squeaky peep toy

Turns out Ginger loves stuffed toys with squeakers. Her form of love looks like the following:

I spend a lot of time picking up bits of stuffing around the house...

Since she goes through these things so fast, I decided to recycle the plastic squeaker thingies from inside of them and make her a couple new ones. And when I saw this cutest-thing-ever peep bunting from Made, I had a perfect shape for Ginger's first homemade toy.

Photo from Made's bunting tutorial...I think this is my next project

Supplies:

• Peeps bunny template (from tutorial link above), enlarged to desired size
  
• Fabric (probably tougher is better, but I went to the remnant bin and couldn't pass up 50 cents for this one)
• Squeaker recycled from old dog toy
  
• Stuffing
• Sewing machine

And okay, I'm not even going to attempt real tutorial instructions on this one - I got a sewing machine for Christmas and finally today had the mental fortitude to figure out how to wind a bobbin and string the thread through the crazy configuration necessary to sew... so this is my very first project.

Thus I don't really know what I'm talking about when it comes to sewing, but basically you sew the little bunny like it's a pillow - do it inside out, leave a little hole so that you can stuff it once you turn it right side out, and then stitch. I added the eyes with a brown sharpie.

I sewed something without mom supervision!

I'm not sure whether, after figuring out how to set up the sewing machine without too much difficulty, I was being cocky or stupid in picking a shape with this many curves. Turned out slightly wonky, but seeing as how I was just going to hand it over to be chewed, it was a good practice piece.