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April 19, 2013 By Brandy 14 Comments

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Homemade Bean Bag Chair

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I’ve been wanting to make the kids a bean bag chair for quite some time…and I finally did it! It was much easier than I thought it would be and they love it. Especially Ruby.
It’s the perfect place for her to plop down and snuggle in.  The other kids love it too and it caused a couple of tantrums the first week we had it.
I decided not to reinvent the wheel on this one. There are many bean bag chair tutorials out there and I went with this one from Stardust shoes.You will need 3 yards of fabric for the lining (I used a plain broadcloth, but a drop cloth or old sheet would work too) and 3 yards for the outer shell. I found this fun Mickey print here. It is a nice sturdy canvas. The shell has a velcro closure to make it easy to take off and wash.
You can use batting or styrofoam pellets. I chose to go that route. I found a big bag for about $12 at Walmart.
It took me about 2 hours to make this fun chair and I foresee more in the future.
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Karen says

    April 19, 2013 at 5:33 am

    So cute!!! The Walmart you got the pellets at ~ is this a regular store or one with a fabric section? Just curious what section of the store you found these. Thanks!

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    • Brandy says

      April 19, 2013 at 6:17 am

      Thank you Karen!

      This Walmart had a fabric section, but I actually found the bags of pellets in the furniture section! They sell bean bags chairs and the bags of pellets are right next to them and the slipcovers to go over them. At the one I went to, it was by all of the college/dorm type furniture/lamps and alarm clocks. So even if yours doesn’t have a fabric section, you would probably still be able to find the pellets!

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    • Brandy says

      April 22, 2013 at 3:53 pm

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  2. Megan Barnes says

    April 19, 2013 at 9:57 pm

    I cant find the tutorial. can you post it or a new link for it?

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  3. Megan Barnes says

    April 19, 2013 at 9:59 pm

    I cant find the tutorial. can you post it or a new link for it?

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    • Brandy says

      April 19, 2013 at 10:34 pm

      I just checked into it. It looks like none of the Michael Miller tutorials are coming up right now. Hopefully it is a glitch that they can fix quickly. I will have to see if I can find it another way. Thank you for letting me know!

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    • Brandy says

      April 22, 2013 at 3:54 pm

      I received an email that all of the links have been restored on the Michael Miller site! Yay! You should have no issues clicking through to the pdf tutorial.

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      • Jessica says

        December 21, 2013 at 9:05 am

        It’s not allowing me to get the tutorial either

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        • Brandy says

          December 21, 2013 at 10:38 am

          The Michael Miller site is down right now for the tutorials. It did that a few months ago, but then fixed itself and is now down again. I have no idea what is going on, but it is frustrating because they have some awesome tutorials! I will let you know if I see that they are working again!

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          • Jessica says

            December 21, 2013 at 10:53 am

            Thanks

  4. [email protected] says

    April 20, 2013 at 12:54 am

    I will need to check out Walmart – whenever I looked at the beans they were more expensive than that so I passed on this project. Thank you for the heads up! It turned out great! Saw you on TT&J

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  5. Laura says

    April 20, 2013 at 1:35 am

    I would have thought syrofoam beads were more expensive than that… For $12, I will seriously think about making one… but I will probably try to reinvent the wheel, cuz thats just what I do. Found you on Tatertots and Jello.

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  6. Maureen says

    April 21, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    Brandy,

    I have seen these pellets at K-Mart also. Just FYI. Love the blog!

    Maureen

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    • Brandy says

      April 22, 2013 at 3:55 pm

      That is great to know for those who live closer to a Kmart, thanks Maureen!

      Reply

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