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Footprint Penguin Wall Hanging
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Plain artist's canvas ( I had a lot of footprints, so I used a 12" x 24" one) Two pieces of blue cotton fabric for the background (mine had small prints that somewhat resembled the snow and sky) Black cotton fabric for the footprints (mine had a subtle dot pattern) Scraps of fleece or felt for the penguin accessories Heat'n Bond Ultra Hold Iron-On Adhesive Acrylic paint for the eyes Snowflake buttons (optional) Iron and hot glue gun
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Iron the Heat'n Bond to the wrong side of the blue fabrics. Overlap the two fabrics slightly to form the "ground" and the "sky". (I cut a slightly wavy line where the two colors met.) Cut your fabric a few inches larger than the size of your canvas. Peel off the paper backing and iron your pieces directly to the front of the canvas. Wrap the excess fabric around the sides to the back and hot glue in place.
Next, iron the Heat'n Bond to the wrong side of the black fabric. Then trace the child's footprint onto the paper-y side. Cut out the footprints. (For an example of how this is done, see a similar post I did with Footprint Butterflies). Peel off the paper backing again, position your footprints where you want them on the canvas and iron them in place.
Now you'll want to add your penguins' clothing! I simply cut out pieces of leftover fleece to make little hats and scarves and hot glued them in place. Then I cut ovals out of white fleece and hot glued them on to form the penguins bellies.
Finally, use a bit of acrylic paint to paint on your penguins' eyes (I initially planned on using googly eyes, but I liked the look of the painted eyes much better!) and add little triangle noses.
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