The Mom I Want to Be

 

Empty Yogurt Cup

Various Colors of Felt (for the dog, black, white, and a snippet of red)

Glue (tacky glue works great, but for a more secure finish-try hot glue)

Scissors

Googlie Eyes (small/medium size)

Small Pom-Pom for a nose!

 

Start with an empty, (washed and dried) yogurt cup. Turn in upside down. Measure your cups perimeter and cut one long piece of felt to go around the entire outside. This will be the animals main color- so, for our dalmatian puppy, we chose white. Because I was working with small children, I also guesstimated and cut out ahead of time, the spots, ears, mouth, & tongue. Next, glue the large piece of felt to the yogurt cup. Then glue on your spots, eyes, mouth (two small thin pieces of felt) and tongue. Glue on your ears. I made mine double thick for stability, but it’s your choice! I also trimmed down my original ear design(see below). I also ended up using hot glue for the ears after much trial and error. Lastly, don’t forget a nose!  If time allows, make him a kitten to chase around.

 

Some other animal ideas: