Chago has been so interested in cars lately, going vrrroooom vroooom VROOOOm whenever he sees a car, or anything with wheels! We have also given him our old school toy cars from the 80's to play with. And he just loves them, he also knows how to pull the toy car back and let it go for it to move forward... well, okay, it may actually be a fluke. But he seems to be doing without knowing it.
Anyways, I decided to make him a wheel so he can go vrrooom vrooom vrooom in the car or in the living room or in my sewing room with a steering wheel in his hands.
Here's a pictorial tutorial IF you'd like to make one for your little ones too.
I found some good cardboard boxes at home.
Using something round around the house, trace it to the cardboard and draw the Y in the middle like how a real steering wheel would look like
Oh, and if your little one is with you, keep him busy.
Cut it out
Here, I have Felt in brown and red, some polyester filling sheet like you would use in a comforter and a very thin fabric about 10" x 10" (depending on the size of your steering wheel)
1st: I lined the brown felt under, and then the filling, the mold...
And then the thin Fabric
Pin them in place so they won't move about when sewing
Starting on the outer part of the wheel, use a straight stitch to sew around.
Then on the inside, go slow on this... you don't want your needle to get caught in the cardboard. You should be able to see through the fabric.
This is how it looked like all sewed down.
This is how it looked like on the brown felt side
Cut the extra unwanted pieces out
Now place it on top of the red felt. You can actually use another sheet of polyester filling, I wanted to do that but I forgot all about the other piece.
Use a tight zig zag stitch around it, and on the insides too
And you'll have this
Again, Cut out the unwanted parts
And Tada!!! A... very unrealistic steering wheel but...
I found this... Which belonged to one of my youngest sister's Interactive Disney game books..
Apply hot glue on the back
And stick it on. Hey it even works, a little weak on the battery though...
Now, let's see what he thinks about it...
Still Checking it out...
Getting in the "car"
And off he goes!
Vroooom Vroooom VROOOOM
:)
Till I sew next :)
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