It is time once again for my 12 Days of Homemade Christmas gifts/crafts. I have been MIA lately with my posts, but I had so much fun creating the gifts last year, that I wanted to try it again! So, here it is:
On The First Day of Christmas - Felt Fishing Set
My sister had posted this felt fishing set as a Christmas idea for my oldest niece Eva. I looked into it, and the Etsy shop no longer had the set available for sale. I also thought it was something that I could try to make myself. So, I did!
Next I cut small numbers 0-10 out of white felt and used embroidery thread to hand sew them onto the middle of a piece of colored felt. Then I placed the fabric on top of two pieces of the coordinating felt with the number facing on the outside.
I sewed around the outline of the fish. I made sure to leave enough space to insert a round magnet in between the fabric and felt, before completely closing it up. Then I secured the magnet towards the mouth of the fish by sewing an outline around it.
I had Mike help me with the fishing pole. He cut a piece of dowel and drilled a hole towards the top of it and through a round magnet. Then tied them together using some kite string. I would have loved to have included a cute little fabric worm on the end, but I was worried that the magnets would not be strong to "catch" the fish.
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