Craft : Yarn Monsters

Monsters made of yarn, just in time for the spooky season.

There's not much to these monsters, but I think they turned out kind of cute.

Henry and I used the same technique we did for our Yarn Circle Garland.

[You can check out the details on how to create the yarn circles there.]

Henry did very well cutting the yarn this time. 

I handed him a pair of my scissors [boy, was this a special occasion to him!], 

and he had no problems at all cutting it.

[He still holds it funny, but getting much better each time.]

The process is pretty simple.

Add the cut yarn to some glue [water it down a tad to save on glue, but not too much either].

Drop the yarn into a muffin tin and let dry.

You can either be super patient and wait a couple of days or you can stick it in the oven for a good half hour on a low temp [200F or so].

Once the yarn is completely dry, you can take them out of the muffin tin.

By simply adding a googly eye to each yarn circle, Henry made monsters! 

[Thanks CraftProjectIdeas.com for the googly eyes!]

Not so scary.

Pretty cute actually. 

I added a couple pom pom feet to some of the monsters. 

But Henry didn't like them that way.

I wasn't sure what to do with the monsters, so I added them to our holiday tree.

 

They don't quite belong there...

So I'm still on the lookout for a new home for our one-eyed monsters. 

I think a spider web may be in the monsters' future.

Keep the Monster Party going on over at Rainbows Within Reach. 

Check out Debbie's idea to keep the monsters away: Monster Spray!

Are your kids afraid of monsters?

Henry is 3 years. George is 1 year.
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