Hand-Stitched Dinosaur

The second I saw this kit by ThreadFollower at A Child's Dream, I knew my kids would love it. I purchased the Brontosaurus Kit (featured here today) and the Bunny Kit (featured on A Child's Dream channel). The kit is fantastic! It comes with everything you need to make a super adorable stuffed animal. You can squeeze two projects out of the kit with just one spare piece of green felt which I had on hand. I made one dinosaur for my daughter and as a sample for my 10-year-old son. I also made a lot of mistakes! But now I know, and hopefully this video tutorial will help you avoid the mistakes I made. The kit comes with a pattern you cut out, high quality embroidery thread, a needle, three pieces of wool felt and wool batting. It's all packaged in a beautiful box with color print of final project as well as detailed directions. The brontosaurus kit is a Level 2 kit intended for ages 10 and up and up and up ;) This project took me almost 2 hours whereas my son's took about an hour. Though his is less precise, it turned out just as nice and most importantly, he loves it! As I write this, my 6-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son are playing with their stuffed dinosaurs. I made a number of mistakes with this projects, and some of them I caught in time to explain what to do in the video and others I didn't! For instance, when sewing the legs together, knot the thread on the outside of the felt, not the inside as I showed in the video because you will be turning that piece out and the knot will end up showing on the outside. Check out the blog post that accompanies this video: https://www.pepperandpine.com/waldorf-handwork-through-the-grades/ You can find more of my projects here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IskGyH8SnI&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxznijyGfbuJMCofEtClgL2L You can find out more about the designer behind ThreadFollower here: http://www.threadfollower.com/ You can find the kit here https://fiddleheadartisansupply.com/products/brontossaurus-kit-level-3-threadfollower And of course you can find your own kit at A Child's Dream: Sadly, A Child's Dream no longer carries this kit as it's sold out. Share pics of your projects with me! https://twitter.com/PepperandPine https://www.instagram.com/pepperandpine/ https://www.facebook.com/pepperandpine https://www.pepperandpine.com