I tried really hard to think of a way to describe these besides "I made some giant balls." Pardon my second grade humor. I found a pattern for these fleece blocks, which looked like fun, but I wanted BIGGER.
For a size comparison, here are the balls with my 20 ounce water cup. They're big.
To make these, I cut six 15" squares of fleece per ball. I measured, kind of, but if you know anything about how I craft, or cook, for that matter, I tend to just guesstimate and it usually works out okay. My lines were not perfectly straight. Then I cut strips on the sides, five per side, plus cutting off the corners. (Go look at the pattern I linked if that doesn't make sense.)
I tied them together and realized that maybe 15" was a bit too large, but 10" as suggested seemed too small. So find a happy medium...
I put a big jingle bell from the craft store in one. I took the suggestion I found here to put it in a plastic Easter egg first so the jingle wouldn't get muffled, and I filed the rest of that block with stuffing. The second one I filled with plastic grocery bags, so it makes a fun crinkling noise. Yay sensory learning! If I have time, I may make a third one, but that one will simply have stuffing and be quiet.
These might be too huge for stacking, but they should be fun for rolling around, leaning on, and hopefully shaking
These didn't turn out exactly how I had envisioned them in my head, but I really like them, and I hope the cute little girl who ends up with them enjoys them too!
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