Parents' Art Project: Pillow Pals

Your children serve as real-life inspiration for this personalized pillow project.

Make a cuddly memento of your kids' waddling, toddling years with this easy pillow project.

Materials:

fabric of your choosing
non-toxic finger paint
sewing machine
thread
pillow batting

Steps:

1. Choose a fabric you like that's a few inches longer than your child is tall.


2. Have your child lie down on the fabric on his back and trace his outline.


3. Place his palms and the soles of his feet into non-toxic finger paint.


4. Gently press his handprints/footprints onto the portion of the outline where hands and feet go on the body.


5. After imprinting his hands and feet, if he's old enough or wants to, your child can either finger paint a face and other decorations or you can paint for them.


6. Leaving a 1/2-inch seam allowance, cut around the outline. Using the first cut-out as a pattern, piece cut another piece of fabric to match.


7. Place front sides together, sew around edge, but don't sew it completely shut. Leave about an 8 inch opening.


8. Turn it inside out, so that the front sides are now front-facing.


9. Stuff your pillow with polyester batting and hand-stitch the remaining opening.

Also in this Episode

Kidspace : Episode HKID-108
•	Toddlers Get Hip
•	Parents' Art Project: Pillow Pals