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Make a Christmas robin from a sock

Try your hand at making one of these delightful little robins out of an old pair of socks and some scrap material. It makes a great homemade Christmas gift, and is a nice craft activity for kids.

Step 1

You will need a sock (with a coloured heal), thread, stuffing (scraps of materials, or dried beans), felt, two buttons, wire, scissors and a needle.

Step 2

Cut your sock into three sections for the wings, body and head of your robin.

Step 3

Cut the wing section into two equal pieces and then cut a wing shape out of each.

Step 4

Take your body and head sections and stuff them with scraps of material, or dried beans tied inside a bag, so they are nice and plump.

Step 5

Pin the head to the body in place ready to be stitched. Ruffle the other end of the body section into a tail shape and use a pin to hold it together.

Step 6

Stitch the head to the body and stitch the tail up. You can see the sock robin taking shape now!

Step 7

Position your wing shapes on the sides of the body and place a small amount of stuffing under them. Ruffle the bottom end of each wing to make a feather effect and use a pin to hold it in place.

Step 8

Sew the wings onto the body.

Step 9

Cut out and stitch together a small cone shape from your felt, place some stuffing inside and sew the base of the cone to the front of the head.

Step 10

Use a couple of buttons for the eyes and sew them onto the side of the head. Then you could use some wire bent into shape for some feet.

Now you just need to find your sock robin a home.

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