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DIY fabric caterpillar. Master class: DIY fleece caterpillar

Look how funny the caterpillar is! Her body is similar to the coloring, like on a children's toy yo-yo, and wriggles funny. The toy is full of charm and charm, and the child will undoubtedly like it

Making such a caterpillar is very simple. We can say that the work is monotonous. You simply cut out the parts, sew everything together in pairs, fill it with any filling and join it by hand, as if you were folding a yo-yo from chintz circles, which will then stretch and become the real body of the caterpillar. The dimensions of the toy are impressive - about 65 cm in length and 20 cm in height!

You will need:


twill cotton ribbon – 10 mm wide; threads, needle; light green fabric in small circles – (60 cm and maximum width); “gypsy” needle; blue fabric - for the mustache and nose; floss (silk) – white, red, black; wool felt – black, white; adhesive interlining; filler – padding polyester or padding polyester; a small circle of fabric with a pattern - a pattern for a small yo-yo is attached; large circles of fabric with a pattern – 15 pcs. (patterns for large yo-yo circles are included).


We sew the caterpillar:


1. Copy the caterpillar patterns onto polyethylene: head, antennae, body, pupils, nose and outer eyes. Cut them out.

2. Fold the fabric into circles in half with the right side in the middle. Trace the torso pattern six times and the head pattern once. Do not cut - first you need to sew the parts along the contours.


3. Fold the blue fabric like this and trace the mustache template on it twice and the nose template once. Sew along the outline.


4. Iron the interlining onto the wrong sides of scraps of different felt. Transfer all the eye patterns onto them, then cut them out.


5. Sew the body parts along the lines marked on the patterns. So sew the head part yourself.


6. Sew the antennae along the marked lines, leaving the straight ends unsewn. Sew the nose piece.


7. Now all the parts can be cut out, departing from the edges by 8 mm. Make small holes in all the pieces (where indicated on the patterns) and turn them out.


8. Fill the head tightly with the stuffing and sew up the hole. Then fill the nose and torso the same way.


9. Fill the antennae with filler, tucking the edges into the middle, and then sew them to the caterpillar’s ​​head.



10. Sew the nose to the muzzle. In this case, the hole should be inside the side of the part. Sew the nose in a circle.



11. Remove the paper layers from the details of the pupils and eyes and iron them to the head. Sew the eyes with white floss (buttonhole stitch). Sew on the pupils using black floss. And embroider the mouth with red thread.



12. To make yo-yo circles, place fabric circles face down on a table. Fold the outer edge of the circle 8 mm, and use a “forward needle” seam to hem the lapel (the stitches should be of medium length). Do not fasten the thread at the end, but pull its end and gather the fabric like an accordion. Tie a knot. Repeat the same steps with the remaining large circles and the small one.



13. Using a marker, mark all the parts with the marks indicated on the pattern. At this point you need to stretch a twill ribbon.


14. Thread the ribbon through the gypsy needle and pull it through the first section of the track twice, starting from the right side. Then string three circles on the yo-yo. Thread the ribbon through the second section and string three circles again.


15. String all sections like this and alternate them with circles.


16. When you pull the ribbon through the last section, pull it back (in the opposite direction) through all the sections at once. Pull the torso as tightly as possible and tie the end of the tape in a knot.


17. Sew a small circle to the last section to hide the knot.




18. Sew the head to the opposite section with a blind stitch, hiding the place where the asparagus ribbon goes.


The adorable caterpillar is ready! Look at her inquisitive face and funny body. She wants to go on an unforgettable trip with your baby as soon as possible!




The world of insects is diverse: flying and crawling, harmful and beneficial. Not all creatures in real life look attractive. Few people are touched by a bug or a caterpillar. Another thing is toy insects. Soft and bright, they delight adults and children. You can sew an original insect with your own hands!

Do you want to sew a bright insect that will interest a child? Then you will love the ladybug pattern. To make this toy you will need red or black fleece (or other fuzzy fabric). Paws and antennae can be made from laces with a ball at the end. You can sew a ladybug of various sizes. A soft toy is an excellent option for a sofa pillow.

A bee pattern will help you sew a bright and funny toy. You will need striped fabric or fabrics of two colors (black and yellow). The mustache can be made from wire, and black fleece balls can be sewn onto the ends. It all depends on your imagination and skills. You can sew a bee with long legs or a simple toy like a “ball with wings”).

Do you already have a bee and a ladybug in your collection? Then you can sew the caterpillar. A toy made from fabrics of various colors looks bright. The deep green caterpillar also looks amazing. The body parts are of the same type, so the toy can be made longer or shorter. Pay special attention to the muzzle. Round eyes and a nose, and a piece of chewed leaf may peek out of the mouth.

For the originals, we suggest sewing a fly or even a water bug. Get creative, use unusual fabrics and create unique toys! The Pretty Toys workshop is waiting for new insect patterns from you. Send us photos of toys and give us useful recommendations!

Hello, dear readers!

Today I want to tell you how you can sew such a funny pillow, it can serve as a pillow for the expectant mother, then it will serve as a pillow for the baby. The pillow is easily deformed and can be bent at your discretion.

It is sewn quite simply, but anyone who doesn’t know how will have to puff for an hour or two.

So, let's get to work!

We will need: three types of fabric (it is desirable that they be combined, but not necessary), a regular elastic band, braid or other lace (horns and tail), threads in the color of the fabric and black threads for decorating the face, filler (sintepon, or any other)

  1. From one fabric we cut out: 4 rectangles measuring 15*25 cm (this is my size, you can make another) - this is our back;

2. From another fabric we cut out: 4 rectangles measuring 15*25 cm - this is also our back; 2 parts of the head, and a rectangle measuring 120*25 cm is the stomach;

3. And from the third part of the fabric we cut out 28 pieces of legs.

  • Let's get started: Sew the rectangles together along the 25 cm side, alternating colors. And on the left side, on each colored side, we adjust the elastic; when we sew, we make sure to tighten it, but not too much!

  •  We have a long strip of rectangles.
  • Let's prepare the paws: take two paws and sew them together with their right sides facing each other, turn them inside out - this is our one paw that is ready, so let's do all the paws and iron them.
  • Now we will sew a foot to each rectangle.
  • From the wrong side we sew: the stomach and back on the sides, leaving a small hole so that later the finished product can be turned right side out. And we don’t sew on the side of the head either; here we will sew on the head.
  • And we sew it on the back side, and do not forget to sew a tail of braid in the middle.
  • We cut out the head from two parts, on the part where the face will be, draw eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth with a pencil or chalk. And on a sewing machine, using a regular stitch, we use black thread to sew several times the contours of the eyes, mouth, and nose. Pass the ends of the threads to the wrong side and tie a knot there so that your stitch does not unravel.
    After this, we sew on the back of the head, do not forget to insert the horns in the marked places between the parts. The horns can be made of ordinary braid; tie them with knots at the tip.
  • The place on the body where we will sew the head, we sew an elastic band on the wrong side and then we sew the head itself to this elastic band. Now we have our pillow completely ready, we turn it right side out, through the hole that we left. All that remains is to fill it, I used pillow filling with balls, pictured below, it is sold in sewing stores. When the pillow is stuffed, all that remains is to carefully sew up the hole through which we stuffed it.

Master class “Caterpillar” using waste materials


Author: Samokhina Elena Ivanovna, teacher of additional education, MBUDO "Palace of Children's Creativity", Kursk.
Purpose: the master class is intended for preschool and primary school children, parents, educators, additional education teachers, teachers.
Description: The “Caterpillar” craft is a clear example of the second life of old things. A great way for parents to keep their kids creative. Stimulates curiosity, interest and respect for nature. The craft is very easy to make and does not require material costs. Good as a toy for playing outdoors. It can be a kind of simulator for the development of fine motor skills in children.
Target: Organization of children's leisure time using the example of making a “Caterpillar” craft using waste material.
Tasks:
- develop visual-figurative thinking, curiosity, observation;
- promote cooperation between children and parents, their emotional and psychological rapprochement;
- to form a humane attitude towards the surrounding nature;
- develop fine motor skills.


The task facing parents is to select from the huge number of impressions that a child can receive with benefit for his development, those that are most accessible to him by age. As for observations of nature and its inhabitants, you should try to make the moments to which children’s attention is drawn bright and imaginative in order to interest them. It is appropriate to use poems, songs on the topic, interesting facts about the object of observation. Since children of preschool and primary school age are characterized by visual and imaginative thinking, a simple craft will consolidate the results of observations. And the joint process of making a toy with your own hands will bring a lot of joy to both children and adults. We made such toys in the summer with our granddaughter.


Here's the caterpillar. You do not like?
Yes, she is not famous for her beauty.
Yes, unsightly in appearance.
Always crawling
And he eats so intensely,
As her appetite dictates.
But she is a lovely beauty,
Languishing, he hides for the time being,
To finally see the light.
Everyone admires the butterfly
And they are trying to find out from her
Transformation secret
(Zaitseva R.)


A caterpillar is a butterfly larva that hatches from an egg. She, unlike her parent, has a very unattractive appearance. The caterpillar is a malicious pest and it lives on living plants, eating their leaves. However, it should be remembered that many trees produce significantly more leaves than necessary. Approximately every fourth sheet is, as it were, a spare sheet. Therefore, under normal conditions, insects do not cause significant damage to plants. But due to their vital activity, 1 hectare of forest receives up to 400 kg of fertilizer - evenly dispersed droppings. In addition, the caterpillar is a special treat for birds.

To make a caterpillar, we will need:
Materials and tools:
An old shirt or turtleneck with sleeves;
Newspapers;
Plastic or paper eyes for toys;
Accessories for decoration according to availability: sequins, buttons, ribbons, etc.
Scissors;
Glue


Stages of work
Stage 1. Preparation of materials
Cut off the sleeve from the turtleneck.

You need to cut off all the seams along the edge of the shoulder, trim them so that you get a “pipe” blank.


Cut out a rectangle approximately 20-25cm from the back or front of the turtleneck. We cut it into strips 3-4 cm wide. These are the future paws.


Now cut the strips in half. It turned out a bit too much, but there’s no need to throw it away just yet. The remaining strips can be useful for another craft.


Stage 2. Making a caterpillar
Now we collect one end of the sleeve into a bun and tie it into two knots. We roll up a ball of newspaper and send it inside the sleeve.


We form 3-6 such lumps, depending on the length and elasticity of the sleeve.


For the head, you can make a larger lump; a caterpillar with such a head will be more expressive.


Insert a wad of newspaper and gather the edge of the sleeve so that the knot is on the top of the head and the legs are on the stomach. When the knot is tied, you need to trim the cut with scissors, removing all excess. You will get such a cute “forelock”.


Now you need to add more legs, tying each rope separately and making a knot at each end. The more legs, the more training for children's fingers.


Stage 3. Decor
If there are plastic eyes, glue them with glue. But you can print paper ones, there is a huge selection of them on the Internet.


You can sew or glue buttons cut from old clothes. You can decorate using the available materials: sequins, beads, buttons, ribbons, various decorative elements.


And so that our caterpillar doesn’t get bored, we’ll make her friends Pupsa and Vupsa. They are a little different, brighter and more shaggy. The beauty of this craft is that the caterpillars turn out to be different, not similar to each other, and somehow subtly resemble the owners of the blouses and shirts from which they were made. Children intuitively feel the positive energy emitted by these simple toys made from old things of family and friends. Such non-standard toys become favorites and remain a vivid childhood memory.


Well, now let’s get to the lawn immediately!


It's fun to sunbathe and crawl with friends!



At the end of the master class, I would like to quote poems by a wonderful poet, which tell us all that there are no trifles in raising a child.


Queen caterpillar
(Eduard Asadov)
-Look! Look how beautiful she is! -
The boy looks joyfully at his mother.-
Queen caterpillar! Do you really like it?
Let's feed her and protect her!
Indeed, like an ancient queen,
Akin to mysterious tales,
On a red-sided apple in the shade
The golden caterpillar was shining.
But the woman exclaimed: “Empty!”
And she laughed: - Oh, my cricket!
Ready to protect living things everywhere.
It's a pest, you fool!
At four years old you have to be a man!
Think about it. You see: right here
She will crawl in and spoil the core,
And the apple - at least throw it away then!
No, this is not good for you and me.
Now we'll see what kind of hero you are. –
She shook a caterpillar from a branch:
- Come on, smash it with your foot!
And the boy, putting on an angry face,
And secretly suppressing nausea,
Stepped my foot onto the warm, living
Pearly golden beauty...
- This is nice! Good girl, I praise you! –
And he, trying to end kindness,
He cried out with his leg brutally raised:
- Throw more! I'll crush the other one!
Mother has been in the world against evil since ancient times.
But how was it not clear to this one,
That saved the core of the apple,
But I lost something in the boy...

A caterpillar made of fabric, I will show and tell you how to make this interesting and later even funny craft. You will need more attention and imagination. This is certainly not where step-by-step photo instructions are the main thing. But also try to understand the method of creating a caterpillar.

The craft is called a funny caterpillar.

1. Cut pieces of fabric of different colors (no preference) in a circle. The quantity depends on the intended length of the track. Each circle needs to be made a little larger than the previous one. Also cut out one oblong piece of fabric for the ponytail.

2. Pull the fabric along the edge and stuff it with cotton wool. Both fabric circles and tail.

3. Collect the resulting balls onto one strong thread; the “head” ball can be much larger than the body, and make an elongated tail at the end.

4. Gather a thin strip of fabric onto a needle and sew it onto the back (for fluffiness). I took the orange material.

5. Eyes - do as you wish. For decoration, I sewed more pieces of fur around the eyes.

6. Using the “” method, crochet several multi-colored balls for the legs. You can also attach unique eyes and make a mouth.

7. Tie thick strong threads between the body balls and secure the leg balls to them.
Now your caterpillar will have fun running around in colorful slippers.

Now kids can play with this caterpillar or it can decorate your collection.