Sew developing. How is a soft educational book made? Key points for creating an educational toy

Now in stores great amount all kinds of children's toys for all ages and tastes. But home-made "bras" for kids do not lose their popularity among creative parents. You can do anything with your own hands - mobiles and pendants in the crib, all kinds of rattles, comforters, Stuffed Toys, developing mats, books and much more.

How to make a mobile in a crib

Today mobiles for newborns are very popular. This accessory not only gives a special charm to the nursery, but is also a great educational toy. The kid gets stronger physically, trying to get toys and play with them. There is also a development of visual functions, when the child follows the pendants, their movement.

Of course, it is not difficult to buy a mobile, but the prices are quite high. If the funds in the family are limited or you just want to decorate the crumbs room with some unusual thing, then it would be a great idea to make a children's mobile on your own.

Mobile "Birds"

A beautiful entertaining little thing that will decorate the room of both a boy and a girl.

For work you will need

Pieces of felt different colors(it is better to take patches as brightly as possible).
Beads - 15 pcs.
Golden cord (thin) - 4 m.
Hoop (wood or plastic). The hoop is needed for a round base, if it was not possible to find them, then a thick wire will do.
Satin and lace ribbons(you can use scraps from previous needlework).
Colored threads (you can use floss).
Filler for figures (synthetic winterizer, holofiber).
The sun is made from fleece, but felt can also be used.
Glue (you can use regular super glue).

Work description

1. First you need to make bird patterns. You can use this template for this:

You can carefully translate patterns from the monitor screen or print the template on the printer

Advice: When making bird patterns, if the patches are small, it is better to cut out the torsos and wings (large details) first. Beaks, flowers and leaves can be made from small scraps.

You should get such blanks

2. Now you need to sew the birds. The beaks are sewn in immediately.

It is necessary to leave a small hole to fill the bird with filler

3. Each bird needs to be filled with padding polyester.

No need to stuff the toy with filler. Needed to add some volume.

4. Sew wings through the hole. Sew on bead eyes.

Wings are sewn with a neat "cross"

5.Now you can sew up the hole by immediately inserting the pendant cord (we measure about 35-40 cm). The wings should be sewn together with the same neat “cross”.

The bird is ready

You will need 6 of these birds. It's better to make them colorful.

6. Now you need to make decorations for the cords on which the birds hang. These will be clouds, leaves and flowers. Jewelry can be firmly sewn to the cords or glued with glue, gluing two pieces together.

Felt flowers and leaves can be decorated with beads and decorative buttons in the form of ladybugs

7. The sun will be in the center. In this model baby mobile it is sewn from fleece and decorated with floss embroidery (face and rays). You can get by with felt.

You also need to attach a cord to the sun to hang it from the frame.

8. Next, you need to make a hoop frame. We leave one rim from the hoop (external) and tie the prepared figures to it so that they hang at different heights. Now you need to wrap the rim with satin ribbons, crossing them in the middle of the ring.

The ends of the tape can be cut off, carefully tucked under the winding and glued

9. Around the perimeter, you can paste over the rim with lace. It remains only to hang the mobile above the crib, using a cord and a cross of ribbons in the middle of the ring.

This is what a suspended mobile looks like, we tie the sun to the cross

Mobile ready!

From felt, you can make not only birds, but also a lot of other simple funny figures. You can use the following ideas for inspiration:

White bear (you can also make a brown one using the same pattern)

The owl is one of the most fashion trends modernity

Cute kitten

And this is a scheme for creating various frames from thick, strong wire. Points - places for attaching hanging toys.

Delicate mobile for a little paper fairy

Such beauty will not go unnoticed and will cause a lot of admiration for the child and guests of the young family.

Such a mobile looks charming, at a cost it will be several times less than the purchased counterpart.

In addition, making it for the baby with their own hands, mommy will get a lot of pleasure.

Required for work

Frame in the form of unnecessary hoops or thick wire.
Thin wire for the cross.
Butterfly paper (it is better to use strong and beautiful paper for scrapbooking).
Scissors or scrap-hole punch.
Thin line.
Needle with an eye that matches the thickness of the fishing line.
Super glue.
Pieces of tulle, tulle, satin ribbons to decorate the base.

Description

1. Work begins with the frame. It can be made from an old hoop or bent a thick wire ring. The cross is made of wire of a smaller diameter.

The basis of future beauty

2. Now you need to make a lot of butterfly blanks - 110 pcs. If there is a scrap hole puncher, then the production of blanks will take very little time. Otherwise, you will have to arm yourself with scissors and cut butterflies out of paper with them.

You can use this template or draw a butterfly yourself

3. Finished butterflies need to be strung on a fishing line in 5-6 pieces.

It is convenient to use a needle for stringing on a fishing line. Butterflies can be securely fastened with a small drop of super glue.

4. Finished fishing lines need to be tied on the frame and cross. It is better to hang butterflies at different heights.
5. Now you need to decorate the frame. For this, pieces of ribbons and tulle will be used, which can be wrapped or tied in knots around the frame.

Frame decor

6. It remains to make a few tulle ribbons and hang the mobile. Ready!

Here is such a beauty

A few more ideas for modern mobiles for babies that are easy to do with your own hands:

Mobile made of felted balls. As a frame - branches

Felt flowers for baby

Beautiful sakura and paper doves

Handmade rattles for newborns

Rattles for babies can also be made independently. It's not difficult at all. Here are the most simple ideas:

A vitamin jar with a lid and peas or Revit-type vitamins. The lid must be carefully tightened, but it is better to glue it with superglue so that the contents do not spill out.

A bottle with beads and water will keep the baby busy for a long time

For a small child, it is better to find a small capacity bottle (0.25 l) so that it is not difficult for him. This toy will perfectly develop the hands of the crumbs.

Toys of a more complex design will also be within the power of even beginner needlewomen.

How to sew a rattle bracelet

For work you will need:

Pieces of felt or fleece fabric - 9 pcs. different color.
Threads in color (you can take floss).
Sintepon (holofiber is also suitable).
Velcro fastener.
Adhesive fabric.
Needle.
Scissors.
Iron.
Pencil or chalk.
Cardboard or pattern paper.
A bell to make the rattle ring (you can use a part from old toys or a fishing bell).

So bright and fun toy kids will definitely like it

Progress

1. First you need to make patterns - a strip for a bracelet (16 cm x 2 cm), circles for the middle of a flower (5 and 3.5 cm in diameter), a detail for a petal.

Patterns for toys

2. Now you need to transfer the patterns to felt. For the bracelet, petals and circles, you need to make allowances in order to sew the blanks.

We cut out the petals according to this principle

3. From the adhesive fabric, you also need to cut out a circle of 3.5 cm and two parts for the bracelet, but without allowances.
4. Glue the felt parts with glue cloth, having previously moistened it with water.
5. We sew the petals, folding the blanks in half, turn them inside out, fill them with filler.
6. We sew the bracelet (we don’t sew one short side), turn it inside out, sew the hole with a blind stitch.
7. Sew on Velcro.
8. Next, you need to sew a small circle to the middle of the bracelet with the glue side up.
9. Now you need to sew all the petals of the flower to it.
10. We sew a large circle over the petals, making it voluminous. We leave a hole, fill it with synthetic winterizer and put a bell in the middle. Sewing up the hole.

Baby toy is ready!

How to sew a developing cube for a child

materials

Square patches of fabric of various shades and patterns - 6 pcs.
Non-woven base for squares.
Filler (foam rubber, synthetic winterizer).
Pieces of felt, buttons, braid and other accessories for decoration.
Suitable threads.

Such a cube will perfectly serve for the development of motor skills, sensory and color perception of the baby.

Description

1. Cut out 6 blanks from the fabric. The cube can be made small or large. Remember that seam allowances are required.

First 4 squares

Then two more on different sides

5. Now you need to stitch the scan with wrong side. The corner of the last edge does not need to be stitched to the end. Through this hole it will be necessary to turn out the finished product and fill the cube with filler.

6. Then carefully sew up the hole with a blind stitch.

Baby cube is ready!

Making toys for a baby with your own hands is not difficult at all, and how much joy it will bring! If there are older children in the family, then you can involve them in the manufacture of “razvitka” for the younger family member. it great way have fun and enjoy your time.

Soft developing book will help the child to improve, learn new things. Mom will sew it from patches, braid, beads left over from needlework.

Ideas for designing a developing book

Try to have the pages of different colors so that the child from infancy can distinguish between them. It would be nice if there were inscriptions with the name of the color. Then he will remember how these words are spelled.
So that the child can develop fine motor skills, thinking, come up with tasks for him. So, on the pages there may be elements that are attached to the base with Velcro or buttons. For example, vegetables that need to be “planted” in the garden, apples and mushrooms, their child will attach to the hedgehog. Having removed the element with buttons, the child will see something interesting behind it. By unzipping the zipper, the baby will open the wings of a ladybug.
On some pages, pockets need to be sewn so that the child can put objects there suitable form and size. On others, sew a sneaker made of leather or fabric so that the child learns to tie the lacing, thereby gaining the necessary skill.
So that he can braid pigtails, sew a few ribbons next to him, Show the baby how it's done.
For the child to learn the score, number the pages, sewing a certain number to each in order.
Each page of the book is dedicated to something. For example, one is a garden theme, another is an animal theme, a third is a rainbow, a fourth is a marine theme.

How to make a cover for a soft educational book?

Its dimensions depend on what you want the soft developing book to be. Take your own fleece or felt. These fabrics are soft and hold their shape. You can use both canvases at once, one for the top of the cover, the other for the inside.

The rectangle should be large enough so that you can add 1 cm seam allowance and 5 cm center fold. If you have applications on the cover, then first sew them on the front side. Then fold the two canvases of the page so that the wrong side is at the top, stitch along the edge, leaving 15 cm free on the small side. Through this hole, turn the blank on the front side, put a smaller padding polyester rectangle in it than the cover.

Another option is to make separate pages, make holes in them with a special tool, fix rings here so that the pages can be laced up by connecting them.

You can combine them with a flap, one edge of which you will sew to the first page of the binding, the second to the last. This flap should be basted to each page so that from the binding side they look like an accordion.

DIY soft book - master class

Now you know how to make a binding for her. And here is how to design one of the pages. Ask the child to put fruits and berries in a vase, they will be attached with buttons and Velcro.

You will need to make a page:

fabric rectangle;
pieces of cloth;
large buttons;
needle and thread;
buttons;
Velcro;
thin synthetic winterizer.

Master Class:

From thick fabric cut out all the details that you will sew onto the page. Better if they are in pairs.
Sew both layers of round berries in a zigzag stitch, also on sewing machine make a loop in the center, cut it through. Sew a strawberry. Attach a green tail to it.
Cherries can be crocheted in a circle. On the reverse side, sew buttons to them, paired elements of this accessories, as well as buttons - to the page of the book.
Take a sheet of fabric measuring 20 by 20 cm, the same is superimposed on it. These parts are combined with the front sides, stitched along the edge, leaving a gap through which the resulting bag is turned out on the front side. You need to smooth its seams, then insert a sheet of synthetic winterizer inside, which is 1 cm smaller than the page on all sides. Sew up the gap on your hands.

Now the child will be able to attach berries to an impromptu vase using buttons or Velcro, buttons.

If you want him to know the seasons well, then for such soft book for toddlers make 4 pages. To create them, you will need:

base fabric;
bright threads;
scissors;
tape measure;
pins;
needle;
braid;
threads;
beads.

To create books, you can use the most unexpected materials, for example, cloth napkins, household rags. If they are patterned, flip them to the wrong side.

Cut out Christmas trees from a green napkin. Since they are this color all year round, to show off the winter landscape, cut out the snowflakes, decorate the trees with multi-colored balls of napkins of a different color.

If a child spends the summer in the country, for sure, there is a pond with fish. Transfer this theme to a textile book by cutting out algae, fish, aquatic vegetation from napkins or felt.

In spring, the ground is covered with bright green grass, flowers bloom. Tell all this to the child by making the appropriate application on the page.

In the fall, more and more clouds appear, but the sun still shines. You can also sew a braid here to make it rain.

If all the elements suit you, then you can sew them directly onto the pages of the book. On a sewing machine, sew large parts, sew small ones on your hands.

Where there is an autumn landscape, sew a thin braid on top, firmly tie beads to these ribbons from below.

Since soft books for children contain quite a lot of small items, attach them firmly, but do not move away from the child while playing with such an item.

If you want a typewriter to drive around the cover of the book, then make small vertical cuts on it in the center, thread a ribbon here. Sew the machine to the base. Fasten the edges of the tape on one and the other side of the cover.

This is how the soft educational book looks from the inside.

It will be enough to tie it on a ribbon and you can close the book.

It will be interesting for kids to invest various items, so sew pockets in the form of a steam locomotive on the book. Make various little animals out of felt. Let the child put these passengers in open cars. Sew on buttons in the form of wheels and you can send the train on the road.

In order for the child to develop fine motor skills, sew threads in the form of a web on the page of the book, sew plastic rings here. Let the baby thread the braid through them, creating a web.

Cut out a sneaker from fabric or leather, sew rings vertically in the center so that the child can thread a lace into them, learn to tie shoes. These skills will be very useful to him, as well as zippering.

For such a book page, you need to take:

the cloth;
lightning;
woolen threads.

Cut out the jacket, sew it onto the page of the book. Baste a zipper in the center so that the child can fasten these clothes, at the same time he learns to fasten his jacket.

For kids, one more page can be advised, which will have a soft developing book. With their own hands, children will be able to dress dolls, thereby learning this simple task.

To do this, a doll from a dense base is sewn onto the book, Velcro must be attached to it. Cut out the garments of this toy. Place a closet in the form of a pocket next to it. Remove the doll's robe there, on the back of which you will sew Velcro in advance. Let the child in correct sequence dress up the doll.

Toddlers can be advised to make another page of the book. Sew a thin elastic band here, pull beads, balls, buttons on it, firmly fastening them. The child will surely like the proposed toy.

Playing with the first book in his life, the baby will learn how to assemble a pyramid by height and color. To do this, take:

the cloth;
filler;
Velcro
needle and thread.

Cut out rectangles from fabric of different colors, sew them along the edges, leaving a small end free. Insert filler through it, then sew. On the reverse side, sew Velcro to the resulting sausage, attach their paired parts to the book. Let the child assemble the pyramid, first with the help of their parents, then on their own.

He will surely like to put the bear to sleep, cover him with a blanket. With such a toy, the child himself will soon fall asleep for the company.

So that he knows that evening is coming, it's time to go to bed, make a figure of the month on the next page. When the baby wakes up, he will look with pleasure at the sun, which will smile benevolently at him.

Do-it-yourself educational book for baby boys

Young gentlemen like cars since childhood, so use them to create a soft educational toy.

Take:

colored fabric;
buttons;
small household sponges;
markers.

Use scissors to cut out cars from sponges, glue large button wheels to them, paint cars. From fabric and sheet filler, make pages for a book. For the child to study the numbers, sew them one by one on each page in the form of a pedestrian crossing.

We sew only on the right pages, the left ones will become a garage. Attach Velcro here, as well as on the back of the cars, so that the child can park his vehicle at night.

If the children are small, it is better not to attach buttons to the sponges, but to draw wheels. Or you need to tirelessly monitor the children during such a game so that they do not harm themselves with torn off small objects.

For another baby boy book, use fabric in bright colors. The child will love to play the fireman that you will create from fabric.

Let there be a rising boom on his car, this can be done if you fasten two elements with two buttons. Make a Velcro gate so that, if necessary, the child can open it and enter the building on fire. The braid will turn into a brace, the boy will like to play with such objects, to feel like a firefighter.

Soft books on the theme of home farm and garden

On this topic, you can also make soft books. This is a great experience for kids, they will learn the name of the animals, they will know how to care for them. You will tell what vegetables can be grown, how to collect and stack them.

Let's start with the home farm.

The chicken and the duck are cut out of felt, the other items in the book are also made of the same material. Let the door in the house open, for this, sew a button on it, and next to it a loop of elastic. There will also be a swinging window, fix it with two ribbons.

A fence is made from rectangular strips of fabric, turn the green fabric into grass and into a tree crown. Line the pages with tucked strips of fabric. After that, a soft book is ready to buy, of course, which you can, but it is very expensive, and your own can be created from the remnants of matter.

Indeed, to create vegetables for the garden, very small patches are needed. Cut out triangles from the orange ones, sew them in the form of cones, fill them with filler through the upper hole, sew green fleece tops here. Here is the finished carrot. To “plant” it in the garden, position the braid horizontally, sew it so that root crops fit between the seams. Attach a large pocket nearby, where the child will put the crop.

Place a bunny nearby, let the baby know that this animal loves carrots very much. Also in such a book you can sew a flower in the form of a pocket into which a bee will fly and collect nectar.

The butterfly flutters over the flowers, so it will also be very appropriate here. You can sew a zipper between its back wings, when you fasten it, it will turn into a semicircular bug. By unzipping the zipper, you will transform it into a butterfly again.

If you want the child to know that caterpillars appear first, and after pupation they turn into butterflies, then make the body of this insect separately in the form of a sausage. The child will insert it into the ribbon between the wings, thereby turning the caterpillar into a butterfly.

The bee is made of yellow fleece, black stripes of braid are sewn across the body, you need to attach a ribbon to it.

The child will learn about the garden, domestic animals, if the next book is made of fabric.

Sew characters from felt, attach Velcro to them on the back. Then your beloved child will arrange them in the right order, gradually learning this. At the same time, he will get acquainted with the fairy tale Turnip.

Make hidden corners in the book so that the baby gradually finds them. Let the hedgehog live in a mushroom house, only by opening the door you can find this animal, to the great joy of the child.

Children learn that chickens are children of hens by opening the wing of the mother hen.

Tell the children how apples grow in the country. Make such a fabric applique in the book, place fruits here with Velcro. Let the baby rip them off, put them on the hedgehog's needles, and fasten them in the same way.

Apples on a tree can be arranged in a different way by sewing buttons on it, and loops on them. The fruits themselves are made of red or yellow felt or other similar material.

Educational toy for girls

It is performed in the same way, but here a little different. The baby will surely enjoy dressing the doll, as mentioned above. She will also be interested in hanging clothes on a rope, taking them off.

To make this book, you will need:

felt;
fleece;
thin elastic band;
clothespins;
hairpins.

From felt, cut a rectangle measuring 40 by 20 centimeters, from the same fabric, but in a different color, make the same. To the first one you need to glue a green leaf in the form of grass, sew on the fabric, cutting it out in the shape of a basin. It is from here that the girl will get the laundry to hang it on a rope. As it, use a thin elastic band.

Cut out various pieces of clothing from fleece and felt. Let the child hang them on a rope using real clothespins, hairpins.

The next textile book is made in pink colors that girls like.

To do this, take:

the cloth;
beads;
button;
wax pencils;
threads;
beads.

Sew the pages of the book from the main fabric, if it is dense, you can not put a synthetic winterizer or interlining inside. Attach a cat application to the cover, tie a bow, embroider the name of the child.

Inside, you can sew a ladybug, making a slot in the center, insect babies will penetrate here. In order for the girl to learn to weave a braid, on the next page there will be an application of a young lady with long hair from yarn.

For a girl to learn neatness from infancy, attach an organizer for pencils and a handkerchief on the next spread. Velcro flowers next to the vase to hint to her that they need to be placed in this container. The linen closet stores things for dolls that the child will be happy to put on them. But you read about it earlier, such entertainment will also appeal to the young hostess.

Perhaps she would like to become a doctor if she turns to the next page of the soft book. In the pockets there are various animals made of felt, on the other spread there is a cabinet, opening which the child will find objects the simplest help learn to render it.

Learning to count from a soft developing book

So, in passing, the child will remember how the initial numbers are written, if you do not forget to number the pages. To make him learn to count, make the following soft educational book. To create it you will need:

base fabric;
laces;
large beads;
marker.

You will make pages from dense fabric. By making holes with an awl or other similar object, you will fasten several laces horizontally, after stringing beads of a certain color on each.

As you promote them, count with your child. In order for the kid to learn to draw numbers, make appliqués from fabric. Sew on a pocket where the chalk will be stored. Then the child will be able to get it and circle the numbers, thereby learning how to draw them.

In the same way, you can introduce children to some letters, then form syllables and short words from them.

This is how, in a relaxed atmosphere, while playing, the child will be able to develop and improve, learn new things. It is very important for parents to show him how to handle certain objects so that a soft developing book really becomes one.

To make it easier for adults to make it, we suggest watching a fascinating story.

How to make a page for boys so that they know what kind of transport exists, you will learn from the following video.

The girl will be happy to play with a book made in the form of a house, put the doll to bed, wash it in the bath, wash things in the typewriter.

An educational fabric book is an interesting and useful gift for the crumbs. It is not at all necessary to buy it for a lot of money, you can do it yourself. To do this, you do not need to be a professional seamstress or an enthusiastic needlewoman, sewing such a thing on your own is very simple.

About the benefits of developing fabric books for children

Such a book is able to captivate the baby for quite a long time, which the mother can devote to herself or homework.

Such books, unlike cardboard or paper ones, can be crushed, twisted, tried to gnaw, wet - absolutely nothing will happen to them. If necessary, they can be washed and ironed, and the book will serve for a long time.

For sewing books, various fabrics are used, such as fur, felt, or various fillers, for example, cereals, rustling candy wrappers, bells. This contributes to the development of tactile sensations of the baby.

Thanks to many details, such as laces, lindens, zippers, buttons, buttons and others, tissue book promotes development fine motor skills and teaches the child to be independent. In the future, the baby can easily button up a jacket, shirt, tie a knot, etc.

With the help of this wonderful educational toy, you can learn colors, counting, letters, seasons, the concepts of “day-night”, “big-small”, geometric figures and much more. Here everything will depend only on your imagination.

You can take such a sensory book with you anywhere, and the child will be busy with useful work when it is necessary to behave calmly.

At what age should it be used?

Fabric books must be made according to the age of your child:

Children under 1 year old can only be offered options in which there are no small fastened parts.
Starting from the age of 1, you can already place large parts on the pages that can be removed and attached back, for example, on lindens.
AT three years old the content of the pages may be expanded. There is already a lot more variety of fasteners and fasteners, in the plot of the book may appear simple games which can be played together role-playing games in the form of a fairy tale.
Children of older preschool age will like a more complex option that develops logical thinking. Here you can place a finger theater based on a specific fairy tale or cartoon, complicated games and tasks.

materials

For sewing a children's book from fabric, natural materials are used - felt, fur, leather, woolen threads, chintz, silk, linen, etc.

It is better to choose bright colors (red, blue, green, purple, white, black, etc.), they are more attractive to children, especially young children.

Make sure that the color of the plot matches reality. For example, a dog cannot be of blue color and the sea can't be yellow.

Choose the right pattern for the fabric. If a Balloons can be “flowered” or “peas”, then for spruce you need a plain green fabric, the pattern in this case will be inappropriate.

You may also need:

cardboard;
synthetic winterizer;
cotton wool;
threads of various thicknesses;
ribbons of different colors and widths;
different types fasteners - limes, magnetic buttons, zippers, buttons, etc.
fabric applications;
beads;
laces of different colors;
rustling candy wrappers;
cereals;
small stones;
bells.

Your imagination, shown when creating the layout of each page, will tell you what else you need to purchase.

For information on what materials can be used to sew educational books, see the following video.

How to get started?

Before you start sewing a book for your baby, you need to:

Consider the number of pages.
Show your imagination and work out in detail the plot of each page;
Think about what each spread of the book will teach the baby, and what elements are needed for this.
Choose the shape and size of the future book. The easiest shapes to sew are square or rectangle. For those who have sewing skills and are confident in their abilities, you can choose more difficult shapes - this is a circle, oval, boat, flower, sun - it depends on your imagination, sewing skills, the thematic content of the book.
Decide how the pages will be attached to each other - you can mount on ribbons, strips of felt, using rings or laces. The most comfortable size is approximately 20 cm wide and 25 cm long.

On small pages you will not be able to place all the material that you would like, and looking at the pages big size, the child will get lost, get tired quickly, and attention will be scattered.

Select or draw patterns yourself that you will need. There is no need to look for any specific patterns for your book, you can even use children's coloring books.
Calculate approximately how much material and various decorative elements you will need for tailoring. Get everything you need.
Take your free time to create a unique book for your beloved child.

Walkthrough and Basic Principles

The principles of sewing books from fabric are the same, only the content of the pages changes:

In order to sew the pages, you will need to cut them out of the fabric and sew them on three sides (in case you chose a square or rectangular shape).
Next, we fill the resulting pocket with material for sealing - it can be thick cardboard, foam rubber or synthetic winterizer - and sew the pocket.
The design of pages and covers is more convenient to do until you have sewn a pocket, that is, on the felt cut out for the page. On it you sew applications and various details in accordance with your idea.

At the stage of decoration, fasten various accessories, ribbons. Then two sheets of felt are sewn together so that the wrong side is hidden.
The algorithm for sewing a book cover is approximately the same. The difference is that you need to leave a supply of felt for the spine, the size of which depends on the thickness and how many pages you will make. Do not forget that the cover should be denser than the pages. To do this, if you are sewing a book out of felt, you can fold it in half.

Master Class

We offer you a master class on sewing a simple book.

You will need:

11 sheets of felt 20*20 cm in size for sewing pages and 20 sheets 15*15 cm in size for details;
needles and threads, the color of which should be matched to the page and details, pins;
magnetic buttons - 5 pcs;
buttons for decor (butterflies, birds) - 10 pcs. It is better to choose buttons made from natural materials, such as wood.
6 beads black and white flowers;
2 white flat buttons and 6 black buttons;
hat gum will need 1 m of black and 1 m purple flowers;
50 cm black and 50 cm white Velcro tape;
simple buttons - 4 pcs;
20 g of holofiber as a filler or you can use a synthetic winterizer;
15 cm of ordinary rep tape;
1 m each of blue, white and blue zigzag rep tape;
zipper: 15 cm and 20 cm.

Here are approximate calculations for sewing a sample book. It is better if you have the necessary materials with a small margin (felt, ribbons, Velcro, holofiber). Depending on desire or availability in stores necessary materials you can change them easily.

For sewing pages, use the above algorithm. In this case, it does not change. Seams can be done by hand or with a sewing machine.

The elements attached to the pages are sewn separately.

If you sew with your hands, then choose a “needle forward” seam for removable elements, “behind the needle” for elements that will be sewn on, and a “loop” seam for processing pages.

When sewing elements on linden, it is better to sew the part on which there are hooks onto removable parts, and the soft part of the linden to the page itself. It will be much more convenient to use the book, because if the book closes without removable parts, its pages will remain safe and sound.

If you want to make the pages more rigid, you can use thick cardboard or tarpaulin, rather than padding polyester. We will fasten the pages to each other with the help of felt, cutting it into strips. Patterns in this version are very simple, we draw them by hand.

The first cover of the book will look like this. On it we have an inscription and a cute lamb, as well as a button for fastening the book.

On the first page we have a flower and ladybugs that are attached to it with magnetic buttons. With the help of this page you will learn colors with your baby. It is also well suited for consolidating counting skills from 1 to 5.

A big ladybug settled on the second page. Its wings are connected by a zipper, and under them there is a pocket where you can put the ladybugs from the previous page.

A beautiful apple tree grows on the third page. With the help of a linden, flowers or apples are attached to it. This apple tree will help you learn with your child the stages of tree development and the seasons (spring, summer). You can complicate this page if you first make a large pocket where you will put removable elements, and sew only the trunk and bare branches on top of it, the foliage will also be attached with a linden.

In this case, you will need two options for the crown of the tree - spring and autumn.

So you will expand the developing possibilities of this page. In spring, green foliage and flowers will appear on the apple tree, in summer apples will grow instead of flowers, in autumn the foliage will change its color to yellow, and by winter it will fall off.

On the next page, we will house a cheerful hedgehog harvesting. With the help of Velcro, you can attach mushrooms or apples from an apple tree to its needles.

On the second, a jellyfish will swim in the sea. Instead of tentacles, we sew multi-colored ribbons and beads on the hat elastic. We sew the sea in the form of a pocket and we can release tenants into it, with whom it is worth introducing the child before that.

On the cover we make a pocket with a zipper for removable elements and embroider the contours of the pyramid on top. We sew the details of the pyramid separately and attach them to the contours with the help of a linden.

An interesting book for your baby is ready! She will surely become one of his favorite toys, because she was made by his beloved mom!

Educational toys are very useful for children of all ages. Learning to sew toys with numerous fasteners!

With all the variety of educational toys that are sold in the store, it's so nice to make a toy for a child with your own hands! After all, here you can show all your imagination and make exactly what is ideal for your baby.

That is why the topic of do-it-yourself educational toys is so interesting for young mothers.

Today we will tell you how to make an educational toy with clasps.

Examples of educational toys with clasps

On the Internet you can find several options for such an educational toy for children. The assembly principle is general: the toy is some kind of animal, consisting of several elements: head, torso, tail.

Dachshund

The elements are interconnected with the help of various fasteners: buttons, magnetic buttons, carabiners, lacing and sticky (contact) tape.

The head of the dachshund is attached to the body with adhesive tape.

Body parts connected with buttons

Lacing

In addition to developing fine motor skills, such a toy can be used to develop color perception (individual elements can be made from fabric of different colors, with stripes, checks, polka dots), as well as to develop tactile sensations (use different fillers and fabrics of different textures).

Look at the different versions of this toy made by different authors:

Crocodile

Lizard

Caterpillar - centipede

dog and giraffe

As you can see, various beads are additionally sewn on the back of the dog, with which you can teach your baby to count.

Rybka

The peculiarity of this fish is that on its back fins are made of rep tape with different patterns. The child can be offered a game: "Find the same ribbons" or simply string the loops of the ribbons on the fingers.

Cat

However, the toy does not have to be long. The author of this cat made it round, consisting of several sections.

Key points for creating an educational toy

So, if you decide to make such an educational toy with your own hands, then the first thing you need to decide is what kind of animal you will make.

After that, we select the material. Optimal: 4-5 different colors. Put them side by side, evaluate whether they are combined with each other.