Back To Making Popcorn For A While

The felt popcorn idea really seems to stick. I do them up as cat toys, a bit of stuffing and catnip in each.  Of course at that size they ALL probably end up under the furniture, but that's not my fault.  I basically do 6 per baggie as a set. Doesn't seem like a lot but if you're doing 10 bags then that's 60 pieces and that does take a bit of time.

 

I use white felt, and a small piece of yellow or orange felt as the 'kernel' down at the bottom Each bag also gets one with a black kernel, since everyone knows that there's ALWAYS at least one unpopped one in the bottom of any bag of popcorn.

 

The pattern I use is similar to the one on this url link (and the image is from there too), but I make the waves around the edges 'deeper'.  The flattened piece I start with usually is 4" across or just under. This gives me enough of a roundness to get the catnip in.

http://playingfood.blogspot.com/2009/11/popcorn.html