun catcher from paper towel
- Create a 3D paper earth which spins in the wind using our printable template
- Talk about the plastic waste in our oceans whilst making an adorable “Mr Squidy” from recycled plastic
- Make Earth art – this is a fun, eco-friendly collaborative art idea for kids that can be created outdoors
- Here are over 30 ways to upcycle an egg carton
- Make an I Can Help the Earth pop up book to help reinforce ways kids can be pro-active about taking care of our planet
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