Woodland Folk Toys

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Autumn is my absolute favorite time of year and although the dog days of Summer aren't completely gone yet, I'm already daydreaming of changing leaves and pumpkin patches. It's still a little bit too early to bring out your Halloween decorations so here's a quick Fall craft to hold you and your kids over until Spooktacular September on eighteen25!

Materials:

wood peg people
wool felt
wood sticks
pinecones
acorn caps
toilet paper rolls
recycled cardboard
strong double-sided tape
glue gun

Instructions:

1. Gather natural supplies. We used twigs, pinecones, and acorn caps to embellish folk toys but you could use pretty much anything (bark, pebbles, dirt, grass, etc).

2. Cut a circle out of a piece of recycled cardboard and slit up the middle. Fold over on itself to make a cone shape and staple in place. Trim natural materials to fit on roofs.

3. Apply a layer of double-sided tape and adhere either the pine cone scales or twigs to the cone roofs.

4. Cut a strip of wool felt and depending on the age of your child, have him sew a straight line across the top. Pull thread to gather, wrap around neck of peg, and sew in place. I love how proud my son is in the second picture!

5. Cut two thin pieces of wool felt lined with double-sided tape and adhere on peg for suspenders. Attach another panel of wool felt at the base of the peg for his pants.