Super-easy blueberries for a play kitchen: seriously, it doesn’t get easier than this!
Supplies:
- blue felt (a heathered indigo felt– if you can find such a thing– would be ideal)
- blue thread (it doesn’t have to be a good match as it shouldn’t show much in the end)
- hand-sewing needle(s)
- scissors
- stuffing (optional)
- Cut a small circle (1″ to about 3″ in diameter) from the blue felt. It’s better if it’s slightly irregular.
- Sew a small running stitch around the edge of the circle, leaving both ends unfastened.
- .Place the trimmed scraps from cutting your circle into the center. On larger berries, you may want to put a little pinch of stuffing behind the scraps for more plumpness, but for small berries, the scraps are likely all you’ll need.
- Pull on both ends of your thread to gather as tightly as you can around the stuffing. Fasten off.
- Bury your thread ends and use a finger or a small tool to neaten the appearance of the blossom end, if necessary.
I made 35 berries in two colors– a navy blue 100% wool felt sheet, shown here, and a smoky royal blue felted wool sweater– to fill my mini-punnet. I found that the wool felt sheet was much easier to cut and gather, but the thicker felted sweater makes a more convincing blossom end.