Scatter sunshine by making a Happy
Pillow kit for a child in the hospital or in a crisis situation. You can spread
joy and love with this soft and smiling pillow friend.
Happy Pillow Kit Assembly Instructions
PHASE ONE–CIRCLE CUT
- Take one Happy Pillow packet from the center of the table. Remove the two large folded squares. Open one square and set the other on your lap.
- Fold square in half with center edges touching.
- Place PINK HALF-CIRCLE PATTERN ON TOP WITH STRAIGHT EDGE ON FOLD. Tug or gently pull if pattern is not on fleece.
- Before cutting, be sure the straight edge is even on the fold and the round top edge is all on the fleece.
- Trace shape with marking pencil. Then cut along the outside edge of the pattern. Set circle aside.
- Repeat Phase 1 with second square from your lap. You should have two 23” circles.
PHASE TWO-CUT FRINGE
- Place the two circles on top of each other. Lay flat on the table.
- Match the outside edges. Tug or gently pull if necessary to match evenly.
- With edges even, place PIE PATTERN on top of circles with the center point in the middle. Rounded edge of pie pattern should be 1” shy of outside edge of circle.
- Following 1” markings on pie pattern, snip small cuts at each 1” mark, always keeping pie pattern 1” from the edge.
- Shift pie pattern around the entire circle continuing to snip at 1” markings.
- Remove pie pattern from circle.
- With circle edges even and snip markings made, place scissors at each 1” marking and cut in 3” deep to make the fringe. Be careful to keep both circles together! (HINT: Scissors should wide open (completely extended) to get your 3” cut!)
- When finished, fold circles in
half and place back in bag.
1 Tooth White
1 Mouth Black
1 Small Eye White
2 Pupils Black
1 Medium Eye White
2 Eyebrows Black
1 Large Layered Eye White
1 Nose Yellow
1 Large Single Eye White
7 Warts Blue
1 Heart Red (not shown, goes inside the pillow)
1. On the center of the table, take a pattern.
2. Trace
and cut out each of the face pieces.
3. After
all the face pieces are cut, place in the small ziploc bag. Double check
to make sure you haven’t missed any pieces! There should be 19 pieces.
4. Place
the small Ziploc bag with the felt face pieces inside the bag with the fleece
circles along with a copy of the “Make a Happy Pillow” instructions (below) for the
child to complete the pillow.
Instructions to include in each Happy Pillow kit for children to assemble their own Happy Pillow
Make a Happy Pillow!
Your kit should include:
2 large fleece circles for pillow
4 white felt circles for eyes
2 pupils for eyes
2 eyebrows
2 eyebrows
1 nose
1 mouth
1 mouth
7 blue felt circles
1 red heart
1 red heart
What you need:
1 bag of batting and fabric glue
To Assemble:
1. Take the 2 large fringed fleece
circles and put one on top of the other, matching up cut fringe as best you can.
2. Take a piece
of fringe from the bottom layer and a piece of fringe from the top.
Note: Don’t take the one directly below it,
choose the one just to the left and tie them into a knot (this will help you avoid
having big holes for your batting to escape. Continue tying knots 1/2–3/4 around the circle.
3. Now take the fluffy white stuff (batting)
and stuff the pillow.
4. Take a red heart and hold it in your
hand, close your eyes, make a wish, and then put it inside your pillow with the
batting.
5. Once all the batting is in the
pillow, finish tying all the knots.
6. Use the glue to stick on your happy
silly face.
7. Use your creativity and make some
silly eyeballs. There are 4 white round
circles and some black pupils. It’s fun
to layer 3 circles on top of each other. Glue down the large white circle, then
the medium one on top, then the smaller one! You can look at the picture for ideas.
8.
Use the other face pieces to glue and complete your happy pillow.
9. Laugh and smile with your new happy
pillow!
For printable instructions, click here.
