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DIY Shark & Lion Hoodies

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The overjoyed and excited reaction I got from my nephew when he received his Dino Hoodie, made me so happy and chuffed I of course then had to make Animal Hoodies for his 2 younger brothers.

Making these hoodies is soo easy! I haven’t done much sewing since I was in school, yet I think they turned out pretty good! After I hunted down the right size and colour hoodies, organised my felt and sewing needs - each hoodie took 45 - 60 minutes! Not Bad for a hand made gift!

DIY SHARK HOODIE

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MATERIALS: Hoodie, Felt, Pins, Pencil, Measuring Tape, Scissors, Sewing Machine.

1. TEETH: The shark teeth were going to be triangles of 3cm wide and high. Fold a strip of white felt and pin it together. With the fold at the bottom start your triangles 1cm away from the fold, so when  you cut out your teeth they will still be joined together at the fold.

2. TEETH: Once you cut enough teeth to go around the inside of the hood (I had two strips of felt teeth) sew them together - this makes the teeth more rigid and noticeable when sewn in the hood. Now remember I said to leave 1cm along the bottom near the fold? This is what I pinned to the inside of the hood - it gave me enough room to sew the teeth onto the fabric and still have as much of those pointy teeth sticking out.

3. FIN: I almost forgot to do this! I made a paper template of what sized fin I wanted to be sewn between the shoulders on the back of the hoodie. Then folding a piece of black felt in half I pinned the template onto the felt and cut around it. Using the same method I did to sew on the Dino Hoodie spikes - Sew down the middle of the unfolded shape so its attached to the hoodie, fold them together again and sew them shut! Thus creating a sticky-outy fin!

4. SHARK HOODIE! (I sewed some black eyes on the hood too!) When my 2 year old nephew put on his new hoodie, he was all excited! He couldn’t work out the right sound a shark would make - In the end it was a shark that could roar (like a lion & dinosaur!) It looked ever so cute when the floppy hood went right over his face! All you could see was teeth!

DIY LION HOODIE

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1. EARS: Again working with a  folded piece of brown felt I cut out my tapered triangles for my Lion ears. I cut out and sewed a smaller yellow triangle and pinned it to the top half of the brown piece to make the ears stand out! Then I sewed the unfolded ears on top of the hoodie, pinned them together again and sewed them shut so they were rigid.
2. MANE: I decided the most ‘boyish’ looking mane would be rectangle pieces (I thought triangles would make him look like a dinosaur! Or semi-circles would make him look like a flower). I cut random widths of felt and pinned them onto the outside of the hood, sewing again down the middle of the pieces.
3. MANE: Once sewn onto the edge of the hood to make the pieces rigid (without fully sewing them shut) I sewed about 1cm from the bottom of the piece - so they would stick up on their own accord. Then I cut the rectangles down the middle into twos & threes. So hopefully it looks like a scruffy mane now!
4. LION HOODIE: After persuading my 3 year old nephew that he wanted a Lion Hoodie and not a Dino Hoodie (like his brother) he soon started ROARING! And then for some reason got this mischievous look about him - a look not fit for the king of the jungle I said! But soon Both Shark  & Lion were roaring around the backyard!!
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