My two year old grandson is a big fan of Richard Scarry’s Lowly Worm. He’s started saying: “Lowly, Lowly, Lowly!” It’s too cute, so I searched the web and found this blog post. It includes scans of a pattern from a vintage Richard Scarry activity book, for making Lowly Worm out of felt.
I purchased these tiny buttons more than 25 years ago. I must have known that one day I would need them for something tiny and cute! I’m glad I finally got to use them, and I’m equally glad I was able to find them in my sewing room.
This lonely little shoe slays me.
He’s also poseable, because I omitted stuffing him, and braided some pipe-cleaners to slip in instead.
After I gave it to him my daughter-in-law showed me that she had found and purchased the same activity book. The pattern in the book as drawn will make lowly a bit larger. The scan that I printed was smaller than the page in her book. I like the smaller size though. His body is just the right size to fit in a small fist. He is also the perfect size for driving my grandson’s toy tractors.
