How to Make a Highland Cow Felt Face
Is there anything more majestic than a Highland cow? This is the perfect kids' craft idea for St Andrew's Day, helping you create the gorgeous shaggy mane of the traditional Scottish animals. Felt is wonderfully tactile for children and adds a lovely sensory feel to this project.
Follow our step-by-step tutorial to make your own Highland cow felt face at home! It's a great way for kids to start making with mixed media.
Project and instructions by Georgia Coote.
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You will need
You Will Need
* Rico Fox Ricorumi DK Yarn
* Polyester Felt Sheet in Cocoa & Buttercream
* Googly Eyes
* General Purpose Scissors
Draw (if you need to, but feel free to go freehand for a lovely quirky shape) a long oval face shape for the cow, on the brown felt, you'll also need the brown for the ears, nostrils and smile, so cut those out too. Use the beige for the snout and some white for the horns.
Roughly cut lots of 5cm pieces of yarn for the highland cow's shaggy mane and set aside.
Apply glue to all the felt pieces and assemble them together, add some buttons and googly eyes.
Cut around the edge of the picture to finish.
Tip: If you wanted you could attach elastic or a stick to make it a mask.