As a child grows and develops, his preferences in toys also change. If, as a toddler, he played exclusively with rattles, then when he grew up, they were replaced by various educational and soft toys.
Every mother pays maximum attention when choosing soft toys for her child. After all, they should not only be of high quality and safe, but also something that the baby will definitely want to play with.
In recent years, the trend of making soft toys by hand has developed. But the point is not in the cheapness and availability of such things - it’s just that much more love and warmth is invested in toys made by mother’s hands than in purchased ones.
Today we will sew a little black kitten. He has big surprised eyes, a red nose and an antenna tail, just like a real one. He also has a small soft heart sewn on the side, and a pink bow tied around his neck.
We will need:
- Black material (velvet, felt, fleece or any other);
- A piece of red material;
- Soft orange material (bright);
- White material;
- Pink elastic cord;
- Two beads (black or any other);
- Threads are white and black;
- Needle;
- Scissors;
- Soap or chalk;
- Pen;
- A sheet of white paper;
- Cotton wool.
On paper we draw the body of the future kitten, eyes, nose and heart.
We cut out all the templates and begin to trace them on the fabrics. On black material we outline the template of the body. For convenience, you can use chalk or soap. After we have traced it once, we turn the template over to the other side and trace it again.
Cut out both parts.
Now we outline eye patterns on white fabric, a nose on red fabric, and a heart on orange fabric.
Cut out all the details. We apply them to the body of the future cat and see how it will look.
We sew the eyes to the front of the body with white threads. When half of the eye is sewn on, push a small piece of cotton wool inside.
Sew the eye to the end.
In the same way, using a piece of cotton wool for stuffing, we sew on the second eye.
To make the cat “look”, we sew beads on it. Depending on which part of the “eye” they are sewn into, the cat’s “look” will change. Here he looks to the side.
Sew on the nose.
Sew a heart on the side, approximately above the hind leg.
Now we need to sew two parts of the body - front and back. We do this by gradually sewing and pushing pieces of cotton wool inside. We sew the toy completely like this.
It doesn’t matter if threads of material “stick out” along the edges of the toy - this will make the cat look a little disheveled.
We tie a beautiful pink bow around the neck of this wonderful kitten.
A soft toy that will certainly delight your child is ready! Such a kitten will take its rightful place in any child’s collection of soft toys.
