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Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Try making this chipmunk yourself and start the amazing journey of making mini animals out of old gloves!
Materials and Tools

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

1 brown glove, appropriate amount of stuffing cotton, 2 straws (put them One piece cut in half), fine yarn or embroidery thread (brown, dark brown, white, orange and black), 1 wooden bead, water-soluble pen, scissors and needle.
Production steps

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Step 1: Turn the glove inside out, draw the dividing line with a water-soluble pen, and then cut it with scissors. After fixing each part with a pin, use a brown Sew along the dotted line with a seam allowance of about 3 mm.

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Step 2: Turn each part back to the front. Bend 3 straws into a U shape, insert the two short tubes into the legs, and insert the long tube into the tail. Stuff the stuffing cotton around the straw, and fill the body, head and arms in the same way. No padding is required for the ears.

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Step 3: Use straight stitches to sew the body, arms and tail, leaving a 5mm seam allowance at the opening. Next, fold the opening inward, connect and sew the seals together.

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Step 4: Please fold the back of the head in the following order: left, right, bottom, top (like a candy barPackaging paper), then sew the yellow line in the picture above.

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Step 5: Gather the opening of the ear and tuck it into the back of the head. Sew according to the yellow line in the picture above.

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Step 6: Use the backstitch method to sew a straight line from beginning to end with white thread in the middle of the tail. After that, use the same backstitch method to sew a straight line on both sides of the white line with orange thread and black thread. The distance between the three straight lines is 1 cm.

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Step 7: Sew the head, arms and tail to the body.

Illustrated tutorial on how to DIY an old glove into a cute chipmunk

Step 8: Use black thread to sew the eyes and sew wooden beads to the nose. Bend the shape of the feet at the bottom of the legs, and then bend the tail downward. The cute chipmunk is done!