New life of an old thing, or DIY dolls from socks

A toy made by the hands of mother or grandmother will always be the best for the baby. All the warmth, love and care invested by the craftswoman in its manufacture will be passed on to the child. Therefore, we recommend all young mothers to make soft toys for children with their own hands. This activity has many advantages. Firstly, you yourself choose materials for creativity, and we are sure that for your beloved child you will take only natural and safe fabrics and fillers. Secondly, it is profitable for money. For the money that a factory toy costs, you can buy materials for the manufacture of two or three crafts. Did we convince you? Then get down to business. Right now you will learn how dolls are sewn with their own hands from socks. This is an interesting and fairly simple technique for creating toys. As a result of work, you will get a cute soft baby doll and a doll for home theater.

Sock doll. With our own hands we sew baby dolls

For work, you need such materials:

• sock;
• a patch of tissue measuring 10x10 cm;
• needle with thread;
• scissors;
• cotton wool;
• beads or buttons 2 pieces;
• narrow satin ribbon.

How to make a doll from a sock? Follow the instructions below.

1. Sock put on the table. Cut it into three parts to make separate parts: from the fingers to the beginning of the heel (body), the heel itself (you will not need it further in the work) and the elastic (cap of the baby doll).
2. On the first part, markup to form the arms and legs of the future baby doll. To do this, draw a straight line in the middle of the part from bottom to top by 5 centimeters. This will be the separator for the design of the legs. From the top of the part down, draw two parallel lines of 4 centimeters, retreating from the left and right edges by a centimeter. You marked the pens.
3. Fill the body part with cotton and stitch it along all the marked lines. You will see how the blank takes on the shape of a pupal body. Sew and tighten the top hole.
4. From a flap of fabric, cut a circle, sew it with stitches along the edge and pull it off. Put filler in the hole, tighten the thread and fasten it. Make eyelets from buttons or beads.
5. Sew the head of the baby doll to the body.
6. From the top of the sock (elastic) make a hat. To do this, tie one edge with a ribbon and fasten it.
7. Put the hat on the doll. Tie the place of fastening of the head to the body with a ribbon.

Baby doll is ready to play with your baby. Even a child who is only learning to hold a needle in his hands can perform such dolls with his own hands from socks. Under your strict guidance, the little daughter-daughter will make a cute toy that will definitely become her favorite.

Theatrical dolls. With our own hands we’ll sew soft “actors” from socks

For the manufacture of characters of puppet shows, you will need socks of different colors and textures, buttons, cardboard, glue, decorative elements.

From the cardboard cut an oval to the width of the sock. Fold this part in half. Turn the sock to the wrong side and paste an oval into its “nose”. When the product dries, carefully twist it. You got the head of a hero with a mouth. Next, glue or sew on button eyes, tongue, nose, ears of any fabric (felt, knitwear, cotton). That's all. A wonderful glove toy for the puppet theater is ready.

We hope that the information presented in this article inspired you and very soon new dolls will appear in your house, made from socks with your own hands. I wish you creative success, beautiful toys and good mood!