So, let's get started - for our toy we will need:
- 1 pair of socks (socks can be either plain or with a pattern, in any case they turn out very beautiful).
- cotton wool or any other filler.
- threads with a needle.
- scissors.
- buttons for the eyes and nose of our toy.
- lace for decorating the donkey (here you can use your imagination and use any other decorative elements - for example, use a ribbon or beautiful fabric, buttons, braid, etc.).
We cut out the body parts of our donkey from socks, as shown in the photo. To make it clear, I numbered them:
1- torso
2-handles
3 ears
4- head
We arrange all the parts of the donkey’s body in their places so as not to get confused, and begin to sew them together one by one.
Now all our parts are ready for filling.We take the body and carefully, slowly, begin to fill it with small pieces of cotton wool. To make it easier to fill in hard-to-reach places, you can use a pencil. After the donkey’s body is completely stuffed with cotton, we thread the edge with a needle and thread and tighten it. The body of our toy is ready. Then we fill the head in the same way, the edge of which is also threaded with a needle and thread, pulled together and secured. Now we fill the arms with cotton, but there is no need to fill the ears with cotton, they should be thin.
After we have formed all the parts of the body, we carefully sew them into place. And now our donkey is ready, all that remains is to decorate it. First, let's take care of the donkey's face. The buttons will serve as the donkey's eyes and nose. Of course, you can take buttons of different colors (for example, blue for the eyes, and black for the nose), it will even be more interesting. But I only had white ones, so to darken them slightly, I put a black dot in the center of each with a marker. Then, using colored threads (black or red), carefully embroider a smile. Now we need to dress our donkey, for this we need lace. We take a strip of lace and thread it along the edge with a needle and thread, tighten it slightly, forming pleats of the skirt. Sew the skirt to the body of the toy. To make the image of Nyasha the donkey more harmonious, I decided to make a bow from the same lace and sewed it to one of the ears. Ready!
This is such a cute toy made from socks. You can imagine how much joy and pride your child will have because he sewed this toy together with his mother! Donkey Nyasha will certainly delight your children!!!
