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How to Make Stuffed Toys

Making stuffed toys for your baby or toddler is not difficult. You can either purchase material from a fabric store or use fabric you already have around the house. Stuffed toys can be any shape you desire, from square blocks to animals and dolls. Creating a pattern for the stuffed toy requires only a pencil and paper.

Things You'll Need

Paper Pencil Fabric Scissors Straight pins Sewing machine Fiberfill stuffing Chopstick (optional) Embroidery thread Embroidery needle

Instructions

- 1
  Create your pattern. Draw the shape you wish to make on paper. You can use newspaper, grocery sacks or even copy or notebook paper for smaller toys.
- 2
  Lay the pattern over a piece of fabric that has been folded in half with the outside of the material to the inside. Pin the pattern to the material.
- 3
  Cut the fabric following the pattern. Once the toy has been cut out, remove the pattern and re-pin the two pieces of fabric together.
- 4
  Sew three sides of the fabric together. Turn the stuffed toy inside out.
- 5
  Use fiberfill to stuff the toy. Use the eraser end of the pencil or a chopstick to stuff the fiberfill into arms, legs or other small areas.
- 6
  Sew the final seam of the toy by turning in the unfinished edges and sewing them together.
- 7
  Cut small circles or ovals from a contrasting material to use as eyes if you are making an animal or doll. Sew the eyes in the appropriate place.
- 8
  Sew a nose and mouth using a double strand of embroidery thread, if needed.

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