South Pole or Bust Penguin

Supply List

2-1/2" Styrofoam Ball #01005
6" Styrofoam #01022
3 yards Black Jumbo Loopy Chenille #10024-90
1 yard White Jumbo Loopy Chenille #10024-10
Two pieces 9mm Solid Black Eyes #51609
3" Wood Sign #9145-88
1-1/2" Wood Egg #9104-97
4" Wood Heart Plaque #9134-76
18" Piece 3/16" Dowel Rod #10206
9" x 12" Red Felt #10087-30
9" x 12" Forest Green Felt #10087-288
1 yard 3-Ply Jute

1/2" yard, 1/4" Red Satin Ribbon #2902-22

Holly Berry Pick #RC-1061

Floral Pins
White Fine Point Paint Marker
Sandpaper
Hot Glue Gun, Old Toothbrush

Delta Paints:
Hunter Green #2471

Maple Sugar Tan #2062

Tomato Spice #2098

Instructions

1. Cut dowel rod into three pieces; one 8" piece and two 5" pieces. Insert the two 5" pieces into the top of the styrofoam egg. Push styrofoam ball down onto dowel rod.

2. Wrap black jumbo loopy around contour of head and body. See Fig. 1. Continue wrapping loopy to fill in back of penguin body. Secure loopy to styrofoam with floral pins and hot glue. Cut two 10" pieces of black loopy. Fold in half and attach to each side of penguin for arms.

3. Fill in front of body and face with white loopy.

4. Basecoat large heart base and egg with Maple Sugar Tan. Using an old toothbrush, splatter egg and heart with Tomato Spice.

5. Hot glue penguin's body to heart base. See photo.

6. Position egg in center of face for penguin's beak. Hot glue eyes above beak. See photo.

7. Basecoat 8" piece of dowel rod and wood sign Hunter Green. Insert dowel rod in bottom of sign and hot glue in place. Sand outside edges of sign with sandpaper. Using white fine point paint marker, write "SOUTH POLE OR BUST" on sign. Wrap 1/4" red ribbon around dowel rod of sign. Fold penguin's arm around dowel rod to hold sign. Hot Glue in place.

8. BAG: Cut a 5" x 12" piece of Hunter Green felt. Fold in half and hot glue side seams together. Turn bag inside out. See Fig. 2. Wrap jute around center of bag and tie a small bow. Fold over top of bag. Make two handles for bag from jute. Bend arm and hang bag on arm.

9. HAT: Cut a 7" x 12" piece of red felt and fold in half lengthwise. See Fig. 3. Hot glue seam. Gather top together and secure with a small piece of jute. Cut slits in top of hat. See Fig. 4. Fold up bottom edge of hat and place on top of penguin's head. Add a small piece of holly to front of hat.

10. SCARF: Cut remaining red felt into two 1-1/2" x 12" strips of felt. Hot glue two pieces together to form scarf. See Fig. 5. Wrap scarf around penguin's neck.