Sloth Crafts: 18 Fun & Creative Step-by-Step Projects

By Ellen Deakin

These crafts will make you appreciate the slower side of things!

Try out these adorable crafts based on the animal that everyone’s talking about! Sloths are fuzzy, endearing, and oh-so-sweet! No one can resist their adorable faces—especially when they’re the inspiration for a dozen crafts that will have your sloth-loving friends oohing and aahing. With Sloth Crafts you’ll learn how to create sloth:
 

• Plushies
• Necklaces
• Suncatchers
• Sock Puppets
• Brooches
• Cake Pops
• String Art
• Masks
• And more!

Both novice and expert crafters will enjoy this wide variety of projects. Each craft comes with a list of all the items and templates that you will need to create your sloth-fueled fun. There’s no shortage of ways in which you'll be able to envision these fantastic sloth crafts―the perfect activities for any creative sloth fan. They're great for yourself or to give as gifts, but you’ll probably want to make them for both. Slow down, hang out, and get crafting with Sloth Crafts!
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Racehorse
• Release date: Oct 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781631585265

Ellen Deakin

Ellen studied design at the Glasgow School of Art in a golden era when there were shiny new computers at one end of the hall and still an original letter press studio at the other. She went on to work in the UK as a graphic designer, illustrator and art director, working with clients such as BBC Scotland, Scottish Ballet, Channel 4, Playhouse Disney and Lupus films. In 2010, along with her husband Harry Olden, she launched Happythought, a craft website, full of inspiring ideas, tutorials and fun printable projects. At Happythought the emphasis is on producing craft templates that as well as being lovely to look at, are easy to make, with the minimum of fuss and the maximum of fun.</BiographicalNote>

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file.

Cover and interior design by Antonia Orrego Requena

Cover photography by Diego Astorga Carneyro

Print ISBN: 978-1-63158-525-8

eBook ISBN: 978-1-63158-526-5

Printed in China

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

SO WHAT IS A SLOTH?

CRAFT MATERIALS

SLOTH HOOP

SLOTH SUNCATCHER

SLOTH HANGING PLANTER

SLOTH PLUSH

SLOTH STRING ART

SLOTH DENIM JACKET

SLOTH NEEDLE FELT

SLOTH CLOTHES HANGER

SLOTH MASK

SLOTH PIÑATA

SLOTH NECKLACE

SLOUCHY SLOTH HOODIE

HANGING SLOTH MOBILE

SLOTH SOCK PUPPET

SLOTH PIN BROOCHES

SLOTH PINBOARD

SLOTH APRON

SLOTH COOKIE POPS

TECHNIQUES

TEMPLATES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Sloth Crafts! I’m really excited to share 18 fun projects about sloths—one of the coolest, cutest animals around. Don’t be surprised if you fall for these lovable animals in a big way!

There’s so much to be inspired by in sloths. They seem to enjoy the good things in life, hanging out, watching the world go by, always with a big smile on their faces!

With help from some talented friends, I’ve had so much fun putting together a wonderful variety of Sloth inspired projects—with something for everyone and for every occasion. So let’s get crafting! Take it easy and get in touch with your inner sloth.

Don’t hurry, be happy!

The projects in this book are rated from easy to advanced and there is also an indication of how long each project will take. You can tell which project has a template too.

SO WHAT IS A SLOTH?

A sloth is a mammal that lives in trees, often hanging upside down. It sleeps 15 to 20 hours a day. A sloth has poor eyesight. It moves slowly, to conserve energy and to avoid detection by predators.

Where does the sloth live? Sloths live in trees in the tropical rain forests of South and Central America. They usually eat their diet of leaves, sleep, and even give birth hanging from branches. Their long arms and legs have curved claws to help them to hang upside down. Their slow movement on land helps them avoid attack by