{"id":14951,"date":"2011-06-07T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ami.blogwrangler.net\/graduationteddy\/"},"modified":"2018-07-10T08:20:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:20:50","slug":"graduationteddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutami.com\/graduationteddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Teddy"},"content":{"rendered":"

***This is the step-by-step blog post for our Graduation Teddy!\u00a0\u00a0The free pattern for this teddy can be found\u00a0HERE<\/a>!\u00a0 You can also purchase an\u00a0INEXPENSIVE AD-FREE PDF<\/b>\u00a0of this pattern on Etsy\u00a0HERE<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0 The printable PDF with step-by-step pictures has been condensed into a total of 4 pages including the cover page!<\/em><\/p>\n

My younger brother is finishing up his last year of high school, and our whole family attended his commencement and graduation banquet at the end of May.\u00a0 Going to these events definitely made me feel\u00a0nostalgic as I reflected back upon\u00a0my years in\u00a0high school.\u00a0 I remember feeling both excited and scared\u00a0leaving the comforts of a small,\u00a0familiar school and going\u00a0to\u00a0university where thousands upon thousands of students explored their interests, met new people and joined clubs, and pursued studies that would lead to their future occupations.\u00a0 Back then there was so much uncertainty as I did not know what I wanted to study and I had no idea where life would take me.\u00a0 It amazes me that time passes by so quickly\u2026.I\u2019ve now gone through two university convocations, got an awesome job, gotten married, moved into a new house and started my very own blog!!!<\/p>\n

As my mom and I were shopping for my brother\u2019s graduation presents at the mall, we stopped into Hallmark to see what graduation items they had.\u00a0 Among the photo frames, cards, and mugs, I saw a teddy bear wearing a mortarboard.\u00a0 That\u2019s when I realized that I could try and make my brother his very own personalized graduation teddy since I was, after all, in the habit of crocheting stuffed animals!\u00a0 I thought it would be so cute if this bear could hold a little diploma.\u00a0 My brother\u2019s favourite colour is blue, so I immediately began crocheting away to try and give it to him in time!<\/p>\n

I first crocheted his round, wide head\u2026<\/p>\n

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Then I crocheted his other body parts.\u00a0 I love laying them all out as I get ready for assembly!<\/p>\n

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Ryan made a smiley nose for him and we glue gunned it it to his face.\u00a0 The noses on amigurumi are so important- stay tuned for a nose tutorial that I\u2019m currently working on!\u00a0 I then attached his ears, body and legs.<\/p>\n

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I added a slight extra detail on the feet by crocheting in the back loops only for a certain row, thereby leaving the front loops out to give an edge, helping to define the feet more.<\/p>\n

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Once I added his arms, the teddy himself was complete!<\/p>\n

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Then I crocheted the pieces to make his mortarboard: the skull cap, the square piece, the centre circle, and a tassel.\u00a0 My tutorial on how to make a tassel can be found here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 My brother\u2019s school colours are purple and yellow, and the tassel on his own <\/em>mortarboard consisted of these colours!\u00a0 And so, you can personalize the tassel on this teddy by using the school colours of your graduate!<\/p>\n

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I attached the centre circle onto the square piece and then wrapped the tassel around the centre circle.<\/p>\n

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We\u00a0then used some black cardboard or hard paper (the only thing I had lying around was a black duotang!) to cut a square.\u00a0 We then glue gunned this paper piece to the crocheted square to prevent the edges from lifting up or waving.<\/p>\n

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Next, Ryan did a fabulous job embroidering \u201c2011″\u00a0onto the skull cap.\u00a0 Ryan is so good at doing fine detailed work!<\/p>\n

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I sewed the skull cap onto teddy\u2019s head, ensuring that the year of graduation was centered\u2026<\/p>\n

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Then\u00a0we used a glue gun to attach the square piece to the skull cap.<\/p>\n

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We rolled up a small piece of felt and used a glue gun to secure its shape.\u00a0 Then we tied a ribbon around the scroll using red embroidery floss.<\/p>\n

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We then used a glue gun to attach the diploma scroll to his hand!\u00a0 Here he is, all complete \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Look at him proudly holding his diploma high!<\/p>\n

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Graduation Teddy from various angles:<\/p>\n

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A pic of me holding him to show relative size \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Graduation Teddy surrounded by school supplies!\u00a0 I \u2665 my giant calculator \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a close-up of the diploma scroll:<\/p>\n

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And a close-up of his mortarboard with tassel:<\/p>\n

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I couldn\u2019t resist having Graduation Teddy take a picture with my brother\u2019s *actual* mortarboard so you can see how they match!\u00a0 My own\u00a0tassels were always black, so I thought this one with its bright colours and “2011\u201d was extra special!<\/p>\n

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The pattern for this Graduation Teddy can be found\u00a0<\/strong>HERE<\/strong><\/em><\/a> so you can all make your own personalized teddies for those special graduates in your life!\u00a0 T’is graduation season after all \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I\u2019m sure many people out there would be thrilled to receive a special teddy to commemorate this exciting time in their life, whether it be high school or university graduation, knowing a loved one made it just for them!\u00a0 My brother loved his grad teddy, particularly since they had matching tassels.\u00a0 I want to wish him a Happy Graduation<\/strong>– we\u2019re all so proud of you and we\u2019ll always support you 100%!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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