Make a Yarn Octopus

 

 

Enjoy your new yarny friend!

Linda Permann

Wrap the yarn around the notebook several times. You want to get a nice thick amount of yarn on both sides since the thickness will form the octopus' head. Be sure to wrap tightly, but not too tightly, since you'll need to be able to slide the yarn off of the book.

Linda Permann

Once you've wrapped the book to your desired thickness, work a piece of string under the wraps on one edge of the book and tie it into a very tight knot.
Carefully slide the yarn off of the book. Turn the knot you just made to the inside of the looped yarn to conceal it.

Linda Permann

 

Materials
-  scrap yarn (I used 3 colors of worsted weight yarn, you can use one or several, it's up to you)
-  a book that's at least 10" tall on one side (I used a composition notebook)
-  google eyes
-  tacky glue
-  scissors
-  clothespins (optional)

Wrap the yarn around the notebook several times. You want to get a nice thick amount of yarn on both sides since the thickness will form the octopus' head.

Be sure to wrap tightly, but not too tightly, since you'll need to be able to slide the yarn off of the book.

Once you've wrapped the book to your desired thickness, work a piece of string under the wraps on one edge of the book and tie it into a very tight knot.

Carefully slide the yarn off of the book. Turn the knot you just made to the inside of the looped yarn to conceal it.

Take a length of yarn about 2-3" down from the knot you just made. This makes the octopus head.

Cut the untied looped ends of the yarn open. Divide the strands into 8 sections (for 8 tentacles).

Divide each of the 8 sections into three sections and braid them.

If you'd like to let your kids do this, you can give them 8 clothespins to clip the ends of each leg and have you help tie them off all at once. Tie each end with a strand of yarn, leaving the ends long (so they'll blend in with the other yarn ends).

Clip the yarn ends of each leg to an even length.

Glue on google eyes and a little yarn smile.

Enjoy!