Felt Pokemon Meowth Plushie

     Meowth has long been my favorite Pokemon because it's catlike.  When I started making these plushies, I thought Meowth would be too complicated to make, but after making two other plushies that turned out all right, I decided to give Meowth a try.  This one took a lot more time and effort than the earlier two, but on the whole I'm pleased with my Meowth.

Materials:
*2 sheets cream colored felt
*1 sheet light brown felt
*Pink felt
*Maroon felt
*White felt
*Black felt
*Needle and thread
*Scissors
*All purpose adhesive
*Stuffing
*Gold fabric
*A metallic marker or chalk

Directions:
*Print out a copy or three (three needed if you want to reuse the template) of the below template, sized to your desired size:

*Cut out the template pieces and trace onto the sheets of felt using a metallic marker or chalk.  From the cream colored felt, you'll want two copies of the body template, four copies of the arms, four copies of the legs, two of the tail, and also one of the coin shape.  From the light brown you'll need two copies of the feet, one of the upper tail part, and two copies of the inner ears.  From the white you'll want two eyes and two teeth.  I waited to cut out the teeth until I was assembling the mouth because they're small and easy to lose, so that's why they're not pictured below,  From black you'll want two copies of the outer ears and two pupils.  Trace the mouth on the maroon felt and the tongue on the pink felt.
*Cut out the various pieces, as shown below:

*Glue the inner ears to the outer ears, the light brown foot part to the feet/legs, the light brown tail part to one of the cream colored tail parts, the pupils to the eyes, and the tongue and teeth to the mouth, as shown below:

*Place the remaining cream colored tail piece against the back of the tail piece you just glued together and stitch together.

*Place one of the remaining cream colored foot/leg pieces against the back of the one of the foot/leg pieces you just glued together and stitch together, leaving an opening for stuffing.

*Stuff and sew closed.  Repeat the process with the other foot/leg pieces.

*Place two of the arm pieces together and stitch together, leaving an opening for stuffing,

*Stuff and sew closed.  Repeat the process with the other arm pieces.

*Place together the body pieces and start sewing together, sandwiching in the ears, tail, arms, and legs when appropriate.  Note that I did not sew together Meowth's antennae/whiskers, although you could if you prefer the stitched aesthetic to glue.  Leave an opening for stuffing.

*Stuff and sew closed.

*Glue together the corresponding whiskers/antennae and then glue on Meowth's face, making sure to set the eyes far enough apart that the coin will fit.

*Glue some gold fabric to the oviod "coin" shape.

*Cut out some strips of black felt and glue to the coin.

*Glue the coin to Meowth and now you're done!