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Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack


In just over a week, my sister will be starting a new job as a teacher. I'm soooo happy for and proud of her! She learned that she may soon be doing a dinosaur unit very soon as part of their curriculum, and I got all excited since I had just drawn up the dino wallpaper and started thinking of dino ideas for March.

I thought it might be fun to make her a few dino bone thumbtacks for on her bulletin board...and maybe you'd like some too! You could easily change these over to magnets too, if you're so inclined...

Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack

Here's what you need:

White felt
Black and white embroidery floss
Thumb tacks
Scissors
Needle
BONE THUMBTACK PDF TEMPLATE

Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack

Here's what you do:

For each thumbtack, cut out two bone shapes. Embroider a face onto one of them. I used two strands of black floss, and formed the eyes with french knots and the mouth with a scallop stitch (a modified fly stitch).

Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack

Push the thumbtack through the plain piece of felt. The bone shape isn't symmetrical, so be sure you are sticking it through front to back so that the two felt pieces will still match up.

Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack

Layer the felt pieces together and stitch around the shape. I used two strands of white floss with running stitch. If you're making your dino bone into a magnet, you could glue and insert a strong magnet inside the shape, otherwise, glue it on after you've secured the two pieces together.

Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack

Hide your knot on the back or between the pieces, and your thumbtack is all ready to go!

Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack

Yes it's cheesy, but I think this tack is dino-mite!

Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack
Felt Dino Bone Thumbtack

And it's happy too! I have to admit, I had so much fun making this, I'm not going to be able to stop with dino bones. More thumbtacks/magnets will be in my future. Here's hoping for more fun ideas from my sister's new classroom!

5 comments:

  1. So cute, I love this idea! They would be great in all different types for putting up posters in my little boy's room!

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  2. Congrats to your sister on her new teaching job! I love this idea of putting cute little covers over thumbtacks--I'm thinking of all kinds of possibilities, now!

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  3. Congratulations to your sister! How fun! I love these little dino bones thumbtacks and hope you do some more dino projects soon! I am a sucker for dinosaurs!

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  4. What a darling button idea! Congrats to your sister.

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  5. I started my job as a teaching assistant in January and the first topic we did in class 1 (age 4/5) was dinosaurs! Those little kids love to roar!
    We made dinosaur masks, fossil pictures using paper straws as bones, and a big 3D T-Rex out of cardboard boxes which was taller than the children. So much fun.
    Congratulations to your sister!

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