Summer Solstice Sun Child!!

Happy Summer Solstice!!!!

Today being the first day of summer, I thought we'd share a

sweet little SUN child craft!!!

You will need:

wool felt (in yellow and orange)

one wooden bead

paint & brush

roving (for hair and stuffing)

embroidery floss and needle (in contrasting colour)

beads or wool balls

I used a 250ml mason jar as my circle template...tracing around the lid cut one circle out of your yellow felt, and then cut another "sun" shape out of your orange felt.

You will need to cut a small circle where your wooden bead/head will go...start out small, you can always cut it a bit bigger if need be.

Fit in your wooden bead (head), where you want it to go...add some roving hair if you wish and glue gun into place.

Now sew your yellow circle onto your sun shape...before you close it off, stuff with some wool roving, just to give it some "depth".  I'm a big fan of the blanket stitch...makes it look nice and tidy!

Now add some embroidery floss to hang it with...and some glass or wool beads...

Lastly, if you desire you can paint on some eyes and a sweet little mouth...ready to gobble up some summertime fun!!

Now hang it somewhere to bring the sunshine in!!!

Happy Summertime!!!

xoxo maureen

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