Learn to make mermaid pegs!
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You will need:
- Wooden ‘dolly’ pegs
- Scraps of fabric in blue, green or purple
- Felt in blue and green
- paint in ‘skin’ colour
- Felt tip pens
- Sequins/beads/glitter; things to decorate with!
- Scissors
- Strong glue
- Help from a grown up
- (optional: needle and thread)
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To make:
- Paint your peg
- Use the felt tips to draw on hair, a face and shoes
- Brush glue on the body of the doll/peg and wrap fabric around it for a top and a skirt
- Using felt, cut out a pair of arms and stick them to either side of the body
- Decorate with beads, button, fringes, shapes and braids
- Leave to dry!
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- Cut two pieces of felt into a fish tail shape – make sure it’s big enough to fit around your doll!
- Glue the edges of the felt together – making sure to leave room for the doll and leave to dry
- When it is dry you can, if you want, sew a running stitch around the tail – make sure you have help with this!
- Decorate the tail the same way you decorated the dress and, once its dry, fit it onto your doll
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Tie thread around the doll so you can hang it up.
Have fun!