Sew-a-Teddy Bear Kit

As a project to include with the sewing kits I include for girls 5-9 and 10-14, I decided to come up with a kit for them to make teddy bears.  I thought this would help them learn how to sew, and at the same time, give them the materials needed to make a toy for themselves, siblings, and friends.  I like to include enough materials for them to make several bears. Because embroidery items are needed for this, as another project for the girls I also include several skeins of different colors embroidery floss and a white/offwhite fabric that I stamped several hot-iron transfers on (I typically go with florals).  I have the template on Google docs, the link here should print it out at the correct size.

Included in the kit is:

• Light colored fabric, plain or print.  It should be light enough to see regular pencil marks on.  A "fat quarter" (1/4 yard of fabric, 18" x 22") is enough to make 4 bears.
• Scissors (as long as you check that they do a decent job of cutting fabric, regular school scissors will work for this)
• Pencil & sharpener
• Stuffing, about 10g per bear.  I vacuum-seal my stuffing to save on space, and label it with how many bears the stuffing will fill.
• Thread to match - I like to get the 1,000 yd tubes.  They are just a little bigger than a standard spool, give the girls a LOT more thread, plus you can stuff 2 skeins of embroidery floss inside the tube.
• Embroidery floss - black or brown for eyes/nose.
• Small embroidery hoop
• Sewing and embroidery needles, pins.
• Teddy bear templates.  I make these out of clear plastic report covers or page dividers, they are fairly durable and won't be destroyed if they get wet. Print the picture to fit on page, the outer teddy should be about 7-3/8" tall.
• Instruction sheet.

Direct links:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1x3PUYRbYpsfu3uGqv47jnfG5otg3zjwuG-w9tVwAFQI/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10nuvEfoZiwP1AdNvi1dHrbo2WcPsVrOu9SyFSNZ0Gmc/edit?usp=sharing