DIY Sock Crafts

Modern crafts are made from any materials, for example, old and unnecessary socks can serve as an excellent basis for the manufacture of original jewelry, toys, paintings and much more. Very beautiful and interesting crafts from socks with their own hands are obtained from children's bright, terry and soft socks. Let’s take a look at a few simple ideas where such things can be used.

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Cute bear

Who would not want to have a cute and cute bear? Especially if it was made by hand. In addition, such a toy can be a wonderful gift for someone close.

To make it, you need the following:

• 2 terry socks.
• Needle.
• Thread.
• Scissors.
• Filler.
• Button for a nose.
• Felt-tip pen.

Production Sequence:

• Open the bear. Both socks need to be cut in the same way: from one - you should get a head with ears, and from the other - a body with hind legs.
• Cut the head, torso and front legs separately according to the pattern. Then sew all the details, be sure to leave one side to fill the bear with filler.
• Turn to the front side.

Important! If your socks have a terry inside, then you can make it the front side.

• Scissors cut the elastic from the part that will be the head. Fill a soft filler inside and pull the edges.
• Sew the circle for the face. With a felt-tip pen, draw eyes and a smile. Attach the spout.
• Now do the same with the second toe: cut, sew, twist, fill with filler, without cutting. Thus, you should have a trunk with hind legs. Connect it to the head and sew on the paws.

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Rattle owl

Making crafts from socks with our own hands, we imagine how our children will be happy with them. Here, for example, making an owl-rattle from improvised materials, your baby will get an interesting soft toy.

For work you will need:

• Sock.
• Multi-colored shreds of fabric for wings, tail and beak.
• Needle, thread.
• 2 buttons.
• Scissors.
• Stuffing.
• Kinder surprise egg.
• Peas.

Sequencing:

1. Cut out from any contrasting fabric beak, tail and two wings. Sew them and set aside for a while.
2. Cut off the shafts from the toe at the very heel with scissors, pull it in this place. Fill the resulting bag with filler and cut off the excess rubber. Also put an egg from under the kinder surprise filled with peas inside.
3. Now sew the ball by inserting the tail on one side and the beak on the other.
4. Find the forehead of the owl and draw 4 lines. Sew the stitches, joining them and forming two rollers.
5. Now attach the wings and eyes, for which you can use two round buttons.

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Different ideas

Many people wonder what can be made from old socks? In fact, there are a million options. Instead of just throwing away old socks, you can give them a new life by adapting them for other purposes:

• Use socks to carry dishes. If you did not have bubble wrap or any other packaging material, then use old socks without a pair, wrapping them in glasses or putting them between breaking cups or plates.

Important! Before using them for this purpose, make sure that the socks are clean.

• Use soap residue. You can not throw away soap residues in pieces, but put them in a sock and use as a washcloth.

Important! Soap in the sock can also be used to give things freshness.Just put the soap in the sock, put it in a suitcase or on a shelf with things, so that they smell pleasantly.

• Protective wipers from ice. Surely no one likes to clear ice from a car. And putting on long socks on the wipers, leaving the car in the evening, you will save yourself from this problem. In the morning, just take off your socks from the wipers and hit the road.
• Phone holder on hand. Cut off the heel and the toe from the product, fold it in half in the form of a bracelet, placing the phone between the two layers formed.
• Find lost items. Small items - invisibility, small bolts or earrings are easily lost in carpets and under furniture, which is why they often end up in a vacuum cleaner. To find all these little things, put a sock on the hose of the vacuum cleaner, secure it with an elastic band and turn on the vacuum cleaner. So you can easily find everything that was lost without digging in a bag from a vacuum cleaner.
• Draft protection. A “snake” made from a sock that can be placed at the base of a window or door will help protect you from drafts. Filling a pair of socks with some kind of filler, you can prevent air leakage.
• Get rid of static electricity. Using old socks and woolen threads, you can make balls that will reduce static electricity. Just wind the yarn into a ball, put it in a sock, knit it and put it in the drum of the washing machine with other things. By adding such balls to things during drying, you will get rid of static electricity.
• Knee pads for the baby. From old socks you can make miniature knee pads for a baby. Take a pair of old socks, cut off socks from them. Then take the bra inserts and fasten them to the socks on the inside.
• Bagel for a bunch. To beautifully collect hair in a bun, you can use a sock. Cut a circle from it and twist it into a roller. Tie the hair into a ponytail and push it into the bagel, wrapping it to the base of the tail.
• Cup case. A sock can provide excellent protection for your hands when you are holding a cold can or hot mug. Such a cover can be made in just a couple of minutes, cutting off part of the toe over the heel, and forming the edge with thread or glue.

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Stock footage

If you have accumulated a lot of socks that have lost their pair, do not rush to send them to the trash. Crafts from socks with their own hands can give them a new life. Having a little imagination and spending a small amount of time, you can make original gizmos that are sure to be useful to you in everyday life.