So I found a really cute tooth fairy pillow on Pinterest, but there were no directions on how to make it. So I took it upon myself to make up a tutorial for those who would be so inclined to make one themselves. Needless to say my kids can hardly wait to use them even the three (3) year old.
Step One: Choose your fabric and start cutting.
Step Two: Body of pillow. Measure out a 6 1/2" in height and 5 1/2" in width piece of fabric doubled if you want or you can use two different types of fabric for the front and back. Cut them out to the correct size.
Step Three: The Horns. Measure out 3 1/2" in height horns by about 1 1/2" in width or there about. I kind of curved mine to make them appear to look more horn like.
Step Four: The pocket. In a contrasting piece or same type of fabric measure out a piece on the fold of 2 1/2" in height by 5 1/2" in width fabric.
Step Six: Monster Teeth. Measure out 4" in width piece of white felt for the "teeth." Then cut the Monster "teeth" from the top part. I really just eye balled the height and did what I thought looked good. I also used felt since it is a little bit thicker than cotton.
Step Seven: White of the Eye. Again I just made a circle in white felt the was not perfect but in keeping with the shape of an eye for this part.
Step Eight: Black of the Eye. Using black felt or you could use the eye color of your child, cut out a small circle. Same thing just smaller for the pupil of the eye.
Step Nine: You are ready to begin sewing. I started with my horns. Turn the fabric right sides together and sew up three sides. I left the bottom open so I could stuff it. Once done turn the horn, use a pin to pull out the top if need be. Stuff your horn once completed. Do this twice if you have two horns. These are now done, set to the side.
Step Ten: I top stitched the teeth. So this is when I would do this.
Step Eleven: Then stich the teeth to one side of the folded pocket. With the fold on the top closest to the teeth. This helps to give it a nice finish and leaves you with one less piece to sew.
Step Twelve: Stich the black or pupil to the white of the eyes. I made sure my color stood out a little that way it would give it more definition but you can do it however you want. Do this twice.
Step Thirteen: Stick the eye to the front of the monster. Again I used a color that would stand out and be easy to see. You can match your fabric or the child's eye color.
Step Fourteen: Place the pocket on the front below the eye and then place right sides together of the back of the monster. Begin to pin pocket and back into place. Once you get to the top add in your stuffed horns. Make sure to secure with a pin well as there are stuffed and can be a little fat up against your sewing machine. Now you are ready to sew. Remember to leave yourself enough space to turn your monster and stuff your monster. Stich it all the way around except for the opening.
Step Fifteen: Turn your monster inside out. Use a pin to pull out the corners. It helped if you had trimmed the corners before turning but whatever works for you. Afterwards you can top stich if you want. I had to do this on one of mine because I did not catch the entire pocket. Go figure. Don't forget to leave the opening open, otherwise you will not be able to stuff.
Step Sixteen: Stuff your monster. This is fun, make sure you get those corners well.
Step Seventeen: Now you are ready to finish off the stitching. You can either complete your top stitching here over the opening or you can slip stich the opening closed. I'm not good at slip stitching so I worked really hard to use my machine to finish it off.
Now you have a fun creative little pocket for holding teeth and money. No more trying to find the tooth in the middle of the night. You will know right where it is.
