New Year's holidays have passed, and just around the corner on February 14 and March 8. Of course, I want to give pleasant surprises to all colleagues and friends, but the budget is very limited. And absolutely banal gifts, which everyone chooses every year, do not want to give. What can you come up with so that the gift was unbanal and inexpensive? Do you know how to make a bear out of a towel? This is a great option for an inexpensive gift or packaging for bath accessories, although you can pack anything in a towel bear. Such a gift, even children will like it, because it is a very cute toy.
In general, from the most ordinary terry towel you can make a variety of figures: it can be swans, elephants, bunnies or hearts. Actual for any holiday, inexpensive and uncomplicated. Consider how to make a bear out of a towel in stages.
Materials
To originally wrap a gift or make a cute surprise in the form of a teddy bear, you will need the following:
- A terry towel measuring 40 by 60 cm in size. Any color can be, but for cubs, white, brown or cappuccino are better suited.
- Satin ribbon 1 m long and approximately 2.5 cm wide.
- Stationery elastic in the color of towels or transparent.
- Scissors.
- Double sided tape.
- Buttons or finished eyes and nose from the store for creativity.
How to make a bear out of a towel
- Take all the prepared materials, lay the towel on the table, outline the middle.
- We begin to add the figure of the bear. We fold the right edge of the towel to the center very carefully so that there are no folds or kinks. If you want to hide a surprise inside the toy, you should put it in the center of the towel.
- Now from below we twist the towel into a tight tube to the middle. Lock the workpiece with a heavy object.
- Similarly, we twist the upper part to the middle so that our tube is double.
- Turn the workpiece over.
- Turn the two free edges of the towel up and twist. We get teddy bear paws.
- We put the free half on top of the legs, straighten the middle. We do everything very carefully so that the tubules do not unwind at the edges. We got the head of a teddy bear.
- Take a clerical gum and fix the figure. The head should be smaller than the torso.
- With the help of rubber bands we fix the ears and wrap it a few turns, but not too tight so that the rubber bands do not tear.
- From above on that elastic band that separates the head from the body, tie a ribbon and make a beautiful bow.
- Glue the eyes and nose onto the face.
Decoration figures
Now you know the scheme of how to make a bear out of a towel. You can decorate the figure as you wish. The nose and eyes can simply be cut out of paper and glued to double-sided tape.
If you want to make a gift for a child, it is better to use buttons. Sew buttons matching the color and size instead of the eyes and nose. For a bear, you can sew a tulle skirt or pajamas. Instead of towels, you can use pieces of felt or faux fur. Such a toy, of course, will really please the child.
Make a bear face out of a towel
The second option is not to make a full figure, but only the muzzle of a teddy bear. This option is suitable if the towel is very small.
- We lay a towel on the table, inside out. Mentally divide the fabric into three parts in width and 4 in length. Inside, closer to the center, we arrange gifts.
- We fold the lap towel first to the right to two-thirds, then to the left.
- We turn one quarter of the towel to the center. And then we fold it in half again. The head of the teddy bear is almost ready.
- We fix the nose and ears on both sides with an elastic band and glue the nose and eyes. When you fix the ears, you need to capture both the front and back of the figure so that the muzzle does not fall apart. The result was a charming bear with a wonderful surprise inside.
You know as many as two options for making a bear out of a towel. Choose the one you like best and do it! And after the bear, you can move on to more complex shapes. Swans and towel cakes look very nice.