So, Nia's birthday is in a week and the party theme is a Teddy Bear Picnic. Therefore, I figured I'd make some bear ears for all the kids to wear and take home. This was super easy and only took me an afternoon to make six. Probably could have gone faster with a sewing machine for parts of it, but I love the effect of the hand stitching.
After a bit of searching I found a six-pack of fabric covered headbands for a couple of bucks at RiteAid. I wanted something comfortable enough for a bunch of small children to wear. The oldest child attending is around 4 with the youngest around 15 months. So, a pretty good range.
From there it was just a matter of deciding my ear colors, making a paper pattern for the outside and inside ear pieces, and cutting them all out of felt.
4 outside pieces and 2 inside ear pieces per headband did the job.
Stitch each inside piece to the front of one of the outside pieces and then stitch the front and back outside pieces together. At this point you could add a little bit of stuffing, but I liked the shapeability of the flatter ears so I left that out.
Then it was just a matter of attaching the ears to the headband. This is where the fabric covered headbands were very helpful, otherwise you could cover the headband with felt or maybe just hot glue them in place.
And voila! Six different little bears to totter around our party. Don't worry, I'll post pics of the cuteness next weekend!
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