How to make bouquets of soft toys? Tips for Beginners

What woman does not like to receive a bouquet of flowers as a gift? With or without him, if you want to make a fair sex a pleasant surprise, give her such a present. Well, if you still want to excel in originality and surprise a lady, then give her a bouquet of soft toys. Such compositions look spectacular, beautiful and unusual. In our article you can read information on how to make bouquets of soft toys with your own hands. Hints and recommendations presented to your attention, will help you at home to make an exclusive gift.

Preparing materials for compositing

To make original bouquets of soft toys, you need to decide what kind of figures it will consist of. The composition can include 3 large toys or 9-11 small ones. Also the original bouquet looks original, in which one large figure is placed in the center, and around it there are many small ones. This material for making a soft gift can be picked up and bought in a store. But the most unique and unusual bouquets of soft toys are obtained from the elements of handmade. They can be sewn from a fabric or bound from yarn.

In order to make a composition of toys, prepare another basket, a piece of foam plastic (the size should coincide with the circumference of the bottom of this container), wooden sticks, thermo-gun, wrapping paper, satin ribbon, scotch tape.

How to make bouquets of soft toys? Practical tips

At the bottom of the basket, put the foam, first applying a few drops of glue on it. This will consolidate the foundation.

Each toy pierce a wooden skewer below (where the tail is). To keep the figure firmer, glue the tip of the stick with glue.

From wrapping paper (or a floral grid), cut out two squares with sides up to ten centimeters, puncture them in the center with a skewer and put on each wand with a figurine. By attaching fingers to the paper near the puncture site, form a frill around the toy. Secure it with scotch tape. Around each soft figure is a magnificent "skirt".

The lower edge of each stick is greased with glue and inserted into the foam base. Start filling the basket from the center to the edges. Void around the toys can be filled with branches of artificial plants, and even better - candy sticks.

Thinking about how to make bouquets of soft toys, take care of the decor for the basket itself. Its handle can be wrapped in ribbon or braid, tie a beautiful bow. On the walls of the container on the outside, glue small artificial flowers or bows. If possible - buy iridescent rhinestones, beads, buttons.

How to make bouquets of soft toys with a handle-holder?

Prepare a piece of polystyrene, a cardboard tube (from food film or foil) or a thick cardboard, glue gun, wrapping paper, scotch tape to make such a base.

Cut out a circle of polystyrene. The cardboard is rolled into a roll and fastened with an adhesive tape. Glue the tube to the circular blank with a thermo gun. The resulting design is wrapped with corrugated or wrapping paper, gluing the edges with adhesive tape.

Next, we fix the toys. They can simply "plant" on the adhesive to the foam base. But in this case the toys after the disassembly of the bouquet remain spoiled. The best device for fastening figures in such a composition is wire. She pierce neatly the toy from below, stretch and bend both ends down. Now stick them into the foam. Everything, the figure is firmly fixed. To make the bouquet look more solid, do not forget to make a frill under each soft workpiece. When all the toys are seated in a bouquet, wrap it with a floral net or wrapping paper. On the handle, tie a bow.

Now you know how to make bouquets of soft toys. Following the tips presented in the article, you can easily build your own handsome, and most importantly - unusual, gift.