Homemade Toys

How to make a toy cat out of nylon stockings

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Once your nylon pantyhose comes unfitness you tend to throw it away. However it can still be used but in a totally different way. These may be created into a soft toy. You don't need a lot of materials for this project but you need skill and patience. Old nylon tights A little padding polyester or cotton Decoration for cat's face and accents (buttons, ribbons, fur, tinsel, etc.) Cut the top of the pantyhose. Cut the seams and the upper elastic. You got 2 rectangular shaped pantyhose workpieces. But we need square sheets ...

How to make a cat out of salt dough

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Salt dough has excellent ductility properties. It's a pleasure to work with this material in comparison with plasticine which needs to be pre-kneaded hard for the some time. Dough is made from a very simple recipe. Wheat flour Salt Water Place 5 oz. (150 g.) of flour in a cup. Take 5 oz. (150 g.) of salt. Pour salt in a bowl together with the flour. Mix the dry ingredients up. Water is added in portions in very small injections. On the above mentioned amount of flour and salt, you have to add about 1.8 oz. (50 g.) of ...

How to make a simple origami kitten

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Children under the age of 5-6 years will certainly be interested in making this project, especially if the child loves to watch cartoons about a kitten. On paper, they are able to work using their imagination. With the technique of origami this project will be very easy to do. But even if its the first time they learn about it, they can start to learn to fold paper to make this simple toy. Colored paper Scissors You will need to use 2 paper squares. You can bend them out of a sheet of rectangular shape paper: bend and pull the top corner ...

How to make an origami cat out of paper

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These cats are mischievous and capricious they are also affectionate and obedient. Just like origami seals: when you make these cats for the first time you may find it hard. But with the use of paper svoevolnits you can make colorful and cute cats. So let's start working to make these slender cats. A small slip of paper with a ratio length/width of 1:3 (eg, 2.36x7.08 inches or 6x18 cm). Check the folds if the side of the paper is in different colors to make a colorful cat. Fold the strip of paper in half. Each of the sides should also be ...

How to make a toy cat-pompon out of wool yarn

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If you look at this crumb-kitten, the similarity with a large fluffy ball of feline is clear! You can create a kitten made out of balls of yarn easily with these steps. Wool threads Cardboard Scissors Pieces of nylon stockings Padding polyester or cotton On top of children's hats, pompons are used as decorations. Pompons are round, fluffy balls. We'll try to made a kitten from such a soft and round pompom. There are two threads of yarn which color is the best for a kitten. To make a ball of yarn, use two cardboard circles with a ...