Fish Toy

Expert - 1 day - Complete

Keywords :

Baby toys - Fish patterns - Fleece - Cotton wool, stuffing

Make this adorably fish toy for your baby to cuddle in his sleep. This fish toy can be made with lots of different materials to stimulate your baby's senses, particularly his sense of touch.

Supplies

Tools

Scissors
Sewing needle

Materials

Different fabrics or materials: silk, linen, cotton, sponge, flannel…
Matching thread
Stuffing: semolina, pasta, rice, lentils, stone pearls, moss, cotton, and for sound: plastic bag, marbles, bubble wrap
Lining

Directions

Prepare the materials for the fish toy

Download the pattern of the fish toy and print it.

Cut out the different parts using different materials.
Sew the perforated line of the scale face to face (meaning the rounder side one over the other) and stitch them together.
Turn over the work (2).
Place the materials on the inside (3) and stuff the scale.
Close up the scale (4).

Do the same for all the scales. Stuff them with various materials.

Assemble the fisy toy

Sew on the eye and embroider the mouth on one of the faces of the fish.

Make a perforated line on two faces of the fish as indicated on the pattern.
Sew on the scales starting with the side of the tail. Sew 3 on the first row then 4 then again 4 coming back towards the head.

Pose the two faces one over the other (parallel) and sew all around, keeping open the bit already sewn.
Sew up in the same way.
Turn over the work.
Restuff with the lining and close up as indicated below.