pillow toys with their own hands Some might say that soft toys area completely useless thing and only collects dust in the house. But psychologists do not agree with this and claim that children definitely need their own soft toys, and preferably from various materials that can be explored during the game. There is no shortage of such toys in our stores - from cute teddy bears to scary and incomprehensible microbes. But today we will not talk about them, but about how to create soft pillow toys with your own hands. After all, the thing created by you will in any case be unique and will bring a lot of positive moments to your child.

What do you need to create a pillow-toy?

If you decide to make funny soft pillows with your own hands, which will also serve as toys, you will need:

  • Different scraps. Large and small, made of ribbons, various fabrics and laces, oilcloth, felt or leather.
  • Threads of different strength and color.
  • Filler for pillow (holofayber, sintepon or any other soft material).
  • Buttons or beads (for making noses and eyes, if the pillows are in the form of animals).
  • Needles, thimbles, scissors.
  • The tailor's meter, ruler and chalk - for cutting our parts.
  • Sewing machine and iron.

Don't refuse your child's help in creatinga funny toy. Such an activity will be very useful for children, it will develop their discipline. You will help them develop perseverance and fine motor skills. We think it is unnecessary to remind them that making a pillow will help develop their creativity. But when involving a child in the work, it is important not to forget about safety precautions. Needles should not be stored without threads, and it is better if there is a magnet in the box where they are. The tools that the child will work with should also be safe, the same scissors with rounded tips. And work on a sewing machine or with an iron - only under the supervision of an adult, so that the child does not hurt his hands. A suitable pattern can be found in specialized stores or created independently, using imagination. Another option is to rip apart an old toy and copy the pattern from it. We are for the manifestation of your own imagination, because this is a great chance to realize your vision of the world!pillow toys

Secrets of the manufacturing technique

Making funny pillows with your own handsconsists of several stages. First, you need to select the material for making the toy and prepare it for sewing (wash and steam the fabric). Then you need to cut out the details, baste, stitch them, stuff the pillow and decorate it beautifully. The ideal material for making a pattern is cardboard. Hard patterns fit better to the fabric and can be useful in the future. The finished pattern must be applied to the back of the fabric and, pressing firmly, outline the edges with chalk or a pen. Chalk is often used if the fabric for the craft is dark. But keep in mind that it can distort the dimensions of the finished parts. Sharp scissors are essential for cutting out the details, otherwise you can “chew” the fabric.

We connect details

It is better to sew the pillow using a sewing machine.machines, and this must be done strictly along the marked lines. Usually such toys are quite large and are sewn from the inside out, and then turned inside out. If you decide to make small pillows with your own hands, then the seams can be made from the outside, then they will also act as a decorative element. Before turning the finished product inside out, be sure to align all the seams and make small notches on them. This will help turn the pillow inside out, and its edges in the finished form will look very neat and beautiful. We select threads for sewing that match the fabric as much as possible.pillow toy with your own hands

Example of a pillow-toy: a frog

Do you want a funny character to live in your home?A frog and a pillow at the same time? Let's make such a craft with our own hands. We will need green fabric for the head and eyes, yellow - for the tummy and green felt (or any other fabric that will not crumble) - for the paws. We will embroider a smiling mouth on the finished pillow with red floss threads. Now it remains to sew only three balls, and the frog is ready! We collect the details of the eyes and head on a thread with a "forward needle" stitch. Now we stuff them with padding polyester and tighten the thread. Try to evenly distribute the stuffing so that there are no lumps. We tighten the thread tighter and secure it. We should get three balls, two of which are small - eyes and one larger - the head, which is also the body. We attach the tummy to the large ball. To do this, take yellow fabric and sew it on with a loop stitch as an overlay. On the balls that act as eyes, we embroider pupils with threads. On the head, we embroider a mouth. At the bottom, on the side where we have a yellow belly, we sew on the paws-stand. Here is our cheerful frog, which can easily serve as a soft and comfortable pillow. And most importantly, you made it with your own hands!

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