Easy Furry Animal Tails

I got a text from my son last week that said, “Are you able and willing to make Callie another white tail with Velcro for her pj’s?  It broke about an inch below the Velcro and she is very sad. 🙂  ”   Callie is my 3.5 year old granddaughter.

What is he talking about?  OK, so I made something and it broke.  I asked him to send a photo and when I got it I laughed.

I had totally forgotten about this.  I literally cut a piece of furry yarn I picked up at Wal-Mart and stitched it to Velcro.  Apparently she’s been wearing it to death and was sad when it broke.  Well!  We can’t have that can we?  Isn’t it amazing what kids love?  It’s like watching a child play with the wrapping paper vs. the gift.

I went digging around in my sweat shop and located the furry yarn.  Apparently I’d bought some brown too.

This time instead of just cutting a piece of it, I actually did a crochet loop to create a tail that’s a bit fluffier.  And in the spirit of loving my son and DIL that much, I made two more for the boys to prevent a screaming match.  Aiden isn’t quite two, but he would realize that the other two have something he doesn’t so Grammy to the rescue.

This time instead of Velcro, I doubled up the end to create a solid piece to stitch on and zigzagged it to a scrap of 80/20 Warm and Natural.  I sacrificed three of my quilting safety pins so they can attach the tails to garments.

Now I just need to get these into the mail.  No, I’m not modeling them.  I’ll post an update when I get a photo back.  🙂   This is a perfect thing to put in a goody bag for a young one’s birthday party.  This fur comes in all kinds of colors and is really inexpensive.  You’d have a house full of long-tailed critters who can make great fun of it!