I found this graphic online and printed it and cut it out and then taped it to my felt and cut around it.
Since Henry knows ALL the facts about octopuses, I know he'd appreciate having real "suckers"! I found these in the craft section at Walmart.
I hand sewed each of the suckers on.
I freehand cut seaweed from two different colors of green felt and then just sewed up the middle of each piece. I love the illusion of movement that gives them.
When Henry plays with his toy octopuses, it's usually in conjunction with a pirate ship and the octopus wraps its tentacles around the pirate ship. I planned to put this octopus page opposite a pirate ship page I'm working on and I really wanted to come up with a way the tentacles could stretch to attack the pirate ship. I was in Walmart automotive and saw a retractable badge holder and wondered if I could make that work.
Once I had the badge holder sewed underneath the octopus body, I hand sewed around the octopus.
I didn't sew around the legs, leaving some movement to them.
It's VERY fun to pull the tentacles - I can't want for Henry to see it!
This gives you a better view of the badge holder.
I used stick-on googly eyes.
I LOVE how it turned out!
