Recently, figurines made from towels have become very popular. Such figurines are often used to decorate banquet tables and interiors, and are also used as decoration for small gifts. In some cases, such a bear itself can be a suitable gift. Let's look at step by step how to make a wonderful product with your own hands in the shape of a bear.
What is needed to make a bear?
The main advantages of crafts of this kind include low cost and availability of materials.
To make a bear figurine from such material, you need to prepare the following:
- A towel whose aspect ratio should be 2:3. The best choice for this purpose would be a product 40 x 60 cm.
- Ribbon or decorative braid at least 1 meter long, reaching a width of 2.5 - 3 cm.
- Thin elastic bands. The best option is stationery ones, since they are quite durable and at the same time almost invisible.You can also use those rubber bands from which children love to weave bracelets.
- Glue or double-sided tape.
- Scissors.
- Buttons or pieces of felt to decorate the nose and eyes.
Advice! It is recommended to select the ribbon in accordance with the shade of the towel. You can also use a contrasting option if the combination of shades looks quite harmonious.
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a bear from a towel
To make a similar figurine from a terry product, you need to do the following:
The towel must be laid out on a flat surface. A suitable option for this purpose is a table or bed.
Visually, the product needs to be divided into 3 parts and fold one of them lengthwise so that its edge is in the center of the towel. This must be done carefully, avoiding the appearance of creases and folds.
Then the product must be turned over so that the wrapped part is on the right side. Then you need to start twisting it to the middle, temporarily fixing the towel with any convenient heavy object.
Similar actions must be performed with the second part of the towel. It also needs to be rolled into a tight tube and the workpiece fixed in this position.
After this, you should turn out the free edges and twist them. At this stage, the product must be rolled up very carefully so as not to spoil the formed paws of the bear.
The middle area needs to be well straightened. In this case, the upper part - the head of the bear cub - should be clearly visible. It must be secured with an elastic band.
On the head of the figure you need to form small ears from a towel and secure them, just like the head, with rubber bands.
Advice! To give the bear's muzzle additional volume, you can put a little cotton wool under it.
Decoration crafts
You can “revive” this towel figurine a little (photo). To do this, you need to glue button eyes and a felt nose to the face of the made bear using double-sided tape. If desired, the eyes and nose can be made from colored cardboard.
To disguise the elastic band in the bear's neck area, you can make him a beautiful bow from the prepared ribbon. If desired, the head of the figurine can be decorated with a small hat, which can be easily made from felt.
Advice! Small knitted scarves look very cute on these bears.
For a girl teddy bear, you can sew a tulle skirt.
You can make a lot of different original figures from ordinary terry towels.
Many needlewomen also make hares, ducklings, swans, owls, snakes and elephants from them.
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Sometimes you really want to diversify the usual symbolic souvenirs and give something that is so simple at first glance, but at the same time quite spectacular.