My Grandmother use to take small pieces of material and use a round styrofoam ball. Just take a butter knife and push the edges in the ball in the shape of the material then take another one and do it all over again until the ball is covered. Your can anlso take small beads and stick them in after you are all done to give them some colorJust use small straight pins to keep the beads on. Use yarn for the hanger. Hope this helps. If you have any more questions just PM me. OraLee