20 cool DIY stuffed toys

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Bears, unicorns, owls and other cute animals that are easy to deal with.

How to make a soft bear with your own hands

What do you need

• Sample;
• paper;
• scissors;
• a pen;
• light fabric;
• stationery pins;
• needle;
• light threads;
• wooden stick;
• synthetic winterizer, cotton wool or other filler;
• black threads;
• brush;
• black acrylic paint;
• pink acrylic paint;
• white acrylic paint;
• tape or piece of cloth.

How to make a toy

Print the template on paper and cut out. Circle it around the back of the fabric. Where the dotted line is on the template, make a rough outline.

Fold the fabric in half so that you can see the outline of the template. Secure it with pins in several places. Cut off excess.

Sew along the marked lines. Leave a hole where the basting is. Cut off excess.

Turn the workpiece right out with a wooden stick. Fill the bear with filler and sew the hole on the side.

Draw the outlines of the round eyes, nose, mouth and oval cheeks. Embroider the nose, mouth and eyebrows with black thread. Paint the eyes with black paint, and the cheeks with pink. Add two white dots of different sizes in front of the eyes.

Tie a scarf made of ribbon or fabric around the bear's neck.

What other options are there

This template can be used to make an incredibly cool soft bear:

Here's how to make a pom-pom bear:

And these cubs are made of socks:

How to make a soft cat with your own hands

What do you need

• Paper;
• pen or marker;
• scissors;
• blue plush fabric;
• stationery pins;
• needle;
• light threads;
• wooden stick;
• synthetic winterizer, cotton wool or other filler;
• black felt;
• glue gun;
• black threads.

How to make a toy

Draw on the paper a long rounded strip for the tail pattern and a rounded triangle for the ears pattern. Cut out the details. Fold the fabric in half, right side in, and trace around the templates. Circle the ear two times.

Secure with pins and cut off unwanted fabric. Sew along the contour, leaving holes at the base of the tail and ears. Cut off excess.

Turn the finished parts right out. Use a stick for convenience. Fill the tail and ears with filler.

Cut out an egg-like shape out of paper. Cut out triangles at the top and bottom in the middle. Trace around the pattern on the back of the fabric.

Cut the fabric around the lines, slightly backing off from them. Pin the ears on the front side.

Place this piece over another piece of fabric so that they are right side in. Secure with pins. Sew the fabric up to the marks shown in the photo. That is, there should be holes at the top and bottom.

Cut off excess fabric. On the back, circle the cutouts that are on the template. Fold the part in half and fix the corners formed by the drawn lines on top with pins. Then sew these lines.

Make a cut from the bottom between the stripes, bend, insert the tail inward on one side and secure. Sew along the marked line.

Cut off the excess fabric and turn the piece inside out. Fill the cat's body with filler and sew the hole at the bottom.

Cut out small round eyes from felt and glue to the toy. Below, outline a triangular nose and mouth and sew with threads.

Cut two identical circles out of the fabric. Collect them around the edges and stuff. Sew the resulting paws to the cat.

What other options are there

A very simple way to make a cat out of socks:

Here's another cute cat:

And such a toy can be used as a pillow:

How to make a soft bunny with your own hands

What do you need

• Thick cardboard;
• compass;
• ruler;
• scissors;
• brown, gray, white or black thick yarn;
• gray, beige or white felt;
• pink felt;
• glue gun;
• white pompom;
• black beads;
• fishing line;
• pink bead.

How to make a toy

Cut out two circles with a diameter of 10 cm from cardboard with a round hole in the middle with a diameter of 3.5 cm. And two more circles with a diameter of 8 cm with the same hole in the center.

Fold the same pieces together. Make a cut and remove a small piece of cardboard as shown in the photo.

Wrap the workpiece with yarn, slightly short of the edges of the cut.

Cut the thread and hide it. Cut the yarn in a circle between the two cardboard pieces.

Pass a new piece of yarn between the same pieces and tie the threads in the center. Remove the cardboard and trim the pompom with scissors. Use another blank to make a second pompom.

Fold the gray, white or beige felt in half and cut out two identical pieces in the shape of long ears. Cut two smaller pieces of the same piece out of pink felt. Glue small pieces onto large pieces.

Lubricate the bottom of the ears with glue and fold in half. Glue the pom-poms together. Glue a small white pompom to the body. You can buy a ready-made one or also make it yourself. Glue the ears to the top of the head.

Make eyes out of black beads. Wrap the fishing line several times around a small, long piece of paper. Carefully remove the line and trim the edges. Thread into a pink bead and tie. Glue the resulting nose and whiskers to the hare's head.

What other options are there

A bunny is easy to make from a sock:

This video shows another way:

How to make a soft unicorn with your own hands

What do you need

• Sample;
• paper;
• scissors;
• pink plush fabric;
• stationery pins;
• needle;
• light threads;
• plain pink fabric;
• pencil or pen;
• white fleece fabric;
• synthetic winterizer, cotton wool or other filler;
• turquoise thin ribbon;
• colored threads, floss or other fine yarn;
• marker.

How to make a toy

Print the template on paper and cut out the details. The horn template, which is located on the torso, can be cut out later for convenience.

Fold a piece of pink fabric in half, wrong side out. Attach the unicorn body template and secure in several places with pins. Cut off excess fabric.

Sew the fabric around the edge of the paper piece. At the back, where the tail will be, leave a hole. Cut off excess fabric and turn the shape inside out.

On another pinkish fabric, attach an ear template and circle. Cut a piece of fabric with a pattern and attach it to a piece of plush. Both fabrics should be right side in. Make a second piece of the same.

Sew along the pencil line on the sides. Cut off the excess and turn out the resulting ears.

On a white fleece fabric, trace around the horn template. Fold the fabric in half so that the piece you painted also folds in half to form a horn.

Pin and sew along the side edge. Cut off excess fabric next to the seam. At the bottom, round off the part with scissors. Then turn out the resulting cone.

Stuff the unicorn's body. Insert the turquoise ribbon into the needle, tie a knot and pull it through the top of the horn from the inside out. Stuff the horn with filler. Gather the open bottom slightly so that the edges do not stick out.

Sew the piece onto the unicorn's head. Try to make sure that the seam is not visible. Use the sewn-on tape to wrap the horn diagonally, gently squeezing the fabric. Wrap the base of the horn, secure the tape with thread and cut off the excess.

Fold in the edges of the ears and sew. Fold each ear in half and sew on the sides to the head of the toy.

Without cutting, join the edges of threads or fine yarn in several delicate shades. Wrap them around a book, notebook, or something similar several times. Cut the threads and rip them along one edge. This will be the mane. In the same way, make a second blank for the tail.

Tie up tightly and sew in the middle of the tail blank. The video below shows the entire process in detail. Use some thread to make a smaller hole in the back of the toy. Sew the tail there.

Mark the outlines of the eyes, nostrils and mouth with a marker. Sew with black thread adding eyelashes. If you are at a loss, watch the video instruction.

Tie the mane blank in the middle with a turquoise ribbon folded in half. Sew the piece to the base of the horn from the back side.

Tie half of the mane with ribbon, sewing it to the head. Braid the ponytail.

What other options are there

This unicorn's mane is not made of threads, but of the same fabric as the whole toy:

Such a toy is made even easier. You will need this template for it.

How to make a soft dog with your own hands

What do you need

• White fluffy sock;
• pen or marker;
• needle;
• threads;
• scissors;
• synthetic winterizer, cotton wool or other filler;
• brown fluffy sock;
• 2 black beads;
• brown felt;
• glue gun or just strong glue.

How to make a toy

Turn the white sock inside out and straighten it. On the side of the toe, circle the heel with a rounded line.

Sew along the line and trim off the excess from the toe side.

Turn the sock right out. Fill it with filler and sew up the hole.

On the brown sock, draw two ear-shaped details. Sew along the contours, leaving small holes at the bottom.

Cut off the excess and turn out the parts. Sew the ears with the holes to the dog's head.

Sew on the eye beads. Cut a triangular nose out of felt and glue it between the eyes. Sew the mouth with cinnamon thread.

Run the threads near the heel on the brown toe so that the shape resembles a curved ponytail. Cut off the excess, twist and sew the tail to the dog.

Cut two identical circles out of the brown sock. Gather them around the edges and stuff them with padding polyester or something else. Sew the resulting paws to the toy.

What other options are there

You can make more realistic animals out of socks. For example, here's a puppy:

Or like this:

How to make a soft owl with your own hands

What do you need

• Paper;
• pencil or pen;
• scissors;
• plush turquoise fabric;
• stationery pins;
• needle;
• light threads;
• synthetic winterizer, cotton wool or other filler;
• white felt;
• black threads;
• pink felt;
• colored yarn of light shades;
• pink thin ribbon.

How to make a toy

Fold the paper in half lengthwise. Draw the outline of half an owl on it. At the fold, depict a large narrowed eye on the side, and below - a larger semicircle. The video below shows the details. Cut along the marked lines.

Unfold the templates. Fold the turquoise fabric in half, right side inward. Attach a large template and pin. Cut off excess fabric.

Sew the fabric around the outside of the template. Leave a hole for the stuffing at the bottom. Cut off the excess fabric and turn the piece inside out. Fill it with padding polyester, cotton wool or other filler. Sew up the hole.

Circle the pattern of the eyes on a white cloth. Cut out the part. Draw closed eyes with cilia on it and sew with threads. Cut a small triangle out of the pink fabric. Sew the beak to the owl's body, and the eyes on top, superimposing them on the pink detail.

Wind the yarn around your palm several times, remove and tie in the middle. Cut off the sides of the threads and trim with scissors to form a pompom. Make many pom-poms in different colors and sizes in the same way. Sew them onto the owl's belly.

Using a round paper template, cut out two pieces of plush fabric. Fold each in half, secure with pins, and sew around the edges, leaving a small hole in the middle. Turn the parts right out and sew the holes. Attach the top of the resulting wings to the owl.

Sew the base of the ears with threads to make them narrower. Tie ribbon bows at the seams.

What other options are there

In this master class, only the body of the owl is sewn, and all the details are glued. The eyes are made of cotton pads and beads. A quick and easy option for a homemade toy:

Here's another cute homemade owl: