Sew Mini Animals

My daughter has loved sewing these together.

This kit will be fun to make over and over, for charity. It's easy and a good price on Amazon in comparison to other stores.

This is really cute but it was definitely a lot harder than we imagined!!! But they did turn out cute when we finished

Granddaughter loved making these! Easy pattern, plenty of supplies and easy directions

My 12-year old's review: "This kit is great! I loved the seal the most and was so excited to make it, and although I did have struggles, I managed with help! It comes with a book like the Sew Mini Treats and is descriptive. It has a cute image for each animal pattern and has stencils for making the perfect shape :). This was practically my first attempt at sewing, so it's no wonder it was a little difficult. I think Klutz is a great brand, and I enjoy their kits a lot! I made a lot of the animals, and they are great for gifts! Once you get the hang of sewing, it's very simple. It has the basics included in the book, even though I still needed to look back into the book or ask someone how to do it, it is informative. If you look at the instructions, use the stencils, pre-cut eyes and cheeks you CAN make it look like theirs! Most products have impossible covers and misleading pictures to make you think like you can make it that good, but that's not the case with this one! The Sew Mini Treats is a great kit to and if you like this kit I'd highly recommend also buying that! It comes with a book and stencils, just a different pattern, stencils and felt. Also, if you don't make all of the animals, there will be some pre-cut eyes and cheeks left, so you can use it when you get the hang of sewing, and want to make your own project! I think it is a very good gift and not to expensive for the quality! Highly recommend this and Sew Mini Treats!😊"

This is a great kit. Don't listen to the bad reviews. This kit is for an older child, 8ish or if younger a child that has some experience with sewing. The Kit came with a book of instructions, card stock templates/patterns to trace, felt, a needle and tapestry thread. The only thing the negative reviews were right about is that the needle provided is not great for sewing felt but, can you blame them? I think they were just trying to be cautious by not sending sharp needles to kids they don't know. This is easily solved by spending $1.50 at your nearest fabric or craft store (you could even use the 40% off coupon on their website to make it cheaper). You will want to get a large gage needle as the thread provided is the thickness of a tapestry thread or embroidery floss. One suggestion I would make is to show your child how to place the templates/patterns in a way to maximize the use of the fabric. The book doesn't really talk about this. The animals are small. They fit in the palm of your hand but, that is the appeal to my daughter. She loves little things as girls her age do (she thinks they're "so cute") and they aren't a huge intimidating project. She can finish one in a couple of hours and be proud of what she made. I hope this helps.

The instructions were not that good cause when you start getting to the end so like the pig that we were making it said to put the legs and arms on at the end, but you should’ve put them on at the beginning and in general, entire steps are missing out of the instructions. Like half of the time they don’t even say to leave a hole to put in the stuffing, they just assume you know how to do that. If this is for beginners, then there is no assumption, every single step needs to be laid out in detail. but the finished product is very cute & my kids enjoy these simple sewing projects.

This is a great kit. It has a nice variety of creatures & difficulty levels - fairly "flat" stuffies like the penguin, whale & bat, two sides & belly like the hedgehog & seal, 4 legged animals that can stand on their legs like the fox & raccoon, and animals based on sewing a 4 piece ball & adding features like the panda & owl. Some animals require sewing wrong sides together & then turning right side out before stuffing, others you just whip stitch wrong sides together and stuff. It encourages creativity by showing a variety of sewn eyes & a selection of to-scale accessories patterns (top hat, hair bow, party hat, sunglasses). It also has pictures of the critters in different felt colors. These are mini - most easily held between thumb and forefinger. (See pic with adult sized eyeglasses for size comparison.) It comes with enough felt to make all the animals once in the suggested colors & you could still make many of them again if you are careful with your felt. You might need more stuffing & pre-cut eyes/cheeks though. This requires tracing, cutting, following written directions & sewing. Some of the directions are not 100% clear on assembly, but using the pictures we figured everything out - we have made all of the animals & most of the accessories. The designs are all really cute and even with mistakes and developing sewing skills they still turn out cute and fairly durable. The pictures show some of the animals we made in the suggested felt colors by 3 different skill level crafters (1 adult & 2 kids). Patterns included (with instructions): "Flat" : sloth, bat, pig, whale "Belly" : seal, hedgehog 4-legs : fox, raccoon, alpacca "Ball" : bunny, panda, octopus, owl Accessories : bow, hats, sunglasses