{Handmade} Felt Animal Masks

 

I was asked to make some "Nativity Animal" costumes for the children's ministry Christmas

 performance at my church, and they wanted about 60. Yeah...that says SIXTY.

Right away, it was decided that masks were what needed to happen.

 

Anyway, here are the pictures of the different animal masks I made.

I hand drew all the templates for these and after spending many hand-cramping hours

 working on these, I figured that I should share them.

 

Don't mind the crappy it-was-too-dark-and-I-had-to-use-the-flash photos. It was 4:30 in the morning when I finished these and I knew once they were delivered I would not be able to get pics. 

 

Cow, Camel, Donkey, Dove, Sheep, and Pig.

 

All pretty normal "Nativity animals", right?

 

Owl, Wolf, Duck, Koala, Raccoon and Penguin.

 

Weren't all of these at the Manger scene?

 

 Cheetah, Chick, Fawn, Polar Bear, Bunny and Monkey.

 

I'm pretty sure a couple of these could have been there, right?

 

Fox, Panda, Skunk, Zebra, Goat and Mouse.

 

Do you think maybe they wondered "What the FOX say"?

(Yeah, I went there)

 

Moose, Walrus, Peacock and Hippo, along with a picture of the finished stack of 60 masks and

a selfie at 4:30am (a few hours before the performance) when I was FINALLY done.

 

...and then things just got weird.

 

 

The performance was adorable and the kids(and parents) loved the masks so much that all of this was totally worth it. A labor of love. And now that the performance is done, the masks will go into the Sunday school dress up box for weekly fun. Totally worth it.

 

If you think I'm done, you're wrong. Now I get to make some for MY kids for Christmas.

Let me know which ones are your favorites so I can do those tutorials first.

FYI, probably not going to happen before Dec 25th.

 

 

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{Handmade} Luke Skywalker Costume

When we decided that Brooklyn would be Princess Leia, it only made sense to have Travis be Luke Skywalker since they are siblings. Plus he doesn't have his own opinions yet,

so I'm taking advantage while I can. Ha!

 He made a super cute Jedi.

For the Cloak I used Simplicity Costumes 5927

The pattern called for felt, but the costume needed linen so I had to add some length and hem.

To get the wrapped fabric look of the boots, I wrapped his rain boots with an Ace bandage.

 For the Tunic I used Simplicity Costumes 4797 and altered the front to a v-neck faux wrap.

For the pants I used Simplicity Costumes 3650.

Super easy sew.

The light saber was purchased in the toy section. The ones in the costume section were not as good quality and cost nearly the same, so it was sort of a no-brainer.

 Sometimes Luke Skywalker chases a Rooster with his light saber.

He loved his costume.

When I was making it he was so amazing about letting me try things on him and every time I pulled out the measuring tape he would stand super still with a big grin on his face.

He loves when Mama makes him things and I love when he wears them.

Winning!

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