Now a popular type of needlework is the manufacture of interior dolls. They become not only an ornament, but also the favorite characters of the kids. Dolls are made both in the form of people and in the form of animals. Very interesting toy monkey. With your own hands, it can be done in different ways: to sew or crochet.
Manufacturing options
DIY soft toy monkey can be made like this:
- Sewn in a simple pattern from fleece or felt, including in the form of a pillow.
- It is sewn on a complex pattern of plush, faux fur in the form of a realistic animal.
- It is made in the form of a tilde doll.
- It is modeled on a flavored attic toy.
- Made of colorful socks or golf.
- Crocheted in the form of a miniature object or almost life-size.
As you can see, there are many ways to create a soft toy. Some are very simple and suitable even for inexperienced novice craftswomen. Complex patterns and patterns are better to choose if you already have skills in needlework.
What is required
So, a DIY toy monkey can be sewn in one of the above ways.
To work, you need the following:
- pattern or paper, pencil, eraser for its manufacture;
- scissors;
- the cloth;
- a piece of chalk;
- pins
- needle with thread;
- sewing machine (you can also use a manual seam) ;
- filler (holofiber, synthetic winterizer, scraps of shreds);
- decor (plastic eyes, nose, clothes).
If you will knit a toy, you will need a hook and yarn of matching sizes, as well as a pattern.
Monkey pillow
DIY monkey toy is easily sewn in the form of this functional interior decoration. The sequence of work is as follows:
- Make a pattern in accordance with the model shown in the photo or use the template from the following illustration. If you do not have enough experience, take part 1 and 2 and combine into one, although the ears can be sewn separately, as well as complement the toy with the body with arms and legs.
- We follow a simple method: cut out the blank of the muzzle with ears from paper.
- Fold the prepared fabric twice with the front sides inward.
- Pin the pattern from the inside out with pins, draw a line around the contour with chalk, make allowances for the seams.
- Cut out the details.
- Sweep, then stitch the seam along the contour of the product, leaving a hole for twisting and filling.
- Turn the workpiece out.
- Fill in the prepared material.
- Gently sew the hole with the needle thread manually.
- Sew plastic eyes, nose, glue or fasten the holes before stitching, if you bought elements of an appropriate design. Embroider a smile. You can initially provide for the volumetric detail of the muzzle 3 on the pattern above or flat, repeating the contour of the head.
A very simple soft toy a monkey with your own hands in the form of a pillow, a small souvenir magnet or pendant can be made of fleece or felt with stitching parts on the right side when you do not need to turn the product. These materials do not crumble along the slices, and small parts of them can even be glued to the base.
Attic monkey
How to sew a toy a monkey with your own hands in the form of a pillow, you learned in the previous section. Using the same principle, using the simplest pattern, which consists of two parts, it is easy to sew an original souvenir called an attic or coffee toy. For their manufacture, simplified forms of animals are used. Details are cut out of cotton fabric, previously dyed with a decoction of coffee or tea. Depending on the concentration of ingredients in the solution and the exposure time in it, the fabrics receive shades from light to dark brown. If you use natural coffee, the fabric will get a pleasant aroma. You can also add dried aromatic spices and herbs as a filler.
A special highlight to such toys is also given by the inscriptions that adorn the body. Clothing for such characters is usually not sewn, and the entire decor is done with paints, for example, acrylic. In order for the colors to maintain brightness, the surface where the corresponding elements will be drawn, for example, the eyes are pre-coated with a layer of PVA.
DIY soft toy monkey: patterns
If you have time and enough experience, sew a full-fledged animal, for example, from faux fur. Here you definitely can not do without patterns. Use the blank from the following illustration or make your own version.
The manufacturing process will follow the same technology as for a simple product. The difference is that one part, for example, the head will not be made from two, but from a larger number of parts, so that it turns out to be more realistic. Make each element in turn and stitch the details.
DIY soft toy tilde monkey
Patterns for any monkeys can be developed independently. Tilda dolls are not very difficult to create. These products are very cute and beautiful. For their manufacture using ordinary natural fabrics, not fur. The tilda doll has elongated proportions, elongated arms and legs.
As a rule, a certain emotionally colored character is invented. You can make a monkey boy, a girl, a princess with a bouquet of flowers, a basket of gifts. Tilda is usually dressed in beautiful clothes and even shoes. Humanized animals are obtained. As the base material, you can take a pink or light brown fabric. Clothing is made of any materials: they use lace and satin, knit sundresses, dresses, pants. Here is such a cute and romantic DIY toy-tilda soft toy that can be made. Patterns are easy to build on their own, on the model of the finished product.
Sock monkey
There is another easy way to create cute animals. So that you get a beautiful soft toy monkey, you can not do patterns with your own hands. Very original and funny characters are easy to make from ordinary golf or socks.
It is better to take plain or striped products. Use the diagram in the following illustration or cut the monkey parts from your products yourself.
- The head is made from the front of the sock (where the fingers are located). Cut off the part of the sock of the desired size.
- Fill the workpiece with holofiber and pull off the free edge with a thread with a needle in the form of a bag, and then carefully sew the hole to form a head.
- From the cut heel of the toe (well, if its color is contrasting), make a muzzle by sewing on the corresponding part of the head and filling it with holofiber.
- Perform the body elongated from the part of the toe from the foot or elastic, just as they did the head, only sew on both sides.
- Paws and tail are similarly made.
- Details are stitched together.
- Sew on the muzzle elements (eyes, nose).
- If desired, make a monkey outfit from any fabric.
The cheerful striped monkey is ready.
How to crochet a monkey
There are a lot of patterns for crocheting monkeys . The simplest toy can be made on the basis of balls and circles.
The scheme for creating a flat circle is shown below. The volume ball knits similarly, only the middle part is made with the same number of loops in several rows, and then decreases.
The principle of manufacturing the monkey will be as follows:
- Tie a ball of the right size for the head
- Make a slightly larger ball for the body.
- For the ears, make two flat circles.
- The hands and feet can also be easily simplified to small balls by attaching them to the body with hanging threads or braided braids. The best option is to knit in the form of tubes of the desired length on the basis of a ring of air loops of the corresponding diameter.
- You can decorate the muzzle and the monkey itself in any way, as well as stitched.
As you can see, a do-it-yourself monkey toy can be made in many different ways: from an ordinary plush product to a cute romantic tilde or a miniature amigurumi monkey. Choose your favorite method. Create designer toys to decorate the interior and to the delight of children.