Growth dolls with their own hands on the example of Span-Bob, Nyushi and Bears

What is a growth doll? It's not even a doll at all, but a whole suit that will help any person to reincarnate in completely different characters. Such dolls are the best guests on children's holidays, and adults too will not pass by. It's hard to make them, but you can. We will tell you how the growth dolls are made with their own hands: patterns, schemes, a step-by-step description of the process - all this will help you in creating this unusual and interesting costume.

Growth dolls come in a variety of forms:

1. Those that consist of the head and trunk:

2. Dolls that are, for example, a cup of coffee, or a juice box:

3. Dolls that are worn all over the body, for example, Krosh from Smeshariki:

4. Dolls that consist of the character's head, for example, Masha and the costume on the body:

If your child needed a kindergarten suit for a morning performance, then try to make a Spang-Bob growth doll for him.

Sponge-Bob's costume for a morning performance with his own hands

A child-loved hero, funny and funny Sponge-Bob is made very simply.

Materials needed:

• Box( large, but several smaller boxes can be used and glued together)
• adhesive Yellow felt, red, blue, black and white fabric
• Black transparent fabric( mesh, organza, etc.).)
• Scissors

Making a doll

1. Making a workpiece for a growth doll. Determine the size of the box. We need to measure the height of the child from the head to the hips and add 10 cm. We remove the bottom from the box. On the sidewalls, it is necessary to cut out the holes for the hands, holes for the eyes and mouth are cut out on the front part. We need to make them big so that the small actor has air inside and good ventilation.

2. We measure all sides of the box and from these measurements cut out the future "upholstery" of Sponge-Bob on the yellow fabric. She stitches and turns, and then puts it on the box. Edges are smeared with glue and wrapped inside the box.

3. Make the holes. We glue a black transparent tissue in the eye and mouth area. We make out the mouth with a red tongue and white teeth. And the eyes must first glue white circles, then blue, and then black( one less than the other).Then the cilia are stuck.

4. Sew the spout. It is made simply: a rectangle of yellow fabric is filled with scraps, the edges are stitched, after which it is sewn to the face.

5. "Dress Up" SpongeBob. "With the help of white fabric we form the shirt of the character, from the black one - the trousers, from the red we make the tie. Circles of yellow fabric of another shade are made on the doll "holes".

We dress the child tights or knee socks and shoes - the suit is ready.

Foam growth dolls

Making puppet dolls with their own hands is interesting, but not easy. To create most of them, a lot of effort, skill( cutting, sewing) and time are required.

The most difficult to make are growth dolls made of foam rubber. Usually the head of the character is made of this material, this stage in making dolls is considered the most difficult. We suggest you make together with us a growth doll Nyusha from Smeshariki.

According to the masters, this is one of the simplest and fastest ways.

Materials:

• Foam thick
• Velor
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pins

Making dolls:

1. On the foam we cut 6 wedges for the head, the diameter of which will be about 90 cm. The lower edge must be cut as shown in the first photo.

2. Wedges are glued together, and the cut edges form a hole in which the head will enter.

3. Due to the fact that the foam rubber is very thick, it is difficult to find a clothespin or a fastener pin at the time of gluing, so you need to keep the parts yourself, as shown in the third photo.

4. A small hole is cut out on the resulting ball.

5. Cut 2 circles with an empty middle. These circles are equal in diameter to the opening for the head. They will help the wedges not creep away when they wear, performing the role of the bottom.

6. Stick the circles on the hole for the head.

7. Align the edges with a knife.

8. Cut a circle that will allow the head to sit comfortably on the shoulders.

9. This circle is pasted inside the ball, which will allow the head of the toy not to sink lower.

10. Cut openings for hands.

11.After the shape of the head is ready, it is necessary to tighten it with the appropriate cloth( wedges from pink velor or plush are cut and sewn, similarly to the wedges of the mold).

12. The head is decorated with eyes, a heel and a hairdo.

13. Pink high pants are sewed.

The doll is ready.

Mishka from Masha and the Bear

Popular character of the cartoon "Masha and the Bear" - Mishka, who is so fond of children for his kindness and justice, is much more difficult to make.

Materials:

• Foam 4 cm
• Adhesive
• Scissors
• Artificial fur

Making dolls:

1. So, in order for us to get a bear, we will need foam rubber. From which we first of all have to cut out 2 parts of the future head, of which the back is slightly more facial.

2. These parts are glued together, and to make Mishka's head more convex, a wedge is pasted on the back of the head.

3. A crooked face.

4. The notches, nose, ears and edges are made.

5. Next, you need to cut 2 parts, which then become part of the lower jaw.

6. Round the lower lip, cut the top of the lower jaw and glue it to it.

7. Extend the neck( at the back of the head).

8. We get here is a blank for the future head Bears:

9. The bear is lined with a cloth. For this doll is ideal for artificial fur:

So, we told you how to sew a growth doll with your own hands. We offer you to watch a master class, a video with detailed instructions for making another hero of the cartoon - Lev Alex of Madagascar.