The fairytale rabbit, being a cartoon character, is loved by many children. Every child dreams of having such a toy friend to spend time with and fall asleep in the same bed. You can make your child’s dream come true not only by buying a toy, but also by making it yourself. Moreover, the creation of mother’s hands will be more loved and more expensive than store-bought. In order to create a beautiful toy, you will need very few things: just a couple of pieces of fabric, a rabbit pattern and a little imagination.
Best friend
A soft and cute rabbit toy can become the best friend for any child. To do this, the craft needs to be made as cute and functional as possible, that is, do not use fragile and small decorations to decorate it. It is best to choose natural fabrics or fur for tailoring and decoration. When using fur material (especially natural), you should make sure that the child does not have allergies.
The size of the future craft may be different, depending on the age of the baby. But many needlewomen advise making toys that are not too large, so that they can be quickly washed and dried. Also, you don’t need to sew a very small rabbit, because your child will get tired of it very quickly. Therefore, it is best to choose a medium size, approximately twenty to thirty-five centimeters. As for the clothes of the fairy-tale hero, it must correspond to the gender of the child, because not every boy will like a rabbit in a dress. But for girls there are no restrictions.
Toy style
Among the huge number of toy styles, Tilda crafts are especially popular. The creator of this trend, Toni Finnanger, was able to embody the simplicity of forms and elegant splendor of fabric dolls in her crafts. Having received worldwide recognition for their sophistication, all products under the Tilda brand are the favorite toys of many children. One of the features of such toys are long arms and legs, as well as a minimal image of the outline of the face. The needlewoman’s collection also includes rabbits. The charming Tilda rabbit, the pattern of which is placed below, is the most favorite exhibit of many people among all the artist’s crafts.
When cutting out parts of a toy from fabric, you need to take into account the fact that the pattern is shown without seam allowance, so you should make a small indentation from the edges of about 1-1.5 cm. If this is not done, the parts you will end up with are too narrow, which can spoil the appearance of the craft.
Also, the Tilda rabbit (the pattern of which is included in the article) is drawn on a small scale, which can be enlarged if desired. As a filler, you can choose padding polyester, holofiber or padding polyester. As for the design of the face, you need to sew two small beads in the area where the eyes are located, and embroider the nose with a triangle using embroidery threads. You will also need to lightly brown the rabbit's cheeks using blush. You should also pay attention to the fact that the ears of a fashionable rabbit can be sewn differently. In one case, they are cut out of one material, and in the other, fabric of two colors is used. As a rule, the inside of the ears in this case should be made of multi-colored linen or cotton.
Fluffy gift
A rabbit made of fur looks no less charming and cute than a fabric one. To create such splendor, it is best to choose short-haired fur that will not fall off. The toy can be sewn in several ways, using a combination of materials and making it completely fur. In the first case, the head of the craft is cut out from some soft fabric, and all other parts are made from fur. This version of the toy rabbit looks very beautiful and original. Below is a pattern of a rabbit made of fur, which is suitable for sewing both types of crafts.
Speaking about the design of a rabbit's face, it should be mentioned that on a completely fur toy you need to make very expressive eyes. Most often they use special ones that look like real ones. Making them yourself is very difficult, so you need to use purchased parts. As for the combined craft, different eyes look equally charming on it. They can be purchased, embroidered, or made from beads and buttons.
Long-eared surprise
There are few differences between all toy rabbits, most often these are different types of material taken for sewing, as well as the shape of their ears. Such a handmade product can have ears of medium length, erect ears, as well as very long ears, which sometimes reach the height of the craft. Below is a pattern for a rabbit with long ears that any child will surely love.
The toy shown in the pattern can be sewn from various materials. Therefore, it may look like Tilda crafts or like the above fur option. In any case, the rabbit toy will turn out very beautiful. Sometimes soft wires are inserted into the ears of such products to make it possible to lift them. But most often, long-eared rabbits are made with flowing and soft ears.
Required scale
Very often it turns out that the rabbit pattern shown in the picture does not fit in size. Sometimes you want to make a toy bigger, and sometimes smaller. In this case, you should resort to zooming in or out. This is not difficult to do, you need to take a ready-made image of the parts, and if you need to enlarge them, then add a few centimeters along the edges of the product. If you need to reduce it, then you need to measure the pattern data with a ruler and draw it taking into account the changes, subtracting a few centimeters from the edges.
When making such changes to the toy, it is necessary to take into account that the rabbit pattern is given taking into account the proportions of the craft’s body. Therefore, you do not need to draw images by eye without having certain skills. It is best to follow the recommendations of specialists as stated above. If it is difficult to make a correct pattern on a regular landscape sheet, then you should use a sheet from a checkered notebook or special paper designed for this purpose. It will be much easier to draw details on it and make various curves correctly.
Unusual padding
As a rule, the same materials are used to stuff toys: padding polyester, synthetic padding or holofiber, as mentioned above. But sometimes other fillers are used to make the craft more durable. Most often these are various grains that can be pleasantly felt through the fabric. Being completely natural, such ingredients will not harm a playing child.
When using natural fillers, you need to take into account the fact that cereals are heavier than synthetic fillers. Therefore, the rabbit pattern and the material for sewing it must be chosen taking this nuance into account. It should also be remembered that before using any cereal, it must be thoroughly fried so that it does not spoil inside the craft. Although this method of filling products is completely natural, it has one big drawback - the inability to wash the toy. Therefore, it is most often used for crafts that are used as indoor decoration.
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.
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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 in creativity classes in schools.
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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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Click to enlarge the rabbit or hare.
Some explanations on sewing from patterns: 1. Along the upper pattern, triangles are added there - allowances so that when turning the parts made of dense fleecy material do not puff up. You need to cut out 2 pieces for the body and head and 4 pieces for the ears. The sewn and stuffed parts (the direction of stuffing is shown by arrows) must be connected to the letters indicated on the pattern
2. according to the bottom pattern, then part 6-6-4, then sewn into the back of the rabbit’s head, with a tapering angle towards the back. Part 6-6-5 - in the front of the head, at an angle of 5 to the nose. etc. All parts are numbered along the edges, due to which you can understand how they are located.
For convenience, I am posting both articles here:
And now our advice:
First of all prepare your workplace. An immutable rule: the light should fall from the left side. There should be nothing unnecessary on the table at which you will work.
It is advisable that the table surface is not polished. It is better to cover it with white rough paper.
Place tools on the right and samples and instructions on the left. It is good if you prepare a waste basket in advance, then the workplace will be clean all the time, which also creates a good work spirit.
TOOLS:
To work you will need the following tools:
- awl;
- ruler;
- pliers;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- pattern cutter;
- needles;
- iron;
- threads;
- cardboard;
- shreds;
- tracing paper;
- wire;
- copy paper.
- penknife;
Awl will be needed for piercing workpieces.
Pliers will be useful for giving the desired bend to the wire frame.
Needles we need different ones. It is good to sew on beady eyes with a very thin needle. The parts of the toy are sewn together with a medium needle. (A darning needle is not suitable because its eye gets stuck in the fabric.) A large needle is useful for working with fluffy threads.
Needles must be in the pincushion. If you are not working with a needle, immediately stick it into the needle bar so you don’t have to look for it later and, most importantly, don’t get pricked.
Scissors must be sharp and of different sizes. Small rounded scissors (nail scissors) are good for cutting out round shapes, while medium scissors are good for cutting fabric.
MATERIAL FOR TOYS.
Any unnecessary scraps, old felt hats, and worn woolen items will be useful for making. As for cotton fabric, then, of course, it is better if the fabric is new - bright and strong.
Cardboard patterns for can be made from candy boxes or shoes.
Wire It is better to use copper. It bends easily and is cut with simple scissors.
Braid and lace, buttons and beads for eyes can be found in any home. And so that the button becomes the desired color, it can be painted with nitro paint. It's good if the button has a leg.
HOW TO DYE A BUTTON.
We attach two buttons or beads to the ends of the wire. We bend the wire. Dip the buttons into a can of paint. We take it out, let the paint drip off and hang it to dry.
PADDING.
It is best to stuff the toy with industrial cotton wool, which is easier to work with than medical wool. You can use scraps of unnecessary shreds or padding polyester.
THREAD.
It works well with white and black threads No. 40. Red floss is suitable for mouths. Bangs, braids, manes, and ponytails can be made from wool or artificial threads.
HOW TO WORK WITH PATTERNS.
In the “design - toy” section (or by the ““ tag) drawings of soft toy patterns are given. But you need to get your pattern. Print out our patterns or redraw them on tracing paper, and then transfer the pattern onto cardboard using carbon paper. If you don’t have carbon paper on hand, you can make such paper yourself. To do this, the back side of the tracing paper must be shaded with a soft, simple pencil.
Some patterns in the “toys” section have been reduced in size. To enlarge the pattern to its natural size, you need to draw it into squares with a side of 1 cm, and then draw a grid with a square side of 2 cm and redraw the pattern into it square by square.
After the pattern drawing is transferred to cardboard, carefully cut it out with scissors. Keep the patterns in separate envelopes, as they may still be useful to you.
Then take the desired fabric and iron it well. Place the ironed fabric face down on the table. Place a cardboard pattern on top and trace it along the outline. For light fabric we use a simple pencil, for dark fabric - a light one. It is better not to use chalk, as it creates a wide outline that can distort the pattern.
You need to cut out the parts of the toy not along the contour (except in special cases), but slightly backing away from the edge to leave room for the seams.
Fur keychains have long become not only the highlight of fashion shows, they have stepped “into the people” and quickly gained particular popularity among the female population. Who would refuse a cute furry animal? After all, he is so cute and fluffy!
Do-it-yourself rabbit keychain made of fur - pattern, mk
Of course, it is easier and faster to buy a ready-made fur keychain, but if you are inspired by the idea and find suitable fur and free time, we suggest you sew your own keychain in the shape of a rabbit from faux fur. For a keychain, in addition to fur, it is advisable to purchase a metal carabiner. The figurine is 15 cm high. A piece of fur (corduroy, knitwear, plush or fleece) should be 35 cm long and 45 cm wide.
To work you will need:
- Natural or artificial fur (35/45 cm)
- A piece of leather or leatherette 6 cm long, 1 cm wide for a loop for a carabiner.
- 2 buttons for eyes.
- Pink threads for the mouth.
- Scissors, threads to match the color of the fur.
- Sintepon or cotton wool for stuffing.
Pattern number 1.
Enlarging the pattern. Let me remind you: the length from the top of the head (point D) to the back point (point O) will be approximately 15 cm. We look at the letters - all the letters indicate the points where the parts combine. That is, for example, the neck of a rabbit: the BG segment should be combined with the BG segment on the rabbit's head.
On pattern number 1 we see: head - 2 parts, back - 2 parts, ear - 4 parts.
Pattern number 2.
On pattern number 2: the figure’s forehead is 1 piece, the lower part of the abdomen is 2 pieces.
We transfer the paper pattern to the fabric: pin it with tailor’s pins, not forgetting to add another 0.8-1 cm to the paper pattern for allowances. In the figure, 2 ears are located on a common pattern, and 2 ears are located separately - this means that the inner ears can be made not from fur, but from knitwear, fleece, and so on.
Next: we sew the undercut GHG from the wrong side, as well as the undercut JIJ on the forehead of our workpiece. We also decorate the ears: we fold the 4 parts of the ears, front to front, and stitch them, leaving the top of the ears unstitched. We will stuff the ear with padding polyester through the top. We stuffed it with padding polyester (lightly) and sewed up the cut by hand, hiding the unstitched edge.
We sew the ears with a cut (DE) to one and the other part of the head. Only then do we sew up the back of the head (AB). Next, we need to sew the bunny's forehead to the head. We combine all the points of the forehead and head, sew as shown by the arrows in the figure. Don't forget to insert a piece of leather into the top for a loop under the carabiner.
Then we sew up the dart on the rabbit's belly. We combine the parts of the back and abdomen, pin and stitch.
We sew the head to the body, leaving an unsewn section - at the end we will stuff the entire body with padding polyester through it.
We stuff it with padding polyester and manually sew up the hole with a hidden seam.
If your fur begins to fall out at the edges, coat it with regular PVA glue diluted with water (1 part glue / 1 part water).
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
