DIY soft toys

Each of us keeps from his childhood our favorite soft toys that we played with, went to bed, hugging him tightly. This is always a very good gift for a child, so on the eve of the New Year holidays we suggest returning to childhood and learning how to make soft toys with your own hands.

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Why is it better to sew a toy with your own hands?

Child psychologists believe that every baby, starting from 2-3 years old, should have its own soft toy. And although many stores offer a wide assortment made of various materials of dolls, bunnies, cubs, soft toys created by their own hands will be much more valuable and unique than purchased ones. So - your baby will feel special and loved - and what else is needed for the development of a full-fledged personality?

Soft toys, dolls can be sewn from fabric, as well as from improvised things - mittens, gloves, a sock, and at the heart of a juggle doll is a rope. We will offer you several options for sewing toys from various materials.

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Getting ready for the sewing process.

To make a toy for a child yourself, you will need a little perseverance, as well as the material from which you will create your masterpiece.

Choose material for external cladding

As improvised tools you can use:

• tissue trimming;
• old felt hats;
• tapes;
• lace etc.

Material for the manufacture of toys must be selected depending on the size and type:

• Knitwear stretches very well, so you can sew anything from it: a hare, a horse, a cube, etc.
• Cotton fabric - just like chintz or satin, has bright colors. From such material you can sew a doll or any other soft toys with your own hands.
• Terry cloth and flannel are suitable for making a bear with beautiful wool.
• Faux fur is suitable for making great fluffy animals.
• It is good to use felt to make original and cute crafts. It is best suited for the manufacture of small parts: spouts, paws, ears, tail, crests.
• Use velvet, wool and velor to make cute bunnies, cubs, chanterelles.

Important! You can purchase sets in a specialty store, for example, “Crafts. DIY dolls. ” In this case, you will have to adhere to the instructions and implement the ideas of a professional master. But then you don’t have to select all the details yourself - they are already included.

Choose a filler:

• The most affordable material for stuffing is a synthetic winterizer: it does not lose its shape, dries quickly, so toys stuffed with such material can be easily washed in a typewriter.
• Sintepuh in small balls can also be used for filling. In work, such material is very convenient, does not caking over time and does not roll. Toys stuffed with sintepuh keep their shape and tolerate washing well in the washing machine.
• Toys stuffed with sleevers (sheep’s wool twisted into a roll) are very soft to the touch. When filling the toy, the material must be fluffed up with your hands to make a fluffy pile resembling cotton wool. Minus filler - do not wash.
• It is possible to use pieces of old socks or other unnecessary things to fill the toy.

Choose a pattern

You can find a pattern for a toy in a specialized store, the Internet, or, having shown imagination, come up with an original pattern for yourself. To make a toy pattern, you can neatly tear an old, unnecessary soft toy, and draw a pencil outline on a cardboard sheet.

Important! Patterns of dolls for one or another craft are almost the same: therefore it does not matter if you have a girl or a boy. You can sew a spiderman doll and a doll for girls - a fairy-tale princess, using the same pattern.

We collect tools

In order to make a soft toy with your own hands, the following tools and materials are needed:

• Fabrics of different colors and strength;
• Threads of various colors and strengths;
• Scissors;
• Thimble;
• Needles of different sizes;
• Cardboard for a pattern of toys (or a finished pattern);
• Foam rubber, cotton wool, synthetic winterizer and other fillers harmless to the baby;
• Sewing machine;
• Iron;
• Buttons, beads, beads for eyes, nose and fasteners of clothes of a soft toy;
• Ruler for cutting parts;
• Copy paper;
• Tailor's meter;
• Pliers and awl for the manufacture of the frame of a soft toy and the installation of small parts.

If a child joins you while working on making a toy, do not forget about safety measures. Do not give small objects and sharp tools to the child’s hands. Hold the needle with the thread sewn in a jar with a magnet. The scissors that the baby will work with must be blunt ends.

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Scheme of work

When making a soft toy, follow this sequence:

1. Select and prepare the material for work:
   • Steame the fabric.
   • Wash it.
   • Iron with an iron.
2. Reveal the details.
3. Baste the toys.
4. Sew parts of a future product.
5. Fill the parts with filling material (foam rubber, synthetic winterizer, etc.).
6. Collect all the details of the future toy.
7. Sew parts on a typewriter or manually.
8. Make a craft.

Helpful hints:

• Cut toy patterns out of thick cardboard, as such patterns fit snugly on the material, retain their shape for a long time, and are easy to outline.
• Place the toy pattern on the wrong side of the fabric. Press firmly and then draw with a ballpoint pen, soap or marker (if the fabric is dark, use a white marker).
• Doing soft toys with your own hands, cut fabrics with special care and accuracy. Make sure that the paired parts are fully consistent with the sides and are the same size.
• For a pattern of non-loose fabrics, you do not need to leave allowances for the seams. In this case, use a buttonhole, as you may not have to turn the finished form. If the fabric is sprinkled, allowances for seams must be done. Sew such a product on the sewing machine (or manually) from the wrong side, and then carefully twist to the front side.

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How to make a soft toy cat with your own hands from a sock?

For the manufacture of crafts you will need the following materials and tools:

• Sock;
• Scissors;
• Pencil;
• Needle;
• Threads
• Glue;
• Woolen threads;
• Filler;
• Satin ribbon;
• Buttons for eyes and nose.

Production Instruction:

1. Fold the toe up with the sole.
2. Draw with a pencil the contours of the head and paws of the future cat.
3. Cut the parts of the body along the drawn lines (a cat silhouette should turn out).
4. On the face draw the contours of the nose and mouth.
5. Embroider the items with dark woolen threads (use cross stitches).
6. Draw claws on the legs and embroider them with woolen threads.
7. Fill all parts of the body with filler (padding polyester, cotton, or scraps of fabric).
8. Sew your head to the torso.
9. Sew the front and back legs as well.
10. Glue glass eyes to the muzzle or sew on small buttons.
11. Tie a satin ribbon around the neck of the cat.

Important! In the same way, you can make any other little animal that you like. The flight of imagination is unlimited.

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How to make a soft toy from pompons?

For the manufacture of crafts you will need the following materials:

• Knitting thread;
• Thread and needle;
• Satin ribbon for decoration;
• Cardboard;
• Beads for eyes and mouth.

Instructions for making a soft toy cats with their own hands:

1. It is necessary to make pompons - two large for the head and body, two small for the ears, four medium for the paws:
   • From the cardboard cut two pairs of disks of the required size.
   • Fold two identical discs together.
   • Wrap them tightly with knitting threads - the threads should bend around the edges of the disk and pass through the center.
   • After the entire workpiece from the disks is completely closed, cut the threads with scissors along the outer edge.
   • Thread the thread between the discs and tie it tightly into a bundle.
   • Cut the cardboard disc and pull it out of the pompom.
2. After all 8 pompons are ready, collect a cat from them.
3. Sew all parts to the body.
4. Glue the eyes and mouth to the muzzle.

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How to make soft toys?

To make the animal or doll look as natural as possible and please the baby, you must carefully select materials for the face or face.

Eyes

This detail gives the toy a special personality. The eyes make her alive, so they must be done with special care. The eyes of the toys can be of different shapes, depending on the character chosen: round, oval, drop-shaped, semicircular - the main thing is to organically fit into the overall image.

You can make an item from:

• Black or brown buttons;
• Multi-colored oilcloth;
• Photo paper;
• Pieces of skin;
• Color pictures;
• Pieces of fabric, etc.

Important! To make the eye stand out, substitute an underneath for it of the same shape, but larger in size. The infraorbital can peep out in the form of a crescent. Usually the infraorbital is made white, but, for example, in a cat, tiger, lion it can be green, in a hare pink or red, in birds yellow or blue. You can make a double infrared. For example, under the black eye put a color, and under it is still a white infraorbis.

The eyes of the toy can be made from transparent packages of tablets, different in size and shape:

1. Cut 2 cells from each side of the packaging.
2. Place a button or white colored paper inside the cell.

Important! If the button is loose inside the package, then the eyes will move.

It is very important to determine the place of attachment of the eyes. In animals, the eyes are located at the bridge of the nose.

Important! If the eyes are sewn above their normal position, then the face is deformed and it will turn out ugly. Therefore, consider such tips when you make soft toys with your own hands <:

• To properly position the eyes, divide the face of the toy (doll) in half along a horizontal line. Place your eyes on this line.
• To obtain eye sockets, retract the eye locations using a long needle with thread. Fasten the thread behind the ear or at the bottom of the nape.
• The eyes, consisting of several parts, first glue together, and then position on the product.

Mustache

For some toys a mustache is required. They are made from fishing line. To insert a mustache in the right place:

1. Make a loop on the fishing line.
2. Pass the thread through the loop.
3. Pull the hair into the head.
4. Fasten the thread.

Nose

Noses in animals are made of various shapes. The most common is the ball. For its manufacture:

1. From black fabric (velvet, satin, leather, oilcloth) cut a circle of suitable diameter.
2. Gather a circle on a thread with a seam over the edge.
3. Pull the thread lightly.
4. Put a synthetic winterizer or cotton wool in the resulting bag.
5. Pull the thread to the end to make a ball.

The nose for the cat can be made of soft black oilcloth:

1. First cut out the shape of the letter “T” with the edges curved down.
2. Connect the two side ends together and fasten with thread.
3. Without tearing the threads, lay the third (middle) end and fasten it together with the two previous ones.

Advice

• Before finally fixing the nose, eyes, ears to the head of the toy, first attach them with pins. Move them and look for the most successful and attractive location.
• When assembling an animal toy, first place the protruding part and nose on the face. On the patch, you can embroider or draw black dots to draw a mustache through them.

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We hope that following our advice in the process of work, you have an interesting and attractive toy that will please your child so much that he will sleep with her, pressed to his chest, and in the afternoon tell everyone what a wonderful mother he has.