Peek-a-boo Mat: Materials

Video Transcript

"These are the materials we'll be using to make our peek-a-boo play mat out of recycled jeans. You'll need plenty of recycled jeans. Look for jeans that have you know, interesting pockets, maybe some button flies, some nice zippers that are easy to move. We'll also be using a little bit of scraps of, I'm using a fleecy fabric, to make some little peek a boo critters to put inside. A nice big fat button would be nice to have so we can make a practicing button tag and you'll need some good, sharp scissors for cutting the denim and you'll want to use, we're going to be sewing with a sewing machine so you'll want to fit your sewing machine with some heavy needles. I bought a jeans denim needle and you can check the instructions on your machine to see what's best for sewing heavy fabrics. We'll start our peek-a- boo play mat by making the front and back sections. You'll need two flat panels that are the same size and the best way to make those is to sew them up from legs. So if you take the legs and just cut off the bottoms, anything that's messy there, and then cut the legs the right length and then cut them open, you can even just tear them open and then sew together as many legs as you need to for the size that you want. Now mine is twenty-two inches by twenty-six but you can really make your peek-a-boo play mat as large or as small as you want depending upon what kind of pockets and things you want to put on it."