Nuts and tree branches; Vegetables and fruits used for this purpose have a much shorter shelf life and quickly lose their appearance.

It is enough to have one large walnut at your disposal to create a charming character - for example, a squirrel.

We want to tell you how to make a squirrel with your own hands from a cardboard roll and.

What you will need:

• large smooth walnut;
• a cardboard tube with a narrow diameter - for example, from cling film or foil;
• napkins;
• a piece of white fur;
• eyes for toys;
• cardboard and foil or foil cardboard;
• pieces of suede or leather of brown or red color;
• polymer glue;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• black bead, piece of black leather or cardboard;
• dried tangerine skin in the form of a cap.

Let's get started.

We cut the cardboard roll to the length we need - this will be the body.

We stuff it tightly with napkins, to which we fix the walnut with glue - like a head.

Glue the eyes and nose to the head. To make them stick better, you can make a layer from a piece of napkin.

We cut out small ears from suede, glue them to the top of the head, and cover the ends with a tangerine cap. You can decorate the head with a dried flower or leaf - whatever is available.

Cut out the hind legs from cardboard. To make them look more elegant, glue a layer of foil on top. If you use foil cardboard, simply cut out the legs from it and glue them on the sides of the squirrel body.

Glue a piece of fur along the back - like a tail.

From the remaining suede we make the front legs and glue them over the back ones.

A squirrel is an animal with funny tufts on its ears and a fluffy tail. Such toys can't help but delight! The Pretty Toys workshop invites you to sew a squirrel with your own hands. Arm yourself with fur, fabric, thread, scissors and go! The pattern of a squirrel can be absolutely anything: a little fluffy one, a cunning fluffy one, a whole family of animals or a cunning couple. A very popular Ice Age squirrel toy right now. Of course, she is unique, but well recognized even by those who are not very familiar with this cartoon.

A homemade soft squirrel toy can have different sizes. Some people love big toys that are so nice and comfortable to hug. Another person likes small animals. You can take this compact toy with you on a walk or on a visit. The pattern of the “squirrel” toy involves the use of materials such as fleece, velor, faux fur, mohair, plush, and velvet. However, nothing prevents you from imagining and choosing other fabrics. If you wish, you can sew a squirrel with your own hands in a few hours. However, there is no need to rush. After all, you can make a squirrel together with your child! It’s so interesting to watch how a real toy is made from pieces of fabric and filler. And it’s even more interesting to take part in this transformation.

Our “Workshop” presents not only patterns of soft squirrel toys, but also a description of the manufacturing process itself. You can also find recommendations for those who are doing this type of work for the first time. If you are interested in some kind of squirrel, do not doubt that you can make it yourself. A little imagination, and your toy will become truly unique and original. You can make not just one animal, but a whole team of fluffy squirrels! Fun and easy!

If you have created a real masterpiece, don’t be shy! Send us photos and patterns. Your work will appear in the Pretty Toys workshop and will help many caring mothers make an interesting and funny toy.

Surely each of us already knows that in stores or supermarkets you can now see a strange vodka called “Belochka”. That vodka that the famous writer and satirist Mikhail Zadornov mentioned at one of his speeches. I will give you a photograph of that very vodka so that you can see what such a squirrel looks like. Under it the inscription reads: “I have arrived!”

Some elements on the label glow in the dark:

We took the idea for the work from her, but we just decided to make it so that it looked more harmless. I present to you a photo of the finished product:

This funny toy is designed against alcoholism and drunkenness.
I provide a list of everything we needed to make the squirrel:
1. Hood from an old leather fur coat;
2. Scissors, thread, needle;
3. Tweezers, cotton wool, beads, glue;
4. Paper for the model image.

Here is the toy model:

Having drawn the model of the head on both sides on a separate sheet of paper, cut out:

We divide each model into three parts with scissors, signing the sides of each of them so that they can be assembled correctly when sewing:

Here are the models of the body and legs:

Now we take the hood and carefully cut off the fur part from it, sewn on both sides:

We take paper samples of the head and pin them to the trimmed part of the hood:

Carefully cut them out, leaving areas along the edges for stitching:

We pin samples of the other side of the head:

Having sewn the samples together, we make eyes from beads:

We will make fur tassels on the upper tips of the ears, but before sewing on the fur, we will glue it so that it does not fall apart:

We sew the models together from the outside:

Now we make the back of the head and the back of the squirrel’s head, using only one piece of material for this:

This is what the finished head will look like:

There is a lot of wool on the inside of our material taken for cutting. This wool half filled the squirrel's head, and half the amount of cotton wool was needed.

By cutting out a piece of fabric of a suitable size, we form the lower part of the squirrel’s head:

Now let's get down to making the body. Having cut the sample into two parts, we cut out the constituent segments of the body from the fabric one by one:

Here are all the tissue segments that form the torso:

Now we compare the models that match each other and sew them together:

We combine both of these sides into one, we get the torso:

We make paws:

Sew the legs to the toy:

We make a sample for the underside of the body on a piece of paper, and then pin it to the fabric and cut it out, and then sew it to the toy. We do the same for the front legs.

Sew the finished front legs to the squirrel:

Now take a small piece of fabric with fur and cut off a small part from it:

We form several fur patches from it and wrap one of them around the squirrel’s neck, and then sew its edges (i.e., without sewing it to the toy itself):

Now we cut off a piece of fur fabric that is suitable in size for our toy, and take a thick wire. These things are needed to make the tail:

We determine the required wire size by giving the wire the appropriate size for the tail. We insert the lower tip into the toy, bending it strongly down:

The previous seam in a fur piece of fabric should be ripped out and a new one should be made, and then placed on the wire, forming a tail:

We remove the excess protruding wire and sew the tail to the almost finished toy:

If desired, a thin layer of fluorescent paint (paint based on phosphorescent pigment that accumulates light energy when illuminated) can be applied on top of the squirrel’s beaded eyes. In the dark, these paints release the accumulated energy of light. After processing the eyes, the beads can be covered with transparent tape on top. Let's start making a platform for our toy. On this platform there will be an inscription: “I have arrived!”
We take three to four cardboard sheets, several sheets of colored paper, glue and scissors:

We cut out rectangular shapes from colored paper that match the size of the cardboard sheets for the six sides of the future platform and glue them together:

These are the sides:

Glue colored paper to the cardboard rectangles.

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SOFT TOY “SQUIRREL”

SOFT TOY “SQUIRREL”

You can make a funny soft squirrel with your own hands from either faux fur or regular fabric with a convex pattern. Replacing the material will somewhat complicate the stitching process, since you will need to make the seams more carefully. But the finished toy will by no means lose its appeal.

You will need Faux fur of orange, black, white, a piece of leather, leatherette or dense dark fabric, ready-made eyes or leather and black semicircular buttons of a suitable size, padding polyester or other filler, flexible wire, strong sewing threads to match the fur, thin threads, paper, thin cardboard, a simple pencil, a needle, pins with heads or rings, scissors, chalk or a dry thin piece of soap.

Progress

Enlarge the squirrel pattern to the required size, transfer it to life-size paper and cut out patterns from cardboard (Fig. 50).

Cut out squirrel ear tassels from black faux fur. From white faux fur, cut out the belly, ear pads and inner parts of the ears. All other details are cut from orange faux fur. Cut out a nose from a piece of leather or thick dark fabric.

Arrange all the cut out parts in pairs. To each of the two parts of the body along lines A - A1, B - B1, sew the inner parts of the legs with a seam over the edge.

Figure 50. Patterns of the soft toy “Squirrel”

Figure 50. Patterns of the soft toy “Squirrel”

Then, using the same seam, connect the finished halves of the body to each other along the back line B - D and along the lines B1 - A, A - B, B - D. Fastening the belly in the area A - B with the corresponding lines of the inner parts of the legs, sew in the belly.

Now you can turn the resulting body blank right side out and stuff it tightly with filler. Fold the parts of the legs and tail facing inwards and sew them in pairs with a seam over the edge, turn them inside out and stuff them tightly. Sew the finished parts to the body using small stitches of a hidden seam so that the front legs are located at a minimum distance from the tummy.

Next, start sewing the head. First, fasten together with a seam over the edge the parts of the forehead along the line G - G1, the back of the head along the line D - D1 and the cheeks along the line E - E1. First you need to sew up the darts on the cheeks. Then align the upper edge of the cheeks with the lower edge of the forehead, pin together and sew with a seam over the edge.

Sew the finished halves of the head (front and back) together from the wrong side, leaving a small hole in the lower part. Through this hole, turn the head of the toy with the fur outward and fill it tightly with filler.

Sew the tassels to the details of the ears along the line Z - Z1.

Figure 51. Soft toy “Squirrel”

Sew the blanks together in pairs with a seam over the edge, turn them inside out and secure the ears on the head with small stitches of a hidden seam. Gather the parts of the muzzle and the nose into a ball with a thread, fill it a little with filler, and sew it to the muzzle with hidden stitches. Attach the nose and eyes made from pieces of colored leather and buttons in appropriate places. Now you can sew the head to the body - the toy is ready (Fig. 51).