{"id":4975,"date":"2016-08-20T08:27:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/?p=4975"},"modified":"2024-01-11T09:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:46:55","slug":"simple-piranha-softie-kids-can-sew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2016\/08\/simple-piranha-softie-kids-can-sew.html","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Piranha Softie Kids Can Sew"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some weeks ago Spotlight asked me to create a simple piranha softie kids can sew for Aaron Blabey’s book Piranh<\/em>as Don’t Eat Bananas.<\/em><\/a> I had never designed a fish soft toy, so I was quite excited at the prospects of adding a new softie creature to my collection.<\/p>\n

I loved the personality of Brian the piranha and found it easy to design a simple to sew softie of his character. This softie really is easy to sew…it’s made from only two pieces of felt, at least the body is…and it makes a great activity for adults to sew together with or for their kids.<\/p>\n

If you’re not sure where or how to start sewing with kids, then don’t worry this guide to sewing with kids<\/a> will show you how to begin. Still have some questions? Then please pop over to the Sew a Softie facebook group<\/a> and we’re all happy to help or send me an email.<\/p>\n

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Here’s my tutorial for a simple piranha softie kids\u00a0can sew:<\/h2>\n

What you need<\/b><\/p>\n

20cm x 30cm dark green felt<\/p>\n

20cm x 30cm light green felt<\/p>\n

White and black felt for eyes and teeth<\/p>\n

Needle<\/a><\/p>\n

Pins<\/p>\n

Thread<\/p>\n

Felt marker or wax pencil<\/a><\/p>\n

Stuffing<\/a><\/p>\n

Hot glue gun<\/a><\/p>\n

What to do<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Download piranha template<\/a>. Copy and cut out.<\/p>\n

2. Place the template on the dark green felt and trace around. Draw in the piranha\u2019s mouth. Place the dark green felt on top of the light green felt. Pin together.<\/p>\n

3. Sew along the line you have drawn for the piranha\u2019s mouth and body. This is indicated in the template by a dashed line. Remember to leave an opening for stuffing.<\/p>\n

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4. Cut around the piranha \u00bd cm from the sewing line and around the tail and fin.<\/p>\n

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5. Stuff firmly. Pin and sew the opening closed.<\/p>\n

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6. Glue on an eye and teeth and cut fringes in the fin and tail. Finally, glue an eye to the reverse side to complete your piranha softie.<\/p>\n

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And remember…never feed him any bananas.<\/p>\n

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Some weeks ago Spotlight asked me to create a simple piranha softie kids can sew for Aaron Blabey’s book Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas. I had never designed a fish soft toy, so I was quite excited at the prospects of adding a new softie creature to my collection. I loved the personality of Brian the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,112],"tags":[87,216,214,215,127,130,205,150],"class_list":["post-4975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sewing-projects-for-kids","category-tutorials","tag-felt","tag-fish","tag-piranha","tag-piranhas-dont-eat-bananas","tag-sewing","tag-sewing-project","tag-softie","tag-softies","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}