5 nice ideas to create DIY fabric toys
When my daughter was little, one of the things she did most willingly was to use, manipulate, look at , not the toys bought by her grandmothers, but the most common things that were in the house: the colored clothes pegs, the clothes hanging on the drying rack, the napkins that he took out of the kitchen drawer and so on.
Comparing myself with my friends (mothers with small children too), I understood that it was common and I came to the conclusion (easy and logical) that buying expensive toys is more a need for adults than for children.
So, since I like manual works, I thought it would be nice and stimulating, both for me and for my daughter, to create homemade toys with easily recoverable materials. He played it for years (with some more with others less) and I still remember my satisfaction today.
To encourage you to do the same thing and create some games for your child with your own hands – which, I tell you, is very rewarding – I have searched for you 5 tutorials to inspire you to create cute and easy-to-make fabric toys . You don’t need to be very good at it, but yes, you do need to know how to hold a needle (or sew on a machine).
1- Cloth cubes
Soft, light and colorful, these fabric cubes are made in just a few minutes.
All you need is some foam rubber or padding for cushions and puppets (found in haberdashery) and some scraps of colored fabric to be cut into all the same squares which will then be sewn together. Leftovers from old cotton shirts, velvet trimmings, leftover piles are fine. However, I recommend non-furry fabric. Useful to follow the tutorial.
2-Cloth book
The sensory fabric book is one of the cutest toys you can make at home.
Children love it because they are stimulated by the presence of different colours, shapes and objects. A few rectangles of colored fabric and a lot of imagination are enough . You can insert soft or rough elements, noisy or mobile, plain or patterned, the important thing is that, if the children are very young, you pay attention to safety: well-stitched book, no small pieces that detach, safe materials . To make a fabric book you need to know how to sew by hand or by machine.
3- Padded rings
Here is the classic toy where children can have fun stacking the elements.
In this case they are fabric rings , each one different from the other both in terms of size and pattern. Even for this fun game, only scraps of fabric and stuffing material are enough.
4- Cloth puppets
And if it’s true that every object can give the child a fun experience, it’s also true that with mum and dad’s participation the game can become exciting. For this cloth puppets are ideal! You can create them with scraps of fabric you have at home using the patterns you will find in the link and you can have fun making them move by telling your child nice stories.
You can create handmade toys for your baby or even as a gift for your friend who has just become a mother.
To make them you just need a few simple materials, a sewing machine or simply a needle and thread and then a lot of goodwill. But I’m sure you don’t miss it.
Good work!
5- Play in the shape of the sun
It’s really very easy to make this colorful and very simple toy in the shape of a slightly wacky sun.
All you need are a few scraps of fabric to sew together: two joined circles inside which you can insert elements that make noise and many colored rays to tie on the tip to stimulate the touch.
Kathryn Barlow is an OB/GYN doctor, which is the medical specialty that deals with the care of women's reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth.
Obstetricians provide care to women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, while gynecologists focus on the health of the female reproductive system, including the ovaries, uterus, vagina, and breasts. OB/GYN doctors are trained to provide medical and surgical care for a wide range of conditions related to women's reproductive health.