![Rufus from Kim Possible: A baby in a pink outfit and beanie, with a pink tail attached to the pants](http://www.primary.com/cdn/shop/articles/rufus-kim-possible.png?v=1698318914&width=2400)
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Products you’ll need (3)
Rufus (Naked Mole Rat from Kim Possible)
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Has instructions
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No-sew
Products you’ll need (3)
Materials
- One pink baby outfit
- Baby/child pink beanie
- White cardstock
- Doll/animal shank back black eyes 20mm OR black paint
- Pink fabric (to match outfit)
- 9x12 thick grey felt sheet
- Stuffing
Tools
- Grey marker
- Safety pins
- Scissors
- Embroidery floss-dark pink & black OR paint
- Sewing needle
Instructions
For the cap:
- Cut out teeth from cardstock, fold top over, and use grey marker to outline the outer edge of teeth and draw a line down the center
- Fold bottom of beanie up at least 2 inches (this is where you will insert the teeth)
- Place beanie on child and mark where eyes should be placed. Because of the nature of the buttons, a little higher is better.
- NON-SEWING OPTION: For Steps 4-6, instead, paint the eyes, whiskers, nose, and eyebrows.
- Follow button instructions. Poke black portion through the hat, where you marked, and then put the rubber stopper on the other side to keep them from falling out.
- Take black embroidery floss and sew eyebrows over the eyes and whiskers.
- Use dark pink embroidery floss to sew a nose.
- Once the eyes, nose, eyebrows, and whiskers are sewn or paint has dried, insert teeth into the fold (Step 2).
For the bodysuit:
- Cut out claws and tail using template (2 tail pieces and 4 claws out of felt).
- Sew tail together on all sides leaving 2-3 inches open at base.
- Turn tail right side out, add stuffing, shape, and sew opening closed.
- Paint details onto claws.
- Attach claws with small safety pins to hands and feet of footie.
- Attach tail with large safety pins to back of onesie.