“Wobbly neck for mini bears"

1. To make a wobbly neck with fibreboard discs, you'll need a pair of cotter pins, 2 discs and a pair of long nose pliers (or cotter pin turner tool).

2. Start by inserting one of the legs of one the cotter pins through the eye of the other cotter pin

3. Place a disc on one of the cotter pins.

4. With the help of the long nose pliers, grab one of the cotter pin's leg and turn it tight over the disc

5. Repeat for the other leg of the same cotter pin.

6. Run a gathering stitch around the bear's head neck

7. Place the set of cotter pins and disc inside the neck, making sure the straight pin is protruding out of the neck.

8. Pull thread and close neck opening securely with a couple of knots.

9. Insert straight cotter pin through the opening at the top of the body

10. Place disc on the pin through the back opening of the body.

11. Turn pins legs in the same manner as before

12. Make sure the neck is not too tight, if it is, then pull head apart from the body slightly and this will loosen the pins a little making the head a little wobblier.

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