I had some yellow flannel, orange fleece and some black and some white cotton something-or-other (I am so limited in my knowledge of what material is called). I started by sewing together strips of the orange, yellow and white. Then I laid out the black and colored pieces right sides facing, and laid an additional white piece on top. This piece will be the lining. Then, taking a trick I learned from Bend the Rules Sewing back in my bib making days, I sewed then cut the material. SO much easier this way. 
Then I turned the bag right side out, filled them with 1/2 cup split peas and top-stitched them shut. It is sort of hard to top stitch a bean bag when it is already filled with beans, so some of the stitching is a little wonky, but who cares? They are only bean bags!
It wasn't until I was all done and got out a few real candy corns that I realized that the orange should go in the middle. Oh well. If I were to do this again I would have used a brighter/darker yellow as well, but I was just using what I had on hand. (Sorry for the lousy photos... its a grey day here today.)Now I just need to figure out what to toss them into??? My friend offered up a plastic black cauldron. That could work. Maybe a cut-out of a trick-or-treat bag? Any suggestions???
**UPDATE: I went with a big cat. Thanks for the suggestion Amber! He's a little freaky looking, but o-well.
Ethan gave it a trial run when he got home from school. Celia (who I babysit for) confirmed it's creepiness.
5 comments:
Ooh, neato!
What about making a big black cat face with the mouth open for them to be tossed into?
Great idea Amber!! Thanks!
so fantastic - what a great idea, and the candy corn bean bags can be juggling bags later, too :^D)
Yay! I'm glad you liked the cat. Love the way it turned out! Too cute!
And super creepy ;)
Great idea! Sean's preschool does Trunk or Treating and this would be fun for them.
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