Woman's Weekly

George the GIRAFFE

YOU WILL NEED:

✣Access to a photocopier

✣Tracing paper and pencil

Masking tape

25cm of 90cm-wide yellow felt

10 x 10cm square of brown felt

✣Brown and yellow stranded cotton embroidery thread

✣Two 8mm black safety eyes

✣Four 1.5cm plastic toy joints

✣Matching sewing threads

Toy filling

Large-eyed needle Supplier: 8mm safety eyes 80p per pair, 15mm joints five for £1.90, both Amazing Craft (amazingcraft.co.uk) Finished size: 26 x 16cm sitting

Difficulty level

MAKING PAPER PATTERNS

On a photocopier, enlarge the patterns to 240%. Trace the patterns onto tracing paper,

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