How to Make a Shark Pencil Holder Pouch

I think you’ll love this pencil pouch … He is so fierce! And when I say ‘He’, I mean Sharky…Sharky the Pencil Pouch. And he will keep your pencils safe as nobody messes with sharks! 😉  Laura from  Dacian Moon Handmade will show you, step by step, how to make it this awesome (yet adorable) shark pencil holder pouch.

How to Make a Shark Pencil Holder Pouch

How to Make a Shark Pencil Holder Pouch

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– a piece of denim (or other fabric if you don’t have it)
– a piece of black leather or vinyl or different colored fabric
– paints: white and black
– needle and thread
– scissors
– zipper

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Step 1.

You need a rectangle piece of denim to make the shark body.  To start, cut two of the corners off. Like this.

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Bring the long edges toward the center line…

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… and draw a curve, like this. This will be the mouth.

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Cut it out and unfold.

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Sew the two edges together…

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… like this, until you almost reach the end. The shark will have the stitch on his belly.

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Step 2.

Take the piece of leather…

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… and draw on it a tail, two lateral fins and the central fin.

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Cut them out.

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Step 3.

It is time to add some teeth to our shark. Flatten the body with the stitch on the middle, like this.

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Place the zipper over the mouth…

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… and start sewing each part on a side.

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Like this.

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Cut the extra zipper.

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Step 4.

Now is time to assemble all the pieces. Turn it inside out.

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This is the other end, where we will attach the tail.

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Apply a layer of glue on the start of the tail…

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and put it in place. Keep it there a bit until it is glued (take care not to glue your fingers).

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Then take a lateral fin…

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… put some glue on the starting edge…

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… and fix it on the shark body.

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Do the same with the other one…

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… and with the central fin.

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Like this. Our shark looks good but… it is blind!!!

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Step 5.

Let’s make the eyes!  Use some white paint to make two white circles.

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Like this.

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Then some black to complete the eyes.

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Let it dry well…

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… then you can put some pencils in it 😉

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