Skill Check! -d20 Plush-

A couple of weeks ago, I was playing Dungeons and Dragons with some friends of mine. For our first encounter- I was up first, playing a wizard. And being a wizard, I pull out my crossbow, of course, to shoot at the creature before us. XD Preform a skill check- rolled a natural twenty. XD

I rolled THREE other natural twenties that evening. Another guy rolled two. It was just a good night for all of us.

I thought it’d be fun make a plush D20. Plus, if you throw this D20 when a skill check doesn’t go the way you want it to, it won’t hurt anything... or anyone. XD

I based the plush off Evil Mad Scientist's "d20 Handbag of Holding". Link
I used their "large pattern". If you are looking at the pattern, you'll notice there are two different sized triangles for the stiffener pads. I only made one size of triangle.

I made my own stiffener pads by attaching interfacing and heavy weight quilt batting with Loctite general performance spray adhesive.

I used very thin beads of hot glue around the corner of the stiffener pads to attach them to the felt pieces.

I found an old stencil in my main floor craft shelf. It worked pretty well for painting on numbers! I had to wash the stencil in between each number though, otherwise the paint would make too much of a mess.

I'm sorry to say- I lost the pictures I took while sewing the pieces together. I'm very sorry. But how I sewed it together was simple. I used a print-and-fold dice as a guide. Link It took focus, but it really was not hard. Then, I simply stuffed it like you'd stuff any other plushie. XD

The crazy thing- my DM was over to hang out yesterday after I finished this.

He picked it up, rolled, and got a thirteen.

I picked it up, rolled, and got a twenty.

XD

Ollie the Ugly Octopus

I made this super ugly-cute octopus (pentapus?... Oh, that doesn't sound right.) today. It took less than an hour and it was really easy! XD

What you need:
1 Glove (I suggest using an adult size glove.)
15-20 Random Buttons, 2 Matching Buttons
A Scrap of Felt
6-8 Plastic Grocery Bags
1 Rubber Band
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun

Pick out some buttons and glue them to the fingers of the glove

Fold a plastic bag in half four times.

Twist the bag.

Stuff the glove with the bags. I used one bag per finger, then a bag in the palm. It should look like a lumpy hand when you're done. XD

Glue the base of the pinky and the thumb together. You may want to use a rubber band to hold this is place while the hot glue dries.

Fold the cuff of the glove down, inside the creature.

Glue the cuff down, using a rubber band to hold it in place.

Cut a mouth out of the felt scrap. Then glue the mouth and the matching buttons to the body. And you're done!

This is based off an idea out of FamilyFun magazine: [link]

Dice Pouch Tutorial

This is my first tutorial, so please bear with me! I decided to do something simple to start- dice pouches! The necessity (and accessory) for every role-playing gamer!

The more I look at this, the more it looks like a bad 70s how-to book. I’m always open to criticism and ideas for improvement! Also, if you have any suggests for tutorials, I’d love to hear them!

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