For children for a holiday (birthday, New Year). We made a beautiful plush bunny from a yellow viscose napkin.
To work with the toy, I needed seven days of time, as well as materials and tools: paper for making a template, thread, needle, filler (cotton wool), black and beige leather fabric, translucent multi-colored tape, glue and a brown bead.
To sew such a rabbit, you first need to find a pattern for it. A sample can be selected on the Internet and divided into separate components - details:
Now I take both head pieces and cut them apart.
I divide the details of the head and ears into three component parts, add the forehead and the back of the head to them, and, pinning these samples to the fabric, cut out the details taking into account the allowance:
I decided to make the detail of the beige muzzle, which should be under the nose of the future rabbit, wider in order to make the toy’s head larger.
Now I take the ear parts (the leftmost part is the back one, and the middle and rightmost part are the front ones):
I need to sew these parts, and first I start sewing the front parts of the ears:
I sew the resulting parts of the front sides of the ears with the parts of the back sides and fill them with cotton wool. From two side parts of the head, a long rectangular part of the forehead and nose (I will complement it with a second rectangular part that will pass through the back of the head), and from a part of the muzzle I sew a head for a future toy. And then I cut out eyes from black leather fabric and glue them to it:
I fill the resulting head with cotton wool and cut out a nose detail from beige leather fabric, which I then glue to the craft:
This is how the resulting toy head looks from the side:
Next I start sewing the body and neck. First I sew the neck piece:
I sew the resulting neck part to the body, and then sew the upper part of the body parts:
Moving on to sewing the parts of the rabbit’s paws, I attach two more (halved) paw parts to them from the inside and sew them together (so that in the end we get not two paws, but four):
Having sewn the paws, I turn the craft right side out and fill it with cotton wool:
Now you can sew the head part to the body part:
From yellow fabric I cut out two parts to make up the ponytail:
I sew a short tail from these parts and fill it with cotton wool:
I sew the resulting tail to the toy, and then decorate its neck with a multi-colored ribbon (I tie a bow at the back):
DIY toys: simple master classes, the best patterns, interesting ideas.
As the great Coco Chanel said, “Handmade things are luxury. It is not necessary for everyone to have them. Anyone who wants to have them makes them himself or pays a master for his work.”
A soft toy is the first association of a children's teddy bear. But the concept of a soft toy includes much more. This is an interior toy Tilda, and funny toys in the car, and much more. This article contains various types of soft toys, as well as techniques for making them and step-by-step master classes.
Types of soft toys with your own hands
Such toys can be divided into several subtypes: for children and adults, interior, with practical use (for example, pincushions).
Also, toys can be divided according to the type of material used: fur, cotton or linen fabrics, felt, fancy fabrics.
Folk toys, as well as soft toys made using national handicraft techniques, have regained particular popularity today.
DIY soft fur toy
A fur toy created with your own hands is especially warm and beautiful. To sew it, you can use both natural and artificial fur. It is, of course, much easier to work with artificial fur, but if you decide to sew a toy from natural fur, you will receive a unique designer toy! First, you need to decide on the pattern of the toy; the larger the finished product, the easier it will be to work with. Small details are especially difficult for beginners.
Trace the details and cut out with a margin of 0.5 cm for the seam. Unlike fabric, it is best not to use scissors when working with fur. If you don't have a special tailor's knife, use a sharp utility knife. Cut with sharp short movements, do not move the knife deep so as not to cut off the fur.
To sew the fur, it is necessary to apply the two front sides to each other and straighten the fur outward. After sewing the toy, you need to leave a small hole through which the toy is turned inside out and stuffed with filler. Previously, toys were stuffed with cotton wool and pieces of leftover fabric.
But such stuffing takes a very long time to dry when washed, and often after cleaning the toy was thrown away only because the stuffing wasn’t dry enough and mold appeared inside. Modern fillers are made of synthetic materials (sintepon and others), which dry quickly and well, do not bunch up and retain their shape. Having stuffed, all that remains is to sew it with a hidden seam.
The final touch is the eyes, nose and mouth. You can embroider it yourself, or you can buy ready-made accessories in the store.
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DIY felt soft toy
Today, felt toys are the most popular in children's master classes and handicraft circles. But they appeared not so long ago, and there is even an exact date for their appearance.
Margarete Steiff and her first dolls An enterprising German woman, Margarete Steiff, submitted an idea in a magazine for housewives to sew a soft toy with her own hands from felt. Margaret published a pattern and a detailed master class in the magazine absolutely free of charge. But in the note she said where exactly you can buy felt for such toys.
This move in 1879 made it possible to establish a toy empire in just a few years. The nuance was that the toys were both sewn at the factory and they sold blanks for toys that you could sew yourself. She left an empire to her children and grandchildren, and gave the world the fashion for soft toys.
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To work you will need: brown, white and black felt, scissors, a needle and thread, beads or eyes for toys and a hot glue gun.
We print out the pattern, cut out and sew each detail step by step.
Depending on the type of seam, you can create completely different textures of the toy.
If the parts are connected with glue, the toy can only be cleaned dry. When wet, the parts will separate.
DIY soft toys made of fabric
Fabric toys appeared much earlier than felt ones. But with the advent of fur and plush toys, they were unfairly forgotten for some time. With the advent of plastic, even children's toys made of fabric went out of use. But today, with a new wave of popularity, handmade toys have again revived the popularity of fabric toys. The most popular interior toy today is Tilda.
When looking at the Tilda doll, you get the feeling that the roots of this toy go far back to the Middle Ages. Not at all. The appearance of Tilda was in the 90s of the last century by the young designer Toni Finnanger. The girl was full of ideas and Tilda turned out to be one of the many ideas. Today it is impossible to imagine a delicate, homely interior without it. And craftswomen all over the world are simply in love with Tony’s idea and create prototypes to suit their tastes.
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DIY soft animal toys: chicken, fox, horse, penguin, pig and others
With the arrival of the baby, I want to change the world for the better and create a special atmosphere at home. And the child is perfection itself, and you really want him to play with unique toys filled with his mother’s love.
DIY toys - simple. We have put together master classes on a variety of animal toys made from a variety of materials. Note that children under 2 years old put everything in their mouth. Therefore, the material must be natural, preferably lint-free. Wonderful fur toys are best given in the third year of life.
Chicken pattern, you can sew it like for a baby and put in toys-eggs. Or you can create a miracle basket for Easter.
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Aleftinka pig pattern.
Pattern of a giraffe and his company.
Pattern Cheerful Giraffe 
Flower Elephant Pattern 
Since the release of Despicable Me, the world of toys has changed forever. Yes, everyone still loves bears, but when they see the cute minions, children and adults are delighted. Minion toys are the first to sell out at exhibitions. Do you want to sew it yourself for your child? As easy as pie! All you have to do is choose your baby’s favorite character.
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DIY simple soft toys
For beginners, a lot of details may seem too complicated and the desire to create will gradually disappear. For beginners, we have selected simple patterns that even children can handle. These patterns are especially relevant for creativity lessons in schools.
DIY bouquets of soft toys photo
Bouquets of soft toys Teddy bears Conservationists fought for a long time against the sale of fresh flowers, until someone introduced bouquets of sweets or toys into fashion. Now this global trend is so popular that in some countries the sale of fresh flowers has halved.
Bouquets of soft Kitty toys Are you going to celebrate? Make a bouquet of soft toys yourself! This is a unique gift that will take pride of place in the birthday girl’s bedroom for a long time.
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DIY soft toys pillows
Garfield pillow toy Well, having touched on the world of toys, it is impossible not to remember about the pillow toys that fill the sofas of all needlewomen. These are favorite things for both family and guests. Please note that sitting down on the sofa, few people can resist reaching out and touching the half-toy. And children happily travel with their favorite soft toys, falling asleep to the sound of the roads.
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Flat toys are the easiest to make and are most often made with felt. But there are different variations. Such toys attract attention with their simple and laconic design, interesting textures and the ability to take them with you everywhere.
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DIY soft toys patterns for beginners
Beginning needlewomen do not have to spend a lot of money on scraps and tools. Sometimes simple tights or socks are enough to create beauty.
We have also collected simple patterns for beginners.
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Every mother wants her child to have only high-quality toys, but you cannot be sure that the toy is made from hypoallergenic materials. Or you can sew a soft bunny toy with your own hands and decide for yourself what materials it will be made of. Many toys are quite easy to sew, even a beginner can easily handle it. For example, you can sew a bunny for your child.
First, draw a hare pattern on paper and cut it out. Then take any light fabric, you can even take an old T-shirt.
Trace the pattern onto the folded fabric, right sides facing in. Cut, leaving allowances along the edges.
Then pin the fabric with needles and sew along the line. In order to turn it inside out, make a cut on the front side, in the place where the eyes will be.
Turn all seams inside out and straighten.
It is better to stuff the toy with padding polyester. It is not necessary to stuff it tightly so that the toy is soft and pleasant to the touch for the child. Start stuffing the paws first, and then the torso and head.
Now you need to stitch up the incision. The eyes can be made from white felt or any soft fabric.
First, cut out two circles and embroider the eyes with thread. Then we sew the eyes to the toy in a circle. To make the eyes more voluminous, you can put a little synthetic padding inside.
Finally, we embroider the nose, circles on the paws and a cross on the stomach with black thread. It is convenient to embroider with a backward stitch.
This is how funny the bunny turned out. Delight your kids more often with new toys at no cost.
For many people, the hare symbol is identified with something sweet, innocent, soft, beautiful, kind, bright and pure. You can see the hare pattern in our article - we have collected a photo and video selection that will be useful to you!
Nowadays, toys in the form of a hare from soft to hard are very common.
Every person will be pleased to receive a handmade bunny as a gift. It is this toy that can serve as a symbol of beauty and a friendly attitude towards a person, which is why the appearance of bunnies is very popular in our time.
They can even be knitted, or they can be hard, molded from clay.
In this article, you can find a description of patterns for hares of completely different sizes and styles. We hope that you will like all the options for hare patterns.
Toy bunnies delight the eye with their variety: with long ears, large and small, fluffy and lint-free.
The bunny and his image will be very relevant in anticipation of the Easter season. It is believed that the hare is a lunar beast.
Even such a beautiful animal as a bunny has its own ambiguous reputation. On the one hand, it is a fast, dexterous, very vigilant and prolific animal, but, on the other hand, it must be cunning, cowardly and deceitful.
Let's stick to the good stuff and make beautiful, kind bunnies using the patterns from this article.
So let's get started.
At the moment, Teddy technique toy patterns are gaining popularity. Therefore, let’s not be old-fashioned and pay attention to this fashionable trend among needlewomen.
The next master class on making a bunny will be using Teddy's technique. You will learn how to sew a hare with your own hands using patterns.
Features of Teddy toys are a thoughtful and sad look.
We study available patterns for creating a hare using the Teddy technique
In order to learn how to sew a hare with your own hands using patterns, you will need:- paper
- pencil
- textile
- threads
- padding polyester
- two buttons
Draw hare patterns on paper with a pencil.
First, you will need to decide on the size of your future animal. Therefore, think carefully before you start making a pattern.
- Two parts for the body are made. It is enough to cut out one detail on paper, which will later be transferred to the fabric. Next, draw the paws of your future bunny, which will be the legs, draw the handle, heel, and palm. Long ears of your future bunny.
- Transfer patterns to fabric.
- Cut out the resulting silhouettes of the future Teddy bunny.
- Sew each piece together, placing them right sides up. Leave a small hole in the body in order to fill it with padding polyester. Also, leave it in the legs, head, arms.
- Turn your future bunny right side out.
- Stuff future products with padding polyester.
- Sew the resulting parts together.
- Sew on the eyes - buttons, and use threads to make the nose and mouth of the future bunny.
- Finish the product by decorating with the necessary accessories.
Your Teddy bunny is ready. You can give such a nice toy even to a child, he will be very happy.
Such a bunny can be a decoration for your home and will serve as decor in any interior. It will be a wonderful gift for any adult and child. You can make your own craft, both large and small.
In the video tutorial you can find all the necessary information.
Video on the topic of the article
Fluffy Easter bunny. Sewing from fur with ears using the dry felting technique. Master class from the author - Irina Shcherbakova Irentoys
To create this bunny we will need:
- fur (I have plush with a pile of about 13 mm);
- eyes 12 mm;
- O-shaped cotter pin - 2 pcs. or T-shaped - 1 pc.;
- washers for cotter pins;
- disk with a diameter of 20 mm - 2 pcs;
- felting wool to match the fur and some dark wool;
- needles for felting (No. 36, 38, 40);
- scissors;
- nylon thread for tightening;
- glue;
- pastel.
The rabbit pattern is given below, but since I didn’t have one at first, I had to sculpt the bunny from plasticine.
Then take the pattern onto tracing paper, transfer it from tracing paper to paper and bring it to fruition.
Here is the pattern. It shows letters that can be transferred to the fur to avoid confusion. The arrow indicates the direction of the pile. Paired parts must be mirrored.
We transfer the pattern to the fur, according to the direction of the pile. We cut out the parts, not forgetting about the allowances (about 7 mm) for the seams.
First we sew the darts on all the parts of the head. All seams are made using a fine back stitch.
Now it's time to sew the head parts together. The pattern has letters for this purpose. First we sew the side symmetrical parts (segment AB). Then we sew in a small part of the chin (segments BV and VB).
This is what happens. Now it’s the turn of the top of the head.
We stitch (segments AG and GA) and turn them inside out through the remaining hole.
Important! If your material frays along the edge, then you need to coat the edges with PVA glue diluted with water 1:1. In my case, the base of the fur is very strong, dense and not friable, so I don’t do this.
Stuff tightly.
Before sewing up the head, insert a cotter pin into it according to the diagram. Sew up the head with a hidden seam.
We do the same with the details of the body. First we sew the darts, then we sew the parts according to the indicated letters, leaving an opening for turning. Having turned it inside out, we put it aside and return to the head.
Using a strong thread (I have a nylon thread) in two layers we tighten the eyes. We insert the needle into the place of the darts on the sections AG and GA of the upper part of the head. Then we insert the needle next to this place 7 mm towards the back of the head. We remove the needle in the place where the fastener is located. Tighten and tie.
Let's start grooming the rabbit. We leave a uniform short pile on the entire muzzle at the front, with a smooth transition to a long pile at the back.
We trimmed the cheeks and the lower part and we see that a mouth has appeared, which also needs to be tightened. To tighten, insert a needle and thread into point B, then into the place where the eye was tightened, then into the place of attachment. We do the same with the other end of the thread.
I took transparent eyes and painted them with dark brown acrylic. In places where the darts on the top part coincide with the side parts, eyes will be sewn in. We find these points and mark them with pins. Checking the symmetry of the pins.
We sew an eyelet into this place. Behind the eye, towards the top of the head, we also cut off the pile.
We coat the knots of threads from tightening and from sewing on the eyes with glue. Cut it off with scissors.
We insert a fastening pin with a head into the body blank (at point E). We put a disk and washer on the cotter pin. We tighten, or rather wedge, the cotter pin with thin-nose pliers.
To the same twisted cotter pin we fasten a nylon thread in two folds to tighten the body. We thread the ends of this thread into the needle and draw out the bodies from below at point G, leaving a small distance between the ends of the threads for further tightening.
Pour in granulate. We stuff it with padding polyester and sew it up with a hidden seam.
The final step for the sewn part will be tightening the body.
The result is a blank that is simple and which we will complicate with added parts. Go.
Take two tufts of wool for the ears. Using a coarse needle, shape the approximate shape of the ear.
Let's try it on, taking into account that the ear will shrink by a third. We work the surface with a thin needle, forming the bends of the ear.
Except for the lower fluffy part, which will fall against the head, the entire ear is completely sanded. We try it on, fixing it with pins.
It's the turn of the front paws. We take the same amount of wool for each. We begin to form a paw out of wool with a fluffy end to roll onto the body. The fluffy end should point upward.
On the paws we work on the fingers with a needle. Try it on, securing it with pins.
