12 Homemade Gifts of Christmas – Day 10

For the tenth day, we have toys – A ball and beanbags.

For either, the ball or the beanbags, all you need is fabric scraps and either batting or beans to fill them with.

For your bean bags, cut 4″ square pieces. Right sides together sew around all but a 1″ space on one side. Turn it right side out and fill with beans. Close the hole. For extra strong bean bags, sew around your fabric twice instead of once.

For your ball, cut 6 pieces according to this ball template. They can be all the same, alternating or all different fabric. Sew along the dotted line with the pieces right side togther. Before sewing the last seam, turn the ball right side out. Fill it with batting and close. The firmness or softness is up to you.

 

Published in: on October 30, 2011 at 1:54 am  Comments (2)  
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  1. On October 30, 2011 at 4:50 pm avatrimble said:

    Those stuffed balls are so cute! I need to make friends with someone with a small child so I can have an excuse to make a set. Maybe stuffed with beans….or part beans and part fluff. Hm! Last Christmas I made sets of fun-shaped bean bags and all sorts of good stuff for my cousins’ kids, just because I wanted an excuse to make kid things.

    I’m loving your gift ideas! I have a feeling I’ll end up using several this holidays season.

  2. On October 30, 2011 at 4:54 pm Anna Worden Bauersmith said:

    I’m glad you are enjoying these ideas.
    The balls were a favorite among my pioneer campers. They loved making them. We had fabric balls of all size. One of the teen volunteers made one that wasn’t even an inch in diameter.
    I wish I could have taken a photo of the absolutely amazing bean bag toss game that was at the show yesterday. It was in beautiful shape.


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