Have a couple of other unnecessary socks lying around? Don’t rush to throw them away, because they can make amazingly beautiful and charming homemade toys. Yes, yes, the most ordinary socks or small children's socks can make funny soft toys. And believe me, you will not be required to have any supernatural abilities in needlework. And besides, if you master the basics of creating toys from socks with your own hands, you will later be able to create your own, unique and unlike any other homemade toys.
In order to master a simple technique for creating soft toys from socks, it will be enough to carefully study the photo or video master classes given in this article of the News portal “Vtemu.by”.
DIY sock cat
To create funny faces, use buttons, beads, sequins or beads. Pieces of colored felt can also be used.
To fill socks toys, you can use scraps of fabric, holofiber, padding polyester, cotton wool, foam balls or even cereals.
Basic materials
If you have little experience in sewing, it is more profitable to take cheap material for your first job. A craft made from nylon socks without patterns would be the best option. You can ruin such a thing without regret.
In addition, stock up on threads to match the selected fabric and take care of the filler.
The best choice is artificial material, which is used to insulate winter jackets and down jackets; it is soft, light, elastic and will create the necessary volume.
If you don’t have it in your household, use medical cotton wool; it has a fluffy structure and is sold in every pharmacy. You will also need scissors, a needle and buttons for the eyes.
DIY sock hare
Don't know what to do with your child this weekend? Then why not do a fun, creative activity with him by making a toy out of socks. A self-sewn toy will definitely become the most expensive and favorite for the baby, because it will be filled with an atmosphere of love and tenderness.
Smiling cat
To make a smiling cat you will need:
- knitted sock of any color, but the brighter the better;
- padding polyester;
- needle and thread, buttons and scissors;
- and also a thick woolen thread for a bow.
Making a cat:
- The sock is cut to the desired size and tightly stuffed with padding polyester.
- The edges are folded and sewn with a neat, invisible seam, slightly tightening the thread to form ears.
- The body in the place where the neck should be is tied with a bright woolen thread, a colored button is sewn on and the thread is tied with a bow.
- They draw eyes, a nose, a smiling mouth and a mustache on the face with a marker, although with skill all this can be embroidered with black thread - it will turn out even more beautiful.
- The toy smiling cat is ready to meet his little friends.
DIY sock rabbit
And besides, such an unusual activity will be an excellent assistant in nurturing in a child such positive qualities as perseverance, accuracy, diligence, hard work, creative imagination, fantasy, artistic taste, etc.
The finished toy will become a friend for a child or an excellent gift for his classmates and friends.
You can make toys from socks without using scissors. To create the desired shape, you can use thin elastic bands or strings. As an example, we present to your attention toys made from socks - snowmen and a baby elephant.
"Male" gift
Giving just socks is boring and uninteresting, but with some imagination and a little effort, you can create a themed gift that you can simply put on a shelf for beauty.
Materials:
- men's socks - 8 pairs;
- green satin ribbon 5 cm wide;
- stationery eraser;
- red cardboard;
- double sided tape;
- scissors.
Step-by-step instructions for crafts from socks:
- We do not separate the socks one by one, we leave them folded in pairs.
- We twist the product in the direction from the sock to the elastic band to form a tight tube. In this way we roll up six pairs.
- We tie each one in the middle with an elastic band to prevent it from unwinding.
- We put five of them in a row - this will be the base of the tank, the sixth will remain for the cannon.
- Cut two pieces of tape. We wrap each of them around the toe tracks of the tank, retreating a centimeter from the edge. You will get two green lines.
- We fasten the set aside pair on top with tape, simulating a tank weapon.
- We separate the last pair one at a time and lay them out one after another, slightly overlapping. Starting from the beginning of the product, we twist it into a wide snail.
- We lay it sideways on a free space next to the gun, this is a hatch.
- Cut out stars of different sizes from cardboard. We decorate the resulting homemade tank with them and ribbons.
This is only a small part of what can be made from socks. Don’t rush to throw away one of the pair; it’s better to look for a fresh idea and find a worthy use for it. It is enough to have a few available materials, desire and imagination to create not only beautiful, but also necessary things with your own hands.
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DIY sock elephant
Festive tank
This gift will definitely appeal to those who served in the armored forces.
To complete the product we will need:
- socks (3 pairs);
- ribbon;
- ribbon bow;
- pin;
- marker.
At the beginning of work, you need to choose socks; two pairs of light and one dark are best. Then remove the products from their packaging and labels. Separate two light pairs with one sock each. Then roll each sock into a tight roll. Secure the rolls with a pin or rubber band. Such tubes will become the wheels of a tank.
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Next, straighten one sock from a dark pair so that its heel does not stick out. Place light rolls on top of it in one tier. Our “wheels” should fit snugly against each other. Wrap them in a dark sock and tuck the toe into the elastic band. Then make a tower from the second dark sock. To do this, the product must be folded not as tightly as the others. Place the turret on our tank.
All that remains is to secure the parts of the craft with a beautiful ribbon. Glue a beautiful bow to the ribbon for a festive mood. Now the tank only lacks a muzzle, so to simulate it we insert a handle into the turret. Ready-made surprise in the photo:
