Sewing and cutting for beginners: DIY Tiger toy. Tiger - do it yourself Do it yourself paper tiger

We continue the series of articles on sewing soft toys with your own hands. In this article we will look at patterns and sewing of a soft Tiger toy. The topic was published in the previous article, so we will sew the Tiger toy with a good mood and knowledge of the matter.

Sewing and cutting from socks is a simple and interesting activity. Involve your children in work.

DIY sewing Tiger toys - master class

You will need:

pair of striped socks
reinforced threads
floss threads
scraps of light knitwear
2 beads
satin ribbon
holofiber or synthetic fluff

Completing of the work:

Place your toes with your heels facing up. Separate the front part of one sock and make a cut to the heel. For the other sock, also separate the front part and make a V-shaped dart, not reaching the heel by about 2 cm. Cut off the upper part. The resulting parts were for the torso (top) and head (bottom).

2. Cut out a few more details: from the front part of the sock - for the tail, and from light scraps - for the ears and feet. Set the head piece aside for now. Using a back stitch, not forgetting the holes, connect the edges of all other parts on the wrong side. Turn them right side out.

3. Turn the head piece inside out. Sew the edges of the dart using a backstitch. Place the ears on the dart side and pin them, as shown in the photo.

4. Secure the ears with a needle back stitch. Turn the workpiece right side out.

Volumetric formation of a tiger figure

5. Stuff the body, head, tail and feet with holofiber or synthetic down. Bend the elastic band down on your torso.

6. Tighten the head hole. Connect the head and body with hidden stitches, then bend the elastic upward. Using a drawstring, mark the front legs.

7. Sew up the opening on the feet and attach them with hidden stitches to the back legs.

8. Also sew the tail with hidden stitches. If it turns out to be too thick, tighten it by stitching the stitch “forward with the needle” several times in a circle.

9. Cut out a circle from a light piece of knitwear and make the tiger’s belly using the same principle as described for the voluminous eyes and nose. Sew it with hidden stitches.

10. Mark the navel. Using a drawstring, form the toes on the hind legs. Embroider the claws and a cross on the butt.

11. Pull the muzzle. Cut out a circle from light knitwear, make a nose and attach it to the muzzle with hidden stitches.

12. Cut out round details for the eyes from light knitwear and rectangular ones for the eyelids from the remnants of the main fabric.

13. Make balls for eyes. Fold the parts for all in half and assemble the cut onto a thread.

14. Sew the eyes inside the eyelids. Attach the blanks to the Tiger's face with hidden stitches.

Soft toy - do it yourself

Tiger cub

2010 is the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese calendar, so a hand-sewn tiger will become not just a cute toy, but also a real talisman for life! It’s not scary if you don’t have time to sew a tiger cub by December 31st, because the Chinese celebrate the New Year according to their calendar only on March 19th, so you still have time!

Now there are many types of artificial fur and fabrics on sale, but you need to correctly determine the amount of fabric to buy, because the tiger cub must be striped, and the stripes must be located in the transverse direction. Therefore, it is best to come to a fabric store with a pattern and figure out how the toy will be cut, taking into account seam allowances. It is advisable to choose a natural combination of colors, that is, the tiger cub should be red and black.

Tip: when cutting fur or fabric into stripes, you will encounter the problem of matching the stripes on the two parts being sewn. In this case, you need to fold the patterns of these parts with each other the way they should be folded when stitching. After this, you need to make a notch on each of the parts in the place where, in your opinion, the stripes should meet. When cutting, these serifs are combined with stripes.

So, take the following materials:
- red-black striped fur with short pile (you can take thick striped fabric);
- light red fur with short pile;
- a small piece of red fabric;
- one black bead or button of medium size;
- leather of white, green and black colors (artificial or natural) or two buttons for the eyes, suitable in color and size;
- cardboard,
- filler (cotton wool, finely crumbled foam rubber, buckwheat).

From striped fur, paying attention to the direction of the stripes (it is indicated on the pattern), you cut out:
- head - 2 parts,
- ears - 2 parts,
- tail - 2 parts,
- body - 2 parts,
- feet - 2 parts,
- hind legs - 4 parts,
- front paws - 4 parts.

From light red fur you cut out:
- muzzle pad - 1 piece,
- ears - 2 parts,
- feet - 2 parts,
- lower lip - 1 piece.

Make a lower lip from red fabric - 1 piece.

Cut out of cardboard without allowances for the seams of the foot - 2 parts.

Cut out and make eyes from leather, thick cardboard or white and black fabric.

Operating procedure:

Sew together the details of the ears (one piece from striped fur and one from light red fur). Turn out the ears.

Sew darts on the details of the head. Pin the finished ears onto one of the head parts in the places marked on the pattern.

- Sew together the parts of the head, leaving an open hole at the bottom and making fastenings in the places where the ears are sewn in.
Turn the head out and fill it with filling.

Sew the body parts together, leaving an open hole along the top edge. Turn the body inside out and stuff it with filling.
Sew the head with a hidden seam.

Sew the front legs, leaving open holes in the places marked with strokes on the pattern. Turn out the paws and fill them with filler.
Sew the holes with a hidden seam. Attach the paws to the body in the places marked on the pattern.

- Sew together the foot pieces (one piece of striped fur and one piece of light red fur), leaving open the holes marked with strokes on the pattern.
Turn the feet inside out, put the cardboard parts inside, lay one layer of filler on both sides, and sew up the hole with a hidden seam.

Grind the hind legs, leaving the hole open along the bottom edge. Turn out the paws and fill them with filler.
Sew the feet to the paws with hidden stitches.
Sew the hind legs to the body in the places marked with dots in the same way as the front legs.

Stitch the tail, turn it inside out, stuff it with filler, and sew it to the body with a hidden seam.

Sew down the details of the lower lip and turn them inside out.

Gather the muzzle along the edge with a thread using a seam “over the edge”, pull it off, and put the filler inside.
With the same thread, without cutting it, wrap the muzzle crosswise several times so that it divides into two identical convex cheeks.
Sew the muzzle to the front of the head with a blind stitch, while simultaneously sewing the lower lip in the appropriate place.

Sew a bead or button in place of the nose.

Sew or glue on the eyes.

How often do things happen when you are at home with children that nothing comes to mind to keep them occupied. Children run around, make noise, create complete chaos around themselves, and the only thing the parent can do is drink a sedative. But in fact, a game or activity can be created from absolutely any item you have in your home. The main thing is to show your imagination and get involved in a magical activity. Then the children are happy, and the parents are glad that they managed to calm down the little hooligans.

A great activity for children and adults is origami or plasticine modeling. This fascinating process of creating funny figures amazingly helps to relax the nervous system, develop fine motor skills and express creativity. In today’s article we will tell you how to make a “Tiger” craft with your own hands.

How to fold a paper tiger: origami

If you have never encountered the origami technique, then it is possible that not everything will work out the first time. But gradually, as you get involved in this exciting activity and involve your children in it, it will become easier and easier for you to create original figures.

In order to make a craft in the shape of a tiger with your own hands, you will only need yellow or orange colored paper and a set of felt-tip pens. Then just follow the steps shown in the picture.

After the “Tiger” craft is ready, take a black felt-tip pen and draw stripes on it. Cut out the eyes from another sheet of paper and glue them to your tiger. Ready!

Paper tiger face

Another interesting version of a paper tiger is a craft made in the shape of its face. By following the detailed instructions, you will get a cute tiger cub.

In order to make his eyes and color his fur, cut out triangles from black paper and glue them onto the craft. Do the eyes and nose in the same way. Draw the missing parts with a black felt-tip pen. And if you take a bright candy wrapper left over from the candy and tie it in half with thread, you will get a charming bow that can also be glued to the tiger’s head.

Tiger cub made of plasticine

In addition to colored paper, in a house where children live, as a rule, there is also multi-colored plasticine. We offer another option for creating a tiger - a craft made from this material. Plasticine has a beneficial effect on both the nervous system and develops creative abilities. To make the same cute tiger cub, follow the instructions in the picture.

You can also make a palm tree with bananas and a small lake nearby from plasticine. This is how the child’s imagination develops. You can come up with different stories with the animal you made, adding more and more new items along the invented storyline.

Or you can try to make the Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, beloved by many children. To make the same figure, in addition to plasticine, you will need special tools for it, namely, a knife and a spatula.

With their help it is more convenient to work out small details. Such as black stripes, eyes, eyebrows and mouth. By the way, it is more convenient to work with plasticine intended for small children. It has a much softer texture, unlike the classic one. It is easier to knead and shape it. Since children's hands are not always able to knead the hard blocks of ordinary plasticine, their lightweight version will undoubtedly appeal to them.

You can make very beautiful crafts from plastic bags for the garden, playground and home. The bags are a material accessible to everyone, and also quite cheap. And the products made from it are very beautiful. On our website you can find a section on crafts, where you will find interesting master classes.
And today we will learn how to make a tiger from plastic bags, the author of this idea is Tatyana Kharkova-Dumbrovskaya. Tatyana does not have a master class on making a tiger, but she told us how it can be made and what we will need for this.

To make a tiger you will need:
* Empty sugar bags.
* Straw or other filler.
* Plastic bags in yellow, blue and black.
* Stapler.

Method for making a tiger from bags:
Let's start making it, the tiger cub is very easy to make. We take empty sugar bags and fill them with filler, in this case straw. We fill 1 bag completely with straw, this will be our tiger’s body. See for yourself what size to make the head. To make the head, we also fill the bag with straw, about halfway. We sew and fasten it to the body in any way. Next we need to make 4 paws and a tail. We make the paws a little differently, fill the bag vertically, create the desired volume and size. We fix them in the right places. The tail is also made from a bag, we take the bag and twist it, there is no need to add straw to it. This is roughly what your frame should look like.

Now we start cutting plastic bags. We take a package of the desired color and cut it into strips, the size of the strips is 5 cm wide. The length depends on the package. We cut the finished strips into strips of terry cloth and fasten them with a stapler to the bag in a circle. We alternate colors. We sheathe the entire workpiece in this way. Eyes, mouth and nose are also made from bags of the desired color, or you can come up with your own original solution. You can try making eyes, for example, from Kinder Surprise eggs. Color them beautifully and glue them in the right place. Imagine, create and don’t forget to share your work with us)))

But Tatyana made not only a tiger out of plastic bags, but also a stork. A frame for the stork is made from empty unnecessary bags, the body and head are formed and connected to each other. Then we cut the plastic bags into strips and make terry strips out of them. We attach them to the stork’s body. We also make the beak from bags, or you can make it from polyurethane foam. Legs made from ordinary sticks. Do, invent and create.