Celebrate Three Kings Day , also known as Epiphany, with these easy-to-make beanbag monarchs.
| Prep Time: About 1 to 2 hours | |
| What you need: | |
| Needle and heavy thread
Three 10-inch circles of velvet, velveteen, or other soft, plush fabric 1 1/2 cups of dried peas or beans Three 4 1/2- to 5 1/2-inch dowels with 1-inch diameters Hot-glue gun Three 4-inch pieces of decorative braided trim (for collars) Three 2 1/2-inch circles of felt (for hair) Three 4-inch pieces of lacy gold trim (for crowns) Small plastic jewels Three 12-inch pieces of 1-inch-wide decorative fabric trim or ribbon (for sashes) Fine-point permanent black marker | |
| Seasons: Christmas, Winter | |
| Materials: felt, needle | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. |  For each royal, first thread a needle with a 3-foot length
of heavy thread and tie a large knot at the end. Sew a simple
running stitch around the edge of one of the 10-inch fabric
circles, about 1/4 inch in from the edge. |
| 2. |  Remove the needle from the thread and, with the fabric
facedown, pull the thread to gather the material into a pouch, as
shown below. Pour 1/2 cup of dried peas or beans into the pouch,
then set a dowel in the center and hot-glue the gathered edge of
the fabric to it. Trim away the excess thread and glue on a piece
of braided trim for a collar, covering the rough edge of the
material. |
| 3. | For hair, glue a felt circle atop the dowel, slightly off-center, then glue the edges down around the dowel. Glue a 4-inch piece of lacy gold trim in a ring around the felt for a crown. Glue on more trim, plastic jewels, and ribbon as you like, including a 12-inch piece of decorative trim or ribbon for a sash, then use the marker to draw a simple face on the dowel. |
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