Make Personalized, Cute, Stuffed Toy.
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Make Personalized, Cute, Stuffed Toy.
This is an instructable to make a really simple stuffed toy for babies or infants that is basically you! My girlfriend actually designed and made this and I was very much just her man servant...again. Her idea, just on my instructable page.
The inspiration for this was the fact that we are Godparents to a fantastic little boy who lives with his parents in Berlin. We do not. Now he can drool and puke on us as if we were there!
You will need:
2/ A4 Cotton cloth for an Inkjet printer (or iron on transfer)
2/ A4 size soft'n'cuddly material for the back
Wadding/stuffing.
Rota trimmer or scissor
Needle and thread
Access to Photoshop/Gimp or similar image manipulation sofware
Inkjet printer
The inspiration for this was the fact that we are Godparents to a fantastic little boy who lives with his parents in Berlin. We do not. Now he can drool and puke on us as if we were there!
You will need:
2/ A4 Cotton cloth for an Inkjet printer (or iron on transfer)
2/ A4 size soft'n'cuddly material for the back
Wadding/stuffing.
Rota trimmer or scissor
Needle and thread
Access to Photoshop/Gimp or similar image manipulation sofware
Inkjet printer
Getting a Big Head
Take a full body shot of yourself and others then upload into the image manipulation software of your choice. I used Photoshop.
Gimp is a free, open sourcce software that does pretty much the same job if you were not aware.
Create a new layer can use the magnetic lasso tool to carefully trace around your head.
Re-size the the head to huge proportions that you like. If I was to do this again, I may make the heads bigger.
Print onto A4 cotton sheet or iron-on transfer paper.
Gimp is a free, open sourcce software that does pretty much the same job if you were not aware.
Create a new layer can use the magnetic lasso tool to carefully trace around your head.
Re-size the the head to huge proportions that you like. If I was to do this again, I may make the heads bigger.
Print onto A4 cotton sheet or iron-on transfer paper.
Cut, Stuff and Sew.
Pretty straight forward...
Cut out your image and the backing material to the same size.
We used pins to hold the 2 pieces together while cutting. (sorry, no photos)
Turn inside out.
Sew up the sides, leaving a smallish hole for the stuffing.
Turn right side out.
Stuff.
Sew up hole.
Easy!
Cut out your image and the backing material to the same size.
We used pins to hold the 2 pieces together while cutting. (sorry, no photos)
Turn inside out.
Sew up the sides, leaving a smallish hole for the stuffing.
Turn right side out.
Stuff.
Sew up hole.
Easy!
Give to Child
We sent off the toys to Germany and here is little JJ with his new bed time pals!
(Ok, just another excuse to go awwwww....)
Note: If I could, I would print in A3 to give the extra room to cut around the bodies better and give a human shape to the toys.
The crafty people would add arms and legs separately!
(Ok, just another excuse to go awwwww....)
Note: If I could, I would print in A3 to give the extra room to cut around the bodies better and give a human shape to the toys.
The crafty people would add arms and legs separately!