felt apple beanbags

I think these felt apples turned out so adorable! They will be going into our fall sensory tub. I've also noticed that the girls like to take them to their kitchen and cook with them.

materials-

apple pattern
red, green and brown felt
small beans (I used black beans)
pins
scissors
mark-b-gone pen
red embroidery floss or sewing machine

directions-
1. cut out the apple pattern
2. trace pattern pieces onto felt with the mark-b-gone pen (trace the apple 2 times for each apple beanbag you want to make)
3. cut out felt shapes
4. sandwich the stem and leaf between two apples
5. pin all 4 pieces together
6. sew around the apples by hand or with your sewing machine
7. leave a small opening to fill the apples with beans
8. after filling the apples, stitch the opening closed

bean bag tutorial

Okay, so I know this isn't an original idea or anything, but I made some bean bags for my kids and they LOVE them! I also try to find ways to use them during school time. Around valentine's, I cut big hearts out of construction paper and wrote numbers on them and tapped them to the hallway floor. I called out a number and they had to toss the bean bag onto the number. I love it when we can accomplish 2 things at a time - physical education (tossing) and math (number recognition)!

Okay, so for all of you who just landed on planet earth and doesn't know how to make bean bags...here you go :)



materials -
fabrics
pattern (5x5)
fabric pen
scissors
beans



1. trace the pattern onto the fabric
2. cut out squares
3. sew right sides together - leave an openning to pour the beans into
4. turn the bags inside out



5. use scissors to push the corners all the way out



6. enlist little helpers to fill the bags full of beans
7. hand sew the openning closed



8. enjoy!