Sewing with K-4 grades

It took us 8 – 45 minute class sessions but we got some cute stuffed animals finished by my students!!!

Can I saw they turned out too cute. They ran off with their stuffies so fast, I barely got a photo!

If you do an art lesson with sewing I would recommend starting with an easier project first such as a pillow. I grew up with fixing and mending things, but no all students have had that experience. You could also start with hand stitching lesson first with burlap. I did that in the past.

I made my students create their own paper patterns using a tabloid size paper and a basic pattern. I’ll have to share that pattern with you all. It’s hard explaining seam allowance to kids. Once they did it and turned them right side out it made more sense to them. It’s one of those things you need to do first to understand.

Super cute!!

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