Funny and very lively, I liked them at first sight, it would seem just small toys, but how much individuality and inimitable charm are in each of them. Two master classes are devoted to the topic of how to make a Photo lesson will tell you about making a toy from cotton socks, and a video will introduce you to the technology of making charming Japanese dolls from nylon socks.
More master classes on making toys from socks (pictures are clickable)
 
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The first photo of the master class was prepared by craftswoman Kasia, here is what she writes in the preface to her lesson: “It's funny, but before it never occurred to me to create some of my author's things and toys. I always used other people's patterns and did not try to come up with something. Once I tried to sew a sock doll myself and suddenly realized that I can create original things with my own hands. The first thing I sewed was the little boy you see in the photo on the right, the second toy that appeared in our house was a funny toothy cow. 
Well, now, my dear friends, rate my first step-by-step guide.
Meet Benny, Paula, Inna, Daniel, Kater Carlo and Moritz. My daughter is using them as bowling pins for now, but over time I hope she will play other games like theater with them.” 
In order to bring to life:
- socks,
- filler (synthetic winterizer, sintepuh or other),
- decoration ribbon,
- disappearing marker for temporary marking,
- fabric glue,
- yarn or thread for hair,
- thread, needles, scissors
- buttons
- a circle of cardboard or other (better not wet) material,
- movable eyes
- acrylic outlines on fabric (optional)
Step 1. Trace any round object of a suitable size on cardboard or other suitable material. This circle will be the bottom of the toy on which it will stand. If you make it from waterproof material, then you can wash the doll. Insert the circle into the bottom of the sock as shown in the photo. 
Step 2. Fill the sock with stuffing, to make the toy heavier and more stable, you can add granulate to the filler. 
Step 3. Sew the sock at the top with the seam forward of the needle. 
Step 4 Gather the sock as shown in the photo. 
Step 5. Cut off the excess top of the sock. 
Step 6. Turn the blank with the heel towards you - this will be the doll's face. In the center of the face, form a nose by gathering the fabric in a circle, grabbing the filler and then pulling the material into a ball. 
STEP 7. Here is what you should get. 
Step 8. Under the heel (head), lay the seam around the entire circumference of the workpiece and carefully pull it off, visually separating the torso from the head. 
Step 9 Draw the face of the chrysalis with a disappearing fabric marker. 
Step 10. Embroider the elements of the face or draw them with a marker on the fabric. Start the embroidery process by inserting a needle and thread from the back of the toy's head, finish embroidery and form knots also from the back of the head. 
Step 11. To decorate the baby doll, sew original buttons to the body, continue to hide all knots on the back of the head. 
Step 12. Pinch the parts of the workpiece on the right and left sides and fix them with tailor's pins - these will be the handles of the doll. 
Step 13. Sew the handles as shown in the photo to create the illusion that the toy is holding its hands in pockets. 
Step 14. Embroider pockets on the body of the toy. 
Step 15. Form strands of hair from yarn. 
If you lose a sock, the fate of the remaining sock is either to end up buried deep on a shelf or in a trash can. Instead of just throwing your socks away, give them a new life by repurposing them for other uses.
1. Use to carry utensils
If you don't have bubble wrap or other packing materials at home, use plain socks by wrapping bottles around them, placing them between breakable plates and cups. Just make sure your socks are clean before using them for this purpose.
2. Use leftover soap
You can avoid throwing away leftover soap bars by filling a sock with leftover soap and using it as a washcloth.
You can also use soap and a sock to keep things fresh. Just place a bar of soap in a sock and put it on your storage shelf or in your suitcase to smell good.
3. Make a sock toy
From socks you can make a lot of toys with your own hands. There are many ideas for creating soft toys from socks. Here's an example of how easy it is to make a cat toy out of a sock.
4. Protect wipers from ice
Few people like to clear the ice from the car in winter. Wearing long socks over the wipers when you leave the car in the evening will save you from the problem of frozen wipers. In the morning, just take off your socks and hit the road. You can also use the same sock to get rid of the fog when the car thaws.
5. Hand phone holder
An old sock without a pair can find a new life as a phone holder. Cut off the toe and heel at the sock and fold in half to form a bracelet, inserting the phone between the two layers of the sock.
6. Find lost things
Small items such as earrings, small bolts and bobby pins are easily lost in carpets and under furniture and often end up in the vacuum cleaner. A sock can help you find all those little things. Put a sock on the hose of the vacuum cleaner, securing it with an elastic band, and turn on the vacuum cleaner. You can find everything you've lost without digging through your vacuum cleaner bag afterwards.
7. Protect yourself from drafts
A "sock snake" that can be placed at the base of a door or window will help protect you from drafts. Stuff a pair of socks with stuffing (such as old beans or other socks) to prevent air from escaping.
8. Get rid of static electricity
Using socks and woolen threads, you can make balls that reduce static electricity. Just wind the yarn into a small ball and place it in a sock, tie off the sock and put it in the washing machine along with other things to make it felt. Add these balls to clothes during the drying cycle to get rid of static electricity.
9. Make a mini cat sweater
Kittens often find it difficult to regulate their body temperature, and for this purpose, a sock can be turned into a sweater for your pet.
Cut off the toe (the head will fit through here) and make two holes on both sides of the heel for the front paws to warm your pet.
10. Make knee pads for your child
Old socks can be used to make miniature knee pads for babies who are starting to crawl. take a pair of old socks and cut off the sock. Take your bra pads and attach them to your socks from the inside. Such knee pads will protect the child from bumps and scratches when crawling, and in cold weather they can warm the legs.
11. Anti-scratch mittens
There are situations when it is difficult not to scratch a bite or scratch, especially in the case of chickenpox or allergies. A pair of socks can be a great deterrent for itching from insect bites, irritation, and rashes, speeding up healing.
12. Bundle bagel
You can use a sock to neatly gather your hair into a bun. Cut off the sock and roll the sock into a roller. Tie your hair into a ponytail and slide the ponytail into the bagel, wrapping it up to the base of the ponytail.
13. Rags for dust
There is no need to buy dust rags if you have several socks without a pair in the house. Use them instead of paper towels or microfiber cloths to wipe down shelves and where dust collects.
You can also put a terry sock on a mop, saving on a replacement nozzle.
14. Cup cover
The sock can protect your hands when you hold on to a hot mug or cold jar. A cup cover can be made in a few minutes by cutting off part of the sock above the heel and finishing the edge with glue or thread.
15. Pet toy
You do not need to buy special toys for cats or dogs. For cats, you can use an old sock filled with catnip and knotted to make a ball. For dogs, you can fill the sock with water bottles or tennis balls.
Do not rush to throw away old socks if one of the pair is lost or worn out to holes - you can make incredible crafts out of them! Especially if these are bright children's or soft terry socks! Without further ado - 12 ways to use socks in decor (as fun as that sounds!)
1.Warm clothes for the cup
Cut off the neck from the old (and carefully washed) sock, cut it across to make a neat rectangle. Hem along the bottom so that the fabric does not fray, and sew on the buttons where the edges of the sock will be connected. You can sew on loops if the piece of fabric is too small and does not fit on the cup. Socks with a bright pattern can not be decorated - they will look advantageous in any case. If you have a monochromatic version, sew some nice little thing to the fabric - a piece of another fabric or decorative mesh, a button, beads or beads, a straw or a tourniquet.
2. Flowers from socks
Such unusual bouquets can be an independent decor, or they can serve as an element for decorating a picture, photo frame, mirror, gift wrapping, clothes, after all! A detailed master class on how to properly wrap a sock in a flower:
3. Bright rugs
There are two options here - cut the socks lengthwise, tie the resulting "threads" together and knit rugs as if from ordinary yarn. The second option is to sew the toe patches by hand.
4. Paintings from socks from Hong Yi
Hong Yi, a Shanghai-based artist, is not the first time she has used extraordinary materials for her work. The portrait of the singer Jay Chou Hong painted with strong coffee, and Justin Bieber with chili sauce. This time, for the portrait of the famous director Zhang Yimou, the artist used ... socks! It took exactly three weeks to create this masterpiece, as well as a huge number of pins and a frame made of bamboo.
5.Toys
It seems that the first thing that the dreamers of the needlewoman began to make from unnecessary socks was toys. Products from terry or voluminous knitted socks look especially colorful. You can stuff toys with the same socks, or you can use synthetic winterizer or holofiber.
6. Terry socks for incredible soap bubbles
A great find for those with kids. You will need: a plastic bottle, a terry sock, food paints of different colors and a soapy solution. Cut off the bottom of the bottle, pull the sock over it (previously smearing it with paints) and fasten it with a thread or an elastic band. Now you need to fill the bottle with soapy water and that's it! You can blow incredible colorful bubbles!
7. Clothes for your favorite pets
8.Original sleeves
Cut off the bottom of the golfs and the warm sleeves are ready! The main thing is to take brighter golfs! But if you have only plain products in your arsenal, turn on your imagination and sew on lace, buttons, a brooch, ribbons or a dense decorative mesh.
Cut off the bottom of the sock, sew fur to the top and wear with your favorite ankle boots. And warm and stylish!
10. Ballerinas or cute homemade Czechs
To old socks with worn out toes, you can sew a regular insole instead of a sole and wear it like house slippers. If you do not have extra insoles, use felt - cut out the sole from a piece of thick felt according to the size of your legs and sew it to the socks. After all, it is much more comfortable and warmer than slippers!
An original solution for those who plant entire greenhouses at home. Cut off the "feet" from the colorful socks and string the tops onto the flower pots. Believe me, even such trifles significantly enliven the atmosphere!
Inspiration that doesn't pass you by!
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Modern fakes are made from any material, for example, old and unnecessary socks can be an excellent basis for creating original toys, jewelry, paintings and much more. Very beautiful fakes are obtained from children's terry, bright and soft socks, there are many ideas on how to use old socks with benefit.
soft hare
In order to make a soft toy, you need to take materials such as threads, scissors, a marker, cotton wool, a needle and, of course, the main detail is a sock, in this case light. The work begins with the fact that the upper part of the sock is divided into two identical halves, a rectangle is cut out in the middle, two bunny ears are obtained. Then, the ears should be sewn, and the sock filled with cotton, from the side of the heel, using a marker, draw the mouth and eyes of the animal. From below, so that the cotton wool does not fall out, the material should be sewn, thus, an original and soft hare is obtained, everything is simple and fast.
More details can be seen on the video
Monkey
To create this soft toy, you will need a simple pair of socks, this option for making fakes is the most inexpensive and accessible to anyone. Old socks are used as materials, and not only cotton wool, but also synthetic winterizer or fine foam rubber can serve as a filler.
One sock will serve to make the body, hind legs and head, and the second will go to create the front legs, tail and ears. For the muzzle, you can leave the cut off part of the heel. After all the details are cut out and prepared, you should sew the large ones first, then fill them with filler, finish the job and move on to small items, tail, ears and paws.
When all the details, individually, are ready, you can assemble the toy into a single whole, for this, ears, tail and paws are sewn on, a muzzle is formed, buttons are sewn in place of the eyes.
By the same principle, you can sew not only a monkey, but also a raccoon, for example, you just need to use old socks of a different color. Among other things, the raccoon should not forget to sew one detail on the muzzle, in the form of glasses, this will be a common feature of the toy with a real animal.
This version of a fake can be an original and real gift for those people who appreciate items from the category "just like that." It will become a favorite sofa toy and a memory for a long life.
For more details on how to make a toy, the video will show
Small fakes from old socks
Material such as worn socks can be used to create not only toys, they can be used to make, for example, small rugs. To do this, there are two manufacturing options, for example, cut the products along and use the resulting pieces like ordinary yarn, or you can sew the resulting shreds yourself. The process is laborious, but as a result, you get a very beautiful rug.
Using an old sock, you can decorate a cup, for this you need the neck of the sock, carefully cut out a rectangle, hem it from the bottom so that the fabric does not fray, you can sew buttons in random order or in places where the sides will connect. A small patch will turn out or a large one, it doesn’t matter, you can sew buttonholes, it will look very original.
And if the socks have a bright pattern, then decoration will not be needed, the result will look, in any case, good. If the fabric of the socks is plain and gloomy, you can sew not only a button, but also another detail for decoration. It can be another colored fabric, decorative mesh or beads, beads or straws, as well as plaits.
Bear
To work, you will need two terry socks, threads and a needle, filling material, scissors, a felt-tip pen or a stamp, a button for the nose.
First of all, you need to make a pattern, cut out the bear, one sock will be used to create a head with ears, the second will go to the torso and hind legs. All details are carefully cut out and sewn together, only one side remains open, because through it the paws, head and torso will be filled with padding polyester.
All components are sewn on the wrong side, after which they are turned inside out, if the socks are terry inside, then this part can be made front. Next, take the part that will be the head, cut off the elastic, fill it with filler and pull off the edges, attach a circle for the muzzle on top, and draw a smile and eyes with a felt-tip pen. These elements can not be drawn, but embroidered; a small button is suitable as a spout.
Similar processes must be done with the second toe, cut out the details, sew the edges from the wrong side, turn it right side out and fill it with filler. Thus, the torso and hind legs will turn out, the final stage involves connecting all the parts into one.
Important ! The main advantage of fakes made from old socks is obvious, the toys are soft and unpretentious, they ask for their hands, one has only to look at them. And most importantly, any animal can be made in this way, it is enough to show your imagination.
Owl
Any fake made from old, worn out socks can be played with by kids without having to spend a lot of money on materials. If you show initiative and imagination, you can turn a simple owl from an old sock into a rattle, for this, you just need to put a capsule from a kinder surprise into it, fill the container with peas and it will rattle.
To begin with, all the details must be cut out, these are the wings, tail and beak, after which they should be sewn and set aside. The top of the toe, which is located at the very heel, must be cut off and pulled off, the resulting bag should be filled with soft material, then cut off the excess elastic. Do not forget about the capsule with peas to make a rattle.
Further, the body is sewn together, attaching a beak on one side and a tail on the other side, draw 4 lines on the forehead of the bird, and also sew stitches, connect them, as a result, two rollers will be obtained. The final step will be the eyes and wings, the original rattle is ready.
Horse
In order to create an original horse on a stick for a child, it will take a little time and a minimum of materials, but it will really please any tomboy. For a fake, you should take a stick, the length of which is 1 m, and stick the head of the animal on one side.
Such a fake is made quite simply, you need to take an old sock, stuff it with any material, for example, foam rubber, cotton wool or even hay, sew on eyes and a mane, put on a bridle and put your head on a stick.
Each fake confirms the fact that special skills and talent are not required to create toys from socks, and such work will not take much time, the main desire.
Cheerful do-it-yourself cat from old socks
To make a cat, you need to take a knitted sock, a synthetic winterizer as a filler, a thread with a needle, buttons and a woolen thread from which the bow will be made.
The height of the toy is optional, you can cut off a piece of the sock of any length, fill this part tightly with a padding polyester. In the place where the toe was cut, fold the edges and sew, using a blind seam to form the ears of the animal, you must pull the corners. Pull the woolen thread in the place of the sock where the neck will be, pull it over, after that, sew a button on the body, which will be a tie. On the cat's face, draw a smile, eyes and nose, using a thread and a needle, embroider along the contour.
Additionally, how to make a cat out of socks, you can watch the video
Snowman from an old sock
Each toy will be unique, and will be a great gift for any celebration, because it is made by hand. The manufacturing technique is very simple and does not require professional knowledge; home-made products will delight not only adults, but also children.
It is necessary to take white socks, filler, beans, woolen thread or floss, any decorations, such as small pompoms, buttons, or any other products that are at hand. Black beads are suitable for the eyes, you will also need a ribbon or a small piece of knitted fabric, a thermal gun.
Fill the third part of the sock with dried beans, tie it on top, let this part down and roll back the edges so that you get the brim of the hat. A special gun should be used so that the fields do not roll, they must be glued.
Using woolen threads or ribbons, tie the snowman's neck around the body to make a scarf. The head of the toy should be large, because it will still have beaded eyes, a mouth embroidered with black thread and a nose in the form of a colored pom-pom, the torso can be decorated with other elements.
Additionally, how to make a snowman, you can watch the video
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