-wooden old fashioned clothespin
-black paint (I used acrylic)
-black crafter's felt
-google eyes
-black ribbon (I used 1/4 in)
- cotton balls (I ended up using 1 1/2 to 2 balls per sheep)
-tacky glue
-hot glue gun w/glue
1. STEP ONE: Paint your clothespin black. It's okay if you can't paint the inside of the legs black, just cover the clothespin as much as you can in black. Let dry.
2. STEP TWO: Cut two one inch felt squares. (they don't have to be exactly one inch) Cut one of those 1 inch squares in half. Those will be his ears and the remaining piece will be his face. Go ahead and cut the two ears to have little points and curve out the sides of his face.
3. STEP THREE: Now use your glue gun to glue the ears on. Just a dab of hot glue on the top of each one and press them onto the clothespin. Next do a line of hot glue along the straight line of his head and press onto the front of the clothespin. Make sure that your legs and head are lined up properly.
4. STEP FOUR: Take your ribbon and cut a 6 in strip. I tied little knots in the middle (for hooves) Glue them onto the side where his arms will go. This is how he will hang from your tree or whatever you want to hang him from. I didn't get a good picture of this step but if you look at the following pic you'll be able to see where to attach the arms.
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5. STEP FIVE: Take your cotton balls. Two will be plenty. 'Fluff' them and pull them apart. Now cover the head in Tacky glue. I used Tacky glue because it absorbs into the cotton better then hot glue. Your fingers will get sticky though. Take a pinch of the cotton and put it on the top of Shaun's head. Now cover the top part of his body in glue (a little past his legs) and don't forget to put a little on top of his arm area. Cover his body with cotton. Let dry.
6. STEP SIX: Glue on google eyes and you're done!!!
***Since we made these as gifts we tied on little tags that said... "Thank ewe for all that you do" "Ewe ROCK!" "I love ewe" Etc...we attached them on step 4 before Shaun's arms were attached.
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