Mom's January Yo-Yo Card

Mom's January YoYo Penguin Card

This little penguin reminds me of the penguin in the movie "Happy Feet", just full of character. As often happens with me I was looking at the oval shaped yo-yo laying on my table and I saw a penguin form. My next step was to figure out how I was going to make everyone else see the penguin too. For the body I used my Clover Large Oval Quick Yo-Yo Maker and then I made two small white yo-yo's for his bib, and two extra small gold yo-yo's for his feet. His wings are cut from black felt and his nose from gold felt. He needed a little red bow to dress him up and two black eyes to bring him to life.  I think when I make my next yo-yo penguin I will again use the Clover Large Oval Quick Yo-Yo Maker for the body and then I want to try using the Clover Small Oval Yo-Yo Maker for his bib.  As I don't own the small oval yo-yo maker I'm going to need to go shopping! I can also just cut my fabric in an oval shape and sew around it to make the shape and I thought about it but I really like the consistency I get using Clover's Quick Yo-Yo Makers, it takes the guesswork out of if I am making too small or two large a stitch. But no matter which way you sew a yo-yo they are always fun to make and the creative possibilities are endless.