Create your own cuddly toys that both children and adults will love!

Why this will click

Kids and adults love to cuddle this furry animals so you have a wide range of buyers to sell to.

Materials Needed

• Cardboards or recycled folders for pattern making
• 1/6 yard long of long fur plush cloth preferably in shades of brown of biege
• 1/10 kilo of silicon fiber fill for stuffing
• A pair of #16 plastic eyes with lock
• A piece of #16 plastic nose with lock (Available at crafts stores)
• One lot of cotton thread
• A yard of half-inch wide ribbon
• Pencil or permanent marker for tracing patterns
• Scissors
• Pins
• 2.5 inch long needles
• Cutter

How To Make the Stuffed Toy

1. use the cardboards or recycled folders to make a pattern for the stuffed toy. You may get ideas from the Internet or from books or magazines then incorporate your own designs. Trace the pattern using a pencil or permanent marker, and make sure you label the pieces before cutting them. The pattern shoulld also indicate whether or not it will be traced twice on the cloth to form a pair (such as ears, face, body, etc.), using labels such as “cut 1″ or “cut 2.”
2. Put arrows on your pattern to indicate direction when you attach the parts while sewing. Broken lines can also be used near the edge of the patterns to place pins, while letters can indicate which side or body part should be attached to another body part.
3. When the patterns are cut and labeled, start tracing them onto the interior of the plush cloth material. Lay out all the patterns on to the cloth, following the directions of the arrows and the labels on them. Maximize every part of the cloth and take note of patterns that need to be traced twice.
4. Cut the plush cloth with only the tip of your scissors to avoid damaging the fur. Join the pieces together by hand sewing it or with the use of a machine. Use a similar colored thread or opt for white since the plush materials will cover the thread anyway. Choose which body part to attach first. For this project, start attaching parts to the two sides of the body by securing the plush cloth to each other using pins. Make sure that the parts are attached to the correct side of the cloth. If sewing by hand, use either blanket- or back-stitching.
5. After attaching the cloth pieces, pin them to the cloth that will be used for the lower part of the body. Give a 1/8-inch allowance on the hemline when fastening them with pins. Sew the parts together and then turn the material inside out.
6. Prepare the parts for the face and head. Assemble the ears by securing them with pins, sewing them and then turning the cloth inside out. With pins, attach the ears to the two cloth pieces cut to make the stuffed animal’s face and then sew. Attach this piece to the head gusset.
7. To make the nose, sew the two cuts together. Allow space to make tucks in the upper part of the two cuts and then attach it to the gusset to complete the head. Turn the material inside out to check if the parts are aligned properly, if not correct them by sewing some more.
8. Mark the spot where the eyes and nose will be fastened. The technique is to hold the plastic eye in place, then make a slit using scissors or a cutter in the spot for inserting the eye. Fasten the eyes by putting its locks inside the cloth. Do the same for attaching the nose. Make the slit just above the tucks.
9. Finally, stuff the assembled head and body parts with silicon fiber. Make sure that no space is left unfilled. The amount of silicon you put would depend on how soft you want your toy to be. Then connect them manually. Tie ribbons around the neck or by the ears.

How Much Will I make

To get the selling price, tack on a 100 to 150 percent markup to the production cost. Each stuffed toy can now be sold for P150 to P175