Zombie Felt Chocolates

     Why stop at a zombie candy box?  Give your loved ones a gift with a little bite.

Materials:

*Dark brown felt
*Light brown felt
*Brown thread or embroidery floss
*White thread or embroidery floss
*Red thread or embroidery floss
*Black thread or embroidery floss
*Stuffing
*Ruler
*Metallic marker
*Pencil
*Printer paper

Directions:

*Measure the dimensions of the chocolate cups in your candy box to determine the ideal dimensions for your chocolates.

*Either by hand or using digital software, draw out two dimensional chocolate shapes matching the shape and dimensions of each chocolate compartment.

*Trace and cut out two copies of each shape onto either dark or light brown felt.  If you have multiple candy cups of the same shape, you will want to trace twice the number of shapes as there are compartments with that shape.  For example, my candy box had two identical spots for rectangular candies, so I cut out four rectangular shapes.

*Using your thread or embroidery floss, embroider faces and designs on half of the chocolate shapes.  For some of the chocolates, I wanted to apply a chocolate or white chocolate drizzle effect, so I used a backstitch to sew on diagonal lines first.  Then I created the faces using black thread, which didn't work out super well for the darker chocolates.  After I finished the mouth and eyes, I added some red thread at the corners of the mouths to look like dripping blood.

*Once the faces are done, cut off a strip of felt 1/2" thick and a little longer than the perimeter of one of your chocolates.

*Wrap the felt around the perimeter of the chocolate, overlapping the ends until the felt runs along the edge of your chocolate.  Sew ends together.

*Next you're going to want to sew the chocolate to the felt ring.  If I could do this project over again, I would use blanket stitch, as I think that would have given the chocolates a nicer shape.  So, you can either place the chocolate right side up and place the ring beneath it and use blanket stitch, or you could place the chocolate right side down and place the ring beneath it, and then use backstitch or another stitch of your choice.

*Next you'll want to take one of the blank chocolate shapes and start sewing that to the other side of the ring.  If you're using a blanket stitch, you'll need to leave an opening large enough to add stuffing.  If you're using another stitch, you'll need to leave enough space to turn right side in and then stuff.  Sew closed.