Making Foxes...

These foxes are finding their way into the loving arms of my children and their cousins this Christmas.  Growing up, Roald Dahl was one of my favorite authors.  For about three years straight I made my annual elementary bookfloat on one of his books, I always placed first.  I feel the need to brag about that since I have NEVER placed first in anything else...apparently bookfloats are my forte!  Mr. Rogers was not as familiar with Roald Dahl but between my love and his good friends recommendation he finally checked out The Twits from the library.  Soon after, and much to my delight, he surprised us with Fantastic Mr. Fox for movie night.  The kids feel in LOVE with Fantastic Mr. Fox and it only seemed necessary to make them foxes this year for Christmas.  For days I searched out some of my favorite fabrics that I felt captured each of my three children's personalities and purchased them for their fox.  They are still on my sewing "to do" list but they will be done by Christmas.

It's not to late to make these for your loved ones, what you need: Finnegan Fox Pattern for $10 by Bit of Whimsy on Etsy, 1 bag of batting, quarter yard fabric, and 2 colors embroidery floss (eyes/nose and mouth) and a couple hours of time.  If you have a sewing machine you probably have these laying around and don't have to make a dreaded stop to the cut counter at your local fabric store!  With basic sewing skills you can make these but DON'T use chenille on the face like I did because it was a pure nightmare to embroider!

I'm really not a fan of stuffed animals because I feel like they are giant germ balls but I make an exception for handmade and IKEA ones, both of which can be thrown in the washing machine and dryer.  Just put in a garment bag and voila!  baby drool and kid boogers are washed away!