The mane for Zoey the zebra was made from many loops of yarn sewn down the middle and then folded in half to make a thick fringe. The loops were then cut and trimmed to make a neat and thick mane.
I could not find any fabric that I liked for the zebra's body so I made the zebra out of white felt and hand painted the stripes with black fabric paint.  I added different trims, buttons, and a mixture of different fabric prints for the clothes. Simplicity pattern 7860 was used.

Elsa the elephant is made out of grey felt and her  tuft of hair consists of  a number of strips of grey felt sewn together. A little mouse was made to fit into the pocket of her apron and a variety of different fabric prints, buttons, and trims were used to make the clothes. I used Simplicity pattern 7925.