**CATMAS CRAFTING RERUN** Crafting With Cats ~ Catmas Special Part II~ Make Your Furry Own Catmas Pudding Pouffe with Catnip Holly Leaves & Pom Pom Berries ~ Difficulty Level Fair to Middling

Supurr Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining us for a rerun of our Catmas Special Crafting with Cats segment. If mew missed Part One of our Catmas Crafting Extravaganza; How to Make a Purrsonalised Catmas Stocking and making The Burlap Cat tree decoration ~ click here.  

All of our previous CWC posts are on the Crafting with Cats Page, and mew don't have to be an expert in anything to make any of them.  Plus we offer workarounds and no-sew projects for those who don't like to sew.

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**A quick note before we begin**

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  So purrlease do not copy for commercial/resale purrposes.

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This time, we're making a pawesome

What Mew Will Need:

Pudding: Brown Faux Fur 

White Faux Fur

Wadding/Stuffing

Lining/backing fabric

Leaves: Green fabric 

Wadding/Stuffing

Catnip - we use our homegrown organic catnip

Berries: Red Wool + pom pom maker, or use 2 x cardboard circles - the old school way

plus

Scissors/Needle/Thread/Chalk/Tape Measure/Sewing Machine

>^.^<

Optional Cat ~ Parsley was today's Craft Room Snoopervisor

Let's Get Started On The Pudding

1.  Gather supplies.

2.  Lay out the fabric and place pattern. 

3. Cut out.

4.  Mew should now have 6 x segments.

Those of mew who are regulars to our blog, will know that we made a pumpkin pouffe on our Creepy Crafting with Cats Halloween Special; so rather than go through all the steps again, just click here to see the entire step-by-step construction.

5.  Once sewn together, check size; Parsley says it's good to go!

6.  Stuff to your desired plumpness, and mew should now have something that looks like this.

Let's make the Catnip Holly Leaves 

 1. & 2. Use A4 paper, fold it in half, draw a holly leaf template and cut it out.

3. & 4.  Iron fabric, and cut out 4 x leaves.

5.  Take wadding and pin 2 x leaves on top.

6. & 7.  Sew around the edge and leave a gap to turn right-sides out, and then stuff with catnip - as much as mew think is necessary! MOL

8.  Sew up the gap by hand, and mew should now have a couple of holly leaves that looks like this.

>^.^<

It's Pom Pom Time

1. & 2.  Take your pom pom maker and begin wrapping the wool around tightly.

Or use two donut shaped pieces of card, and wrap the wool around. 

3. After a few minutes it should look like this.

4. Close and secure the pom pom maker with clips.

5.  Take small sharp scissors and cut the wool - do be careful when cutting.

6.  Take a longer strand of wool and secure the pom pom together.

7.  Mew should now have something that looks like this. Most pom pommeee! MOL

>^.^<

Now For The Topping... MMMMMMMM...

1. Cut a circle, or slightly oval in our case - The P.A. only ordered a small amount of the white faux fur - OOPS! 

2.  Cut and pin backing/lining to faux fur - we used an old sheet that had shrunk in the tumble dryer - note to self: never dry bamboo bedding in the tumble dryer! MOL

3.  Sew the right sides together, leaving a gap.

4.  Turn right-sides out and sew up the small gap by hand, mew should now have something that looks like this. Which could also be used as a plush snuggle mat on its own.

Put it all together and mew should now have this...

EPIC OR WHAT?

Good enough to eat... almost! MOL

We love it! Plus it's calorie-free! MOL 

Amber is still trying snort one of the holly leaves... nuff said! [But we can see an intervention on the horizon!]

The Catmas Pudding Pouffe is purrfect for

Snoozing, Snorting and Playing

Now we know mew want one!

And that furiends, furry sadly brings us to the end of our second crafting rerun post. We do hope mew liked it, and feel inspired to make some fun things too. We've got another crafting post to share with mew on Monday, but in the meantime, we'll be back tomorrow with our usual Sunday Selfies and Smooch's Historic Travel Guide, and do hope mew can join us then.

Epic crafty purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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