Little Stuffed Giraffes

A couple years ago I saw these cute little stuffed animals over at Make It and Love It and have kept them in the back of my mind as a simple project I'd like to do someday.

Jeanine reminded me of them last year when she had her sons make one for a Christmas gift here. (And I just love the idea of having siblings make homemade gifts for each other.  I'm excited to start that tradition with my kids this year.)

Earlier this year I was in charge of coming up with a service project for the women in our church group to do.  I then remembered those cute little giraffes and realized they would be simple enough for the women to make together in one night and give to a local children's hospital.

I made up a few samples that I planned on later giving to my son and daughter.

Cute printed fabric on one side . . .

 . . . soft on the other.

I drew up a pattern for the occasion--which you're welcome to use if you'd like to make your own.

(Click on picture and then copy and save to your computer.  Open in a document and reduce your margins to zero.  Expand to 100% and print.)

For the service project I went with polka-dot fabric and a soft fleece on the other side.  So many women came to help cut, pin, sew and stuff these little stuffed animals.  We had a great time working on them together.

We were able to turn out quite a few in one night.  It turned out to be a great service project.

What color are you going to use to make yours???