Grab your craft or construction paper, a marker, tape, and a pair of scissors to get started.

Either draw your cartoon squishy or download and print a pattern online. You should also cut out the back of the cartoon squishy in the same outline.

Draw and cut out the different parts of the cartoon—like the ears and the belly. Don’t forget the eyes, nose and mouth!

Once you’ve cut out the different components, it’s time to tape the entire squishy in place using clear scotch tape. Be extra careful around the ears and other tricky corners!

Leave the ends of the cutting open—you will be stuffing the squishy through this gap.

You can stuff the squishy as is, or fill a small plastic bag with it and shove it into the gap you left open.

Finally, tape the opening close and carefully secure the tape in place to fasten off. Your squishy is ready!