In preparation for "The Great White North", aka Canada, I wanted my kiddo and my nephews to practice their snowball fighting. Of course I didn't want a ton of mess, as they will be practicing in a hotel after we do our Texas family Christmas Thanksgiving weekend.
Enter Pinterest! Duh... fabric snowballs!
Here's what you need:
Scissors
Rounded diamond (almost lemon shaped) pattern
Sharpie
Stuffing
Glittery felt (found at hobby lobby for 1.43 after coupon for 1/4 yard!)
Sewing machine
White thread
(Since I already had the stuffing from a previous project, the whole project cost $1.43 total!!)
I traced the shape as many times as I could, which gave me 10 balls in the end.
After all the tracing came the cutting.
Once all the pieces were cut, I was able to start seeing. (Make sure you sew with the glittery side in) sew 4 pieces, each attached to another by one side. For the last two seams, make sure to leave a slot for stuffing.
Now onto stuffing. My first couple I didn't stuff very much, which made it easier to sew but left them softer. My suggestion is to stuff them enough that they are firm, but leave room to sew the ball shut.
And there you go!! Now you have your balls!
(I had a Santa basket that I bought as a photography prop that worked great to hold these!)
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