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With a mix of traditional and modern nursery rhyme characters and based on the popular stop motion video from Little Wooly Vision, you can make your own sweet farm, animals and play mat!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpen up a world of playful creativity with this new series of \u003ci\u003eSew Your Own Nursery Rhyme\u003c\/i\u003e books, perfect for felt crafters and sewing enthusiasts with a passion for crafting and a love for sharing cherished nursery rhymes with children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book features\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeasy-to-follow patterns for Old MacDonald herself, and her charming menagerie, including a cow, pig, horse, sheep, cat, dog, chicken, duck, mouse and rabbit. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etake your skills further and create a fold-up farmyard playmat modeled on a variety of farm buildings – all crafted from colorful felt and easy for adults with even basic hand-sewing skills to try.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the perfect way to make a playset gift for the little ones in your life – even the youngest tot will enjoy re-enacting the famous nursery rhyme with handmade characters that spring to life from the page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an exciting bonus, \u003cb\u003eeach book ties into the popular YouTube videos produced by Little Woolly Vision\u003c\/b\u003e, creating a seamless connection between the crafting world and the digital realm, appealing to today's children with traditional storytelling charm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo, why wait? Grab your needles, gather your felt and let the nostalgia and enchantment of Old MacDonald's farm come alive in your hands!","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306662932853,"sku":"9781800922907","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800922907_8cd0566b-099d-4f35-aa1d-fbd55837a299.jpg?v=1786026737"},{"product_id":"9781800922914","title":"Sew Your Own Nursery Rhyme: Wheels on the Bus","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe wheels on the bus go round and round – all day long!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBring this beloved nursery rhyme to life in tactile, easy-to-sew felt: perfect for play time and story time!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJump aboard this fabulous playtime bus, and join a collection of busy little bears on an exciting day out around town. Discover how to make the bus (complete with windscreen wipers to swish and a horn to beep, not to mention wheels that really do go round and round), the bears, a stretch of road to make as long or short as you like, and even a bus stop for picking up and dropping off passengers – all from gorgeously tactile felt. \u003cb\u003eThe bus is perfect for playing with and storing the characters and makes the ideal accompaniment to rhyme time and story time!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the popular stop-motion animation by Little Woolly Vision, the bus and its host of happy passengers will provide hours of interactive, hands-on play. Simply follow the step-by-step instructions and use the templates to create your own irresistible collection of bears, all ready to ride the moving bus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book features:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeasy-to-follow patterns for the bus, the driver and all the passengers and accessories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebasic stitches, simple sewing techniques and very few materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efull-size or easily scalable templates for all the makes including the moving bus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the second book in the \u003ci\u003eSew Your Own Nursery Rhyme\u003c\/i\u003e series; for more rhyme time fun down on the farm discover \u003ci\u003eSew Your Own Nursery Rhyme\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eOld MacDonald\u003c\/i\u003e (9781800922907).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisit www.littlewoollyvision.com or @LittleWoollyVision on YouTube to watch (and sing along with!) the original animation. 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Bernard and Barbara, from the eccentric village of Woolly Bush, deep in the English countryside, are here to give you some helpful reflections on outdoor life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoolly Bush has all the standard features of a typical village – the cake shop, the vegetable show, the vicar – apart from two big differences: it’s all made of wool, and none of the characters have clothes on! With all the usual bare-bottomed fun from nudinits, brimming with double entendres and jollity, this outdoorsy set of pictures and comments will have you laughing out loud. Bursting with British eccentricity and the odd bare bottom, this enchanting book will appeal to humour-lovers and knitting fans alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. B. 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Packed with the double entendres we know and love…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcellent stocking filler’ – Simply KnittingHave yourself a very merry Christmas with the bare-bottomed inhabitants of Woolly Bush! It’s festive time in this fairytale village: the twinkling Christmas lights are on, the bird is in the oven, the figgy puddings are steaming away – time to sit down and have a quick stiff one with a copy of the Radio Twines – only with no clothes on! Included are over 25 exclusive knitting patterns from the world of Nudinits, so you can recreate your own Woolly Bush at home. 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