Making A Cute Stuffed Dinosaur

Making A Cute Stuffed Dinosaur

by Cecile Ingram

Nothing is more enchanting than dinosaurs and dragons. Children spend endless hours creating, coloring, and cutting these fun creatures. While kids spend countless hours on paper fun, making a real, stuffed dinosaur will provide even more fun, and will provide a type of real time learning that advances their skills and knowledge.

Not only are dinosaurs a fun craft for children, but they are also a great learning tool, and can serve as decoration pieces for play rooms, or bed room dressers. This is especially true when accompanied with clothing and accessories. Children can use them for endless play, but also for learning body parts, clothing, or learning to tie shoes.

This craft is easy as one, two, three. Follow a few extremely easy steps and parents and children alike will benefit from hours of countless fun together. The first step is selecting the pattern from the Internet, or local shop. Patterns can be adjusted for size with a copy machine, so all patterns can be made smaller or larger.

Once a pattern has been selected, choose a soft or silky, but firm material. Solid or multicolored materials can be selected. A material such as felt is a good choice. Using fabric scissors begin cutting material in the same size pieces as the pattern. Cut a front and back piece if appropriate. Pin pieces together on wrong side of material for sewing.

Begin sewing the pieces together by hand or by a sewing machine. Leave 1/4 of an inch on edges. Sew carefully around all curves, and make sure to leave 2 inches open for turning the material, and stuffing. After the material is sewn, turn material inside out by the two inch space. Using a crochet hook or some other utensil may be necessary to push all material out.

Begin stuffing the material with poly fill. Do not use large amounts of the fill all at once. This will clump and will result in lumps and air spaces. Take a small amount, and fill in tails, hands, and feet first. Slowly fill to provide a more professional look, and adjust fill as needed. Packing full also isn't desired. Arms and legs should move freely, and toy should be soft, not hard.

Once filled, sew the two inch opening shut by hand. Cut any remaining thread and begin making the facial and body features. To do this use markers, felt material cut outs, cartoon eyes, noses, mouths, or sew these features on the doll. For those that plan on sewing it might be best to do this before sewing pieces together. Sequins and beads can also be attached for a special, and unique toy.

Doll clothing for learning can either be made or purchased in a department store, and should include shirts with buttons, pants with zippers, and shoes with ties. This is especially important for those who plan to use shirt buttons for counting, or shoes for tying. They can also be used for learning <A href="http://www.jpsbears.com">stuffed dinosaur</A> body parts, such as eyes, hands and feet, and then comparing to their own.



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