A beautiful soft toy will not leave anyone indifferent, especially if it is handmade. Both children and adults will appreciate it.
Creating soft toys with your own hands is a rather interesting and exciting process that immerses an adult in childhood.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any experience as a seamstress, the main thing is the desire to make things, and anyone can handle a needle and thread.
DIY soft toys for beginners
A handmade soft toy is much more priceless than a purchased one. To make such an original item you will need:
- study the simple technology of its creation;
- select source materials;
- competently make a template for the future product.
On the Internet you can easily find a large number of master classes on making a wide variety of soft toys. You can also go to stores that sell handicrafts - there you can buy kits and manuals for creating soft toys with your own hands.
It will be just wonderful if you make a toy with your children. Such a pastime will develop their attentiveness, promote familiarization with work, order and accuracy.
The main thing is to remember safety and not leave children alone unattended.
Materials used to create a soft toy
The following fabrics can be used to create a soft toy:
- Knitted;
- Silk;
- Cotton;
- Wool;
- Velvet and velor;
- Felt.
General instructions on how to make a soft toy
- Select the source material, carry out the necessary preparatory work with it - washing, ironing, steaming;
- Cut according to the template;
- Baste all parts along the marked lines;
- Sew the parts;
- Fill the product with filler;
- Fold all the parts of the product and sew them;
- Finalize the appearance of the toy.
It is preferable to make the pattern from cardboard - this facilitates the process of tracing the template on the material and increases its service life.
Master class: how to make a “Mouse” toy with your own hands
A wonderful, small-sized toy “Mouse” is intended for babies up to 1 year old. It will help develop the sense of touch. Little ones will be very interested in playing with such a bright, funny little thing.
It’s very easy to sew a “Mouse”:
- Take the template provided;
- Prepare scraps of material, preferably bright colors and threads of a contrasting color;
- Align all parts of the product on the front side, sew them together using a buttonhole stitch;
- Make ears, eyes and nose;
- Place the padding polyester inside and sew on the tail.
Below you can see a photo of the finished toy.
A similar thing can be used as a Christmas tree decoration; all you need to do is make a loop.
Sew a turtle
We will need:
- multi-colored cotton scraps;
- cardboard template;
- padding polyester;
- buttons or beads for eyes;
- needles, threads, scissors.
- Let's make a pattern. To do this, draw the head, tail, legs and torso (with a radius of about 15 cm, make the bottom of the shell a little smaller);
- We attach the template to the wrong side of the material and trace it. Next, you need to cut out two parts for the head, tail, shell and 8 for the legs;
- We make 4 darts on the upper body. This will add volume to the product;
- We sew the parts of the head and legs together and stuff them with filler. We also sew the tail. We don’t fill it;
- We sew together all the parts of the shell, leaving holes for the limbs and filling;
- We connect all parts of the product with a hidden seam, sew on the tail;
- Let's make eyes. The turtle is ready!
Soft toy "Cat"
In order to sew “Cat”, we need a sock, and a new one. Next, decide what kind of cat you want as a result - fat or thin. This determines where to cut the toe.
For a fat cat, you will need the part that covers the sole. The upper part of the elastic band must be moved to the side. Then fill the toy tightly with filling so that the body is larger than the head.
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We bend the edges of the hole inward, pin it together and sew it together. By stretching, we form the ears. The next step is to embroider the eyes, nose and mouth with a contrasting thread.
The finished product can be decorated with a beautiful ribbon, scarf, bow, or brooch.
Below are photos of a variety of soft toys that you can sew with your own hands.
Sewing toys at home is not at all difficult, and the result of such work will bring satisfaction. We wish you success!
Photos of soft toys with your own hands
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It is probably difficult to find someone who would remain indifferent to a toy made with their own hands. For a child, such a toy, sewn with soul, will always be the most valuable, but for an adult it will become a wonderful souvenir, radiating love, warmth and comfort. This section presents cat patterns. Many people are partial to these affectionate animals. The love of toys and the love of cats can be combined. We need a little free time and imagination.
Do you have a desire to create a toy, but you don’t know how to sew a cat? No problem. Our “Workshop” presents a huge number of patterns. You can sew a Lazy Cat, Kitty, Kisulya, Murka, Aunt Cat or another toy. Sizes, shapes, colors - it all depends on your imagination. To sew a Cat toy, you will need fabric of any color; you can use plush, faux fur, knitwear, fleece or other fabric. Think in advance whether you will sew clothes and make accessories (hats, beads, etc.). Pay special attention to the face: the cat can smile, be angry, or be serious and thoughtful. Some people like realistic animal toys, while others like to create fairy-tale or cartoon characters. Your cat will be just the way you like it!
Or maybe we can sew a kitten or a cat?
Or maybe you are interested in a cat pattern? Kitties, of course, are very cute creatures, but cats. They can be fatties, long-legged tomboys, furry babies. You might want to sew with your own hands, using a pattern, a cat from the cartoon “Kesh the Parrot,” a moon cat, a Striped Cat, a Murzik, or another toy. Use your imagination, and a famous character in your hands will become completely different. You don’t have to sew a big cat, you can sew a kitten. Multi-colored, striped, fluffy - they are simply pleasing to the eye.
Many needlewomen are interested in patterns of tilde cats. Toys in pastel colors, made from natural fabrics, look great in the interior. Often cats are sewn for couples. They can be connected or be independent toys.
It is probably difficult to find someone who would remain indifferent to a toy made with their own hands. For a child, such a toy, sewn with soul, will always be the most valuable, but for an adult it will become a wonderful souvenir, radiating love, warmth and comfort. This section presents cat patterns. Many people are partial to these affectionate animals. The love of toys and the love of cats can be combined. We need a little free time and imagination.
Do you have a desire to create a toy, but you don’t know how to sew a cat? No problem. Our “Workshop” presents a huge number of patterns. You can sew a Lazy Cat, Kitty, Kisulya, Murka, Aunt Cat or another toy. Sizes, shapes, colors - it all depends on your imagination. To sew a Cat toy, you will need fabric of any color; you can use plush, faux fur, knitwear, fleece or other fabric. Think in advance whether you will sew clothes and make accessories (hats, beads, etc.). Pay special attention to the face: the cat can smile, be angry, or be serious and thoughtful. Some people like realistic animal toys, while others like to create fairy-tale or cartoon characters. Your cat will be just the way you like it!
Or maybe we can sew a kitten or a cat?
Or maybe you are interested in a cat pattern? Kitties, of course, are very cute creatures, but cats. They can be fatties, long-legged tomboys, furry babies. You might want to sew with your own hands, using a pattern, a cat from the cartoon “Kesh the Parrot,” a moon cat, a Striped Cat, a Murzik, or another toy. Use your imagination, and a famous character in your hands will become completely different. You don’t have to sew a big cat, you can sew a kitten. Multi-colored, striped, fluffy - they are simply pleasing to the eye.
Many needlewomen are interested in patterns of tilde cats. Toys in pastel colors, made from natural fabrics, look great in the interior. Often cats are sewn for couples. They can be connected or be independent toys.
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.
Video: OFFENSED CAT / DIY SOFT TOY
Video: Warm cats toy, master class soft toy
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.
Master class felt dog
For 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.
Tilda Angels Video: Tilda's master class
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.
Video: Learning to sew a designer soft textile toy Baby Elephant
Video: How to Sew a Penguin Finger Toy
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.
Video: Master class on sewing a minion
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 in creativity classes in schools.
DIY bouquets of soft toys photo
Bouquets of soft toys Teddy bears Conservationists struggled with the sale of fresh flowers for a long time, 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.
Video: Bouquet of toys. Master class for beginners
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.
Video: Toy pillow owl
Video: Patchwork “Toy-Pillow”
Flat toys are the easiest to make and are most often made with felt. But there are different variations. Such toys attract with their simplicity and laconic design, interesting textures and the ability to take them with them everywhere.
Video: DIY soft toys. Master class, sewing cats
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.
The simplest toy patterns for beginners Kitten 
The simplest toy patterns for beginners Monkey Smeshariki pattern Video: Soft toy “Sock Bunny”
The “cat” theme is probably one of the most favorite among craftswomen.
After all, it is difficult to find a more elegant and charismatic nature than a cat. That is why mustachioed striped animals often inspire their talented owners to perform handicraft feats.
Today we will continue this glorious tradition and make a textile cat with our own hands. And not even just one, but a whole company. It is only in the song that it is sung that the cat walks on its own. Our textile cats will appear before the public in a large and friendly company.
We present to your attention the charming kitty Kitty, who opens a cat master class. Kind, gentle, with a very soft character, the baby will be made of soft fabric - white fleece. And since she is also cheerful, we will try to make her movable legs with our own hands so that Kitty can play with her friends.
And for this we need:
- paper pattern;
- white fleece or velor for the body;
- a piece of fabric for the dress and, if desired, for the lining;
- pieces of pink and lilac felt for shoes;
- a fragment of a stationery folder for inserts into feet and shoes;
- synthetic fluff as filling;
- black buttons or a piece of black felt (for the eyes);
- yellow felt or self-hardening modeling compound (to make the nose);
- wooden spool of thread;
- threads, needle;
- Moment-Crystal glue, colorless varnish;
- decorative elements: bows, flowers, ribbons or pendants;
- sewing machine.
Welcome to the master class!
To begin, we lay out the pattern pieces on white fabric and cut out the details of Kitty’s body, after which we cut out all the elements for the dress from colored material. One of the parts of the dress needs to be folded so that the clasp is at the back.
The master class continues with work on the body. First you need to sew the darts on the finished and torso fragments. Then we grind down the ears, turn them inside out and sew them to the head. Next, you should sew the head, leaving a hole at the bottom for stuffing. We design the arms, tail and body in the same way.
Advice! When sewing up the legs, you need to leave an eversion hole right above the heel. This will allow you to conveniently and quickly insert the foot blank inside.
We finish the job by sewing the feet together and turning everything inside out.
We design the neck joint with a coil of the appropriate size. Before placing it, you need to wrap it with a piece of white cloth.
We complete the stage by stuffing the parts. Before this, we place plastic blanks in the legs, lightly smearing them with glue. Then you need to sew the holes on the arms and legs with a hidden seam.
Fashion and beauty
Now let’s design Kitty’s face. A pattern will help to successfully position the “facial features”. We glue a finished (or hand-made from plastic) nose and eyes cut out of black felt. It is better to sew the eyes along the contour with a seam over the edge and cover them with varnish. Then we embroider the mustache with black thread and decorate the ear with a finished bow.
At the next stage, you need to connect the head with the body, after which we attach the arms and legs to the body using a rope hinge. And, of course, don't forget about the ponytail.
Next, the master class continues with work on the shoes. For this you will need a pattern again. You need to make shoe parts from fert. Then we take a fragment from a stationery folder and cut out the insoles for the shoes according to the sole pattern, as well as two parts according to the foot pattern.
Advice! These pieces should be cut in a circle one millimeter smaller than the pattern.
The plastic insole must be attached to the sole and the top of the shoe and sole must be sewn together using a blanket stitch. You should also decorate the top of the shoes and decorate the toes of the shoes with roses made from ribbon.
We sew the dress, turn it inside out and be sure to iron it to give it shape. Then we insert a ribbon belt and sew on buttons for which we make air loops.
Advice! To process the edges of the dress, you can use the “double dress” sewing technique, that is, choose a material of the appropriate color for the main fabric as a combi-partner. In addition, you can finish the edges of the dress with a facing or simply roll them up.
The edges of the ribbons can be tied at the front into a neat bow and secured with glue or thread. And now, charming Kitty is ready to conquer the world with her beauty!
Positive cats
She succeeded, because a team of merry cats is waving their paws at the cutie with all her might, for which you only need one pattern.
To sew this positive trinity with our own hands, we will need:
- pattern (taking into account allowances of 6-7 mm);
- 50 cm of fleece (based on 2 cats);
- 5 cm satin ribbon;
- round tip fleece needle;
- threads for sewing and embroidery, pins, scissors;
- stuffing;
- fabric glue.
We begin the master class with cutting: folding the fabric in half, cutting out all the details, and also transferring “facial features” (you can do it “by eye”).
We use a stem stitch to decorate the muzzle, ears, navel and tail, and it is advisable to cut the nose out of fabric in a contrasting color or make it yourself from plastic and varnish it.
At the next stage, we turn it inside out, stuff it and sew it up with a hand stitch, carefully tucking the ends of the threads inside.
You can make fingers on the paws by pulling the threads in large loops through the paw. And our cats are ready!
Merry cat company
Another textile beauty is dreamily admiring kitty Kitty. Sewn with your own hands from bright red fabric, an elegant cat will not require much effort from needlewomen.
To sew it, you will need a pattern, colorful fabric and stuffing, “doll” eyes and a fleece nose, threads and thin wire for the mustache, paws and long tail.
And to sew these little cats with your own hands, you will need one pattern for two people and a minimum of time. A free evening in their company will turn into a handicraft master class.
