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Fluffy (pompom) Burger This is one of the easiest and quickest models to make. It is based on a pompom, which needs wool, but once you and your kids get into pompom making you ll wonder what you did before. Using the templates you can make a really funky burger that you can hang from anywhere. You should cut out the card
SKILL LEVEL
6yrs + (quite easy)
EQUIPMENT
GLUE GUN, MARKER, CRAFT KNIFE, KITCHEN SCISSORS, INKJET PRINTER (templates)
TIME
1 hour
INSTRUCTIONS
A REAL HAIR BALL OF FUN
and prepare the wool in to lengths for younger children, but your kids will love making this and playing with it, because you made it together. Remember a glue gun is very hot and children should not use it unsupervised as the hot melted glue can cause nasty burns.
Junk used to make this model: leftover wool, small piece of waste cardboard, some different coloured felt. 1. PRINT OUT PAGE 2, THE TEMPLATE SHEET 2. GLUE THE DISC GUIDE TO A THIN PIECE OF CARD AND CUT OUT
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3 USING THE TEMPLATES AND FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE TEMPLATE SHEET, CUT OUT THE BURGER, LETTUCE, CHEESE AND TOMATO SAUCE 4 STACK THE POMPOM DISC, BURGER DISC, LETTUCE, CHEESE AND TOMATO SAUCE 5. DOUBLE UP THE WOOL SO THAT YOU HAVE BUNDLES OF ABOUT 10 STRANDS ABOUT 2m IN LENGTH 6. PASS THE WOOL THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISC OVER & OVER SO THAT YOU WIND IT TIGHTLY ROUND THE DISC. MAKING SURE THAT THE FELT LETTUCE AND CHEESE ARE TUCKED BACK ON THEMSELVES. WHEN YOU FINISH A BUNDLE, JUST START ANOTHER UNTIL YOU CAN T PASS ANY MORE WOOL THROUGH THE HOLE 5. USING STRONG SCISSORS, PUSH ONE BLADE
OF THE SCISSORS INTO THE WOOL AND BETWEEN THE POMPOM DISCS AND THE BURGER DISC AND CUT THE WOOL ROUND THE RIM, MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON T CUT THE LETTUCE OR CHEESE FELT PARTS 6. PASS SEVERAL SHORT STRANDS OF THE WOOL BETWEEN THE POMPOM DISC AND THE BURGER DISC AND TIE TIGHTLY ROUND THE BUNDLE, CUTTING THEM OFF BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE POMPOM 7. GRIPPING THE MIDDLE OF THE BUNDLE, SLIP OR CUT THE POMPOM DISC OFF THE BUNDLE AND FOLD OUT THE LETTUCE AND CHEESE 8. FLUFF UP THE POMPOM, TRIM THE BASE AND TOP IF NECESSARY, BUT DON T EAT...!
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DADCANDO.com FLUFFY (POMPOM) BURGER TEMPLATE SHEET BURGER TEMPLATES
1.
PRINT OUT THIS SHEET
2.
ROUGHLY CUT OUT THE FIVE TEMPLATES
3.
GLUE THE BURGER TEMPLATES TO A PIECE OF CORRUGATED CARDBOARD AND CUT OUT
4.
GLUE THE TWO CARDBOARD BURGER DISCS TOGETHER AND PAINT BROWN OR COLOUR WITH A FELT TIP MARKER, MAKING SURE THAT YOU COLOUR THE EDGE OF THE BOARD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
5.
USING THE CHEESE AND LETTUCE TEMPLATES, MARK ANY SUITABLE PIECE OF COLOURED FABRIC (I USED FELT), WITH A PENCIL, THEN CUT OUT CAREFULLY
6.
IF YOU WANT TOMATO SAUCE, CUT A 5mm STRIP OF RED FABRIC ABOUT 15cm LONG
7.
GLUE THE BURGER, CHEESE & LETTUCE TOGETHER SO THE HOLES LINE UP, GLUE THE TOMATO SAUCE STRIP TO THE LETTUCE
8.
GLUE THE DISC TEMPLATE TO A PIECE OF CARD AND CUT IT OUT
DISC TEMPLATE
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CHEESE TEMPLATE
LETTUCE TEMPLATE
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