I don’t really have a tutorial for this project, but don’t worry. It’s really easy. If I can do it, you can too.
I picked up this wooden tool box at Goodwill a few months ago. I thought I could use it to store craft supplies or grow a mini herb garden or something, but I never did so I decided to turn it into another no-spend Christmas gift for Nicholas.
All I did was cut tool-shapes out of craft felt, sew them together & stuff them with poly-fill. I made hammer, a saw, and a screwdriver. The yellow thing is supposed to be a ruler, but I don’t think it turned out very well. Then I wrote his name on the box with a Sharpie. I was originally going to paint it, but he’s a boy & he’s 3, I assure you he does not care one little bit what color it is so it is staying au naturel.
The only hard part was stuffing the poly-fill in the long skinny pieces like the screw driver. I used a crochet hook, but it was still a bit tricky.
Other felt tool sets can run as much as $40. I spent $0.
That means my no-spend Christmas total savings is up to $326.
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