Baby Niffler - Persimmon

With all the magical creatures running about my house it was only a matter of time before a baby niffler or two appeared. This little baby is Persimmon, he is easily identified by his dark grey coat and blue eyes. I expect there are more baby nifflers to be found but so far Persimmon is the only one to make himself known, or to get caught. It wasn't hard to figure out that a niffler must be on the loose with all my shiny things and Gringotts coins going missing.

This baby niffler was made from a simple pattern I found that I very heavily altered. The base pattern I used had a basic body shape that I changed along the top to give distinction between the head and round body. I then added a gusset to give a rounder look to the head from front on. A tail was also added along with little hands and feet. But the face and snout was the trickiest part to create a pattern for and sew together.

It wouldn't be a niffler without a bottomless pouch, so that was another piece I designed and added to this pattern. Once I had a pattern drawn up that I believed was what I wanted I hand sewed up the pieces using, as always, recycled materials I had on hand. Blue safety eyes were used for baby Persimmon, along with the addition of magnets to the nifflers hands that would allow this little creature to hold onto anything magnetic.

As it turned out the magnets in Persimmon's hands also allow him to cling to the refrigerator. The hands, feet, snout, head and tail were filled with stuffing to define these parts in particular, I then filled the rest of the baby nifflers body with plastic pellets to give him a little more weight and flexibility.

This adorable baby niffler Persimmon measures about 16 cm from snout to tail and about 8 cm from hand to hand when lying flat. As this was essentially a prototype, made however with finished materials, I am so very pleased at the way this baby niffler turned out and can not wait to create more of these cute little magical creatures.