I gave them wings

On By CarynIn Craft

When we hide rocks for the Kindness Rocks project, we put some simple instructions on the back. I wanted to put something similar on my worry worms. I started with a scarf idea, with a simple slit for the attachment and words burned into man-made felt. After a couple tests, I thought the scarf looked more like wings, so changed my design in Adobe Illustrator, saved it as an SVG, and imported it in my laser cutter’s program.

Photo description: three worry worms with a scarf (left), wings with a bold font (middle), and wings with a thin stencil font (right)
Photo description: yellow and orange felt in the laser cutter, there were definite cutting differences between colors, in this photo the orange cut much cleaner than the yellow with the same settings
Photo description: purple glow worry worms with a with purple wings that say “Hi! You found me! Keep me or pass me on” with more worms and wings in the background

I just love their little wings! I did find it interesting that the thin stencil font was easier to read than a bold stencil.

I took these to my regional chorus competition and my chorus had a great time “hiding” them for other competitors to find.