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   First gather things together.
   Cut a piece of card to approx 17cm x 3.5cm (made to fit the average softback book).
   Either print out a head design from the internet or draw a design.
   I just scribbled one here!
   Make the design no wider than the width of the card and probably about the same high. So in this case the head is about 3.5cm x 3.5cm.

   
   
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   Cut out head design and arrange on felt as I have done above the card, leaving about 3mm on the right hand side.

   
   
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   Draw around head.
   Draw around card leaving about 3mm on all sides but draw a tail on opposite end to head.

   (Click on pic to enlarge to see what I mean)

   
   
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   Flip the card over (leaving another 3mm from the dashed line).
   Draw around card but include legs either end.

   Cut out felt! (but not down dotted line!)

   
   
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   Put double sided tape (or glue) on card.
   Put in the centre of one side and fold felt over to cover (making sure there is still the 3mm gap).

   
   
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   It should resemble this!

   Get a needle and thread and blanket stitch around the edge (what the extra 3mm border was allowing for!)
   and running stitch when you get to the legs/head/tail.

   The sewing is half for decoration half to sew up the open side.

   
   
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   Decorate!
   Glue on bits of other coloured felt, or paint or draw on!

   
   
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   Put in book!

   Other ones I have done are a black dog and a pangolin (with him curled at the bottom and his tail wrapping around the top of the book - see other pics!)

   
   

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