St. Pat's Yarn Bug

Here's a fun and easy project for St. Pat's Day... our yarn bug done up all in green with shamrock antennae.


You need:

Green Yarn
Green Foam Feet
Green Foam Hands
Shamrock Beads
Green Pipe Cleaners
Wiggle Eyes -- 20mm
2-1/2" Styrofoam Ball or Egg Carton Section
Old 3½" Floppy Disk or Heavy Cardboard Cut to the Size of One
Tacky Glue and Clothespins or Low Temp Glue Gun
Scissors


Optional:

You can use these as substitutes on items above:

Craft Foam and Foot Pattern
Craft Foam and Hand Pattern
or Bug Hands and Card Stock
Bug Eyes and Card Stock
Try our bug part kit. It includes a Styrofoam ball, foamie hands, foamie feet, wiggle eyes and pipe cleaner.

Instructions:

Make a pompom by wrapping yarn around floppy disk (or heavy cardboard) as least 100 times. Mix colors or use all one color. Cut a 6" piece of yarn and slide it under wrapped yarn. Tie tightly into a double knot. Turn floppy over and cut completely through yarn on this side. Turn yarn blob sideways and smooth down strands.

Press Styrofoam ball onto a hard surface to flatten bottom. (You can also use an egg carton section.) Cover the top and sides of the ball with tacky glue. Separate the strands of the pompom to fit the Styrofoam ball up inside. Press pompon into place. Arrange yarn.

Print any patterns. Staple all around patterns onto craft foam. Cut out pieces. Glue the bottom of the Styrofoam ball on to the foam feet. Glue on eyes. For optional arms, cut the pipe cleaner in half. Glue on hands. Poke the pipe cleaners into the bug for arms. Bend at the elbows. Glue on the wiggle eyes.


Cut another pipe cleaner in half. String on a shamrock bead and white tear drop bead on each half. Poke into head for antennea.