Easy Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial

Dinosaur Felt Toy

My daughter is having her holidays and I am so busy with her so do forgive me if I am not regular in dropping by my dear friends blogs! My daughter is fascinated by dinosaurs and has been after me to make a dinosaur toy for her- Making a fur soft toy is so time consuming so I took an easy way out and made a " No sew" felt dinosaur toy.

Sharing how we made this simple Dinosaur Toy

Materials Required to make a Felt Dinosaur Toy

• Felt- Use one or 2 colors
• Filling- I used low weight polyester fiber filling- you can use cotton too if you dont plan to wash it.
• Scissors
• Pencil/pen to draw your pattern
• Glue gun or Good old thread and needle! [I am a lazy bum to get out the needle and thread!]
• Something for the eyes- felt scrap, googly eyes,paper circle, button ,bead - anything you have or fancy!

Fold your felt and draw your dinosaur on the felt positioning a portion on the folded edge [ to make your life easier when you join them!] Dinosaurs are easy to draw - draw free hand the species your kiddo loves- Brachiosaurus is easy-- more difficult to get the fierce look of a Trex !

Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial

If you are not comfortable drawing free hand you can  click on the photo below[ it will open in an enlarged version] and trace the outline.

Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial

You can involve your child in beautifying their dinosaur toy- My daughter is fairly adept at using a scissors and she cut out all the tiny spots for her dinosaur from yellow felt.- It wont be perfect-- But the fun you have with your child is more important! If your kiddo is too young to use a scissors they can help choose colors and plan the design!

Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial

Fold the 2 halves together and use a glue gun or the good old needle and thread to stitch the borders. Leave a gap near the back to help insert your felt toy filling.

Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial

I let my daughter help in most of the steps and here you can see her filling up her toy dinosaur.You may use a paint brush or other long thin object to help insert the filling to all the nooks and crannies

Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial

Our filling is less than perfect and that is why our dino has a flat neck and tail!

Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial

Close the gap using your glue gun or by stitching. Add your eyes and spots , ribbon or whatever your kiddo likes.

Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial

I ran over the jagged looking outline using silver glitter glue.

Dinosaur Felt Toy

Felt is a wonderful medium to work with - easy to cut and make!These felt toys make fabulous Xmas tree decorations too!

Sharing a Wooden Dinosaur Skeleton Model- This is a wooden puzzle I had got for my daughter from a local toy shop for Ruppes 35!It was too tough for her to do and I ended up playing with it.[Warning takes at least an hour to do and needs a bit of concentration as its a Made in china with hardly any good instructions!]

It looks pretty realistic and beautiful sitting in our show case. 

Wooden Dinosaur Toy

I hope you enjoyed this " How to". Do leave me your comments.
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