Hello there! We have an ‘eggcellent’ Make & Do for you this month: a Marill egg cosy! This is perfect for Pokémon fans who want to keep their boiled eggs nice and toasty. Simply follow the instructions below and you’ll have a Pokémon for your boiled egg and soldiers in no time…

You will need…

To create your egg cosy you will need the following…
1 LARGE PIECE OF BLUE FABRIC
For the body and the outside of the ears.
1 SMALL PIECE OF RED FABRIC
For the inside of the ears, plus the mouth.
2 BUTTONS OF THE SAME SIZE
For the eyes.
SOME BLUE COTTON
Used to sew it all together.
SOME FABRIC GLUE
To stick stuff on in case you don’t want to sew it.
LEVEL: EASY
TIME: 30 MINUTES

1. Draw around the template for Marill’s body onto a piece of paper. Ask an adult to cut that out. Then place the paper template onto the blue fabric and draw around it. Put the template on the fabric again and draw around it. Get a grown-up to cut both pieces out so you have one for the front and back of your Pokémon.

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2. Next our Marill needs a pair of ears. Repeat step one, but this time with the bigger circle template on the blue fabric. Ask an adult to cut these out and place to one side. Repeat this to make the inside of the ears, but this time use a smaller circle paper template on red fabric to do so. Get a grown-up to cut these out too.
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3. Take one of your bigger blue circles and put a smaller red circle on top of it to make Marill’s ears. You can sew these on, or just pop a bit of fabric glue on to stick them in place. For Marill’s eyes, take two buttons and put them onto one piece of the body fabric. Ask an adult to sew these in place – or you can glue them on if you want to.

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4. Now we’re going to fix Marill’s body together. Take the two body pieces and line them up. Make sure that the buttons are facing outside. Get a grown-up to sew along the edges (but not the bottom).

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5. All that’s left is for you to stick your ears onto the body. Plop a bit of glue where you’d like his listeners to be fixed and wait for it to dry. You can even add a mouth if you like with a scrap of red fabric. Put it on top of a boiled egg and you’re finished!

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You could make a Marill egg cosy as a gift for a friend… or yourself!