We try to make growth dolls with our own hands. How to sew a growth doll

What is a growth doll? Each of us at least once saw her - this is a full-height suit of a man who looks like an animated animated hero, a small animal, a bird and even a popular meal. Without them, children's holidays, entertainment and advertising events, thematic and corporate parties can not be avoided. Children will simply be delighted at the sight of the big favorite hero, and adults will not disregard such an unusual character of the holiday. Of course, making such suits requires certain skills, money investments and time for work. But a person who has a huge desire, it will certainly turn out a growth doll, sewn or glued together. Let's figure out what they are and how they do it.

Types of puppets

Growth dolls are conventionally divided into several types:

• Standard, consisting of the head and trunk;
• Rectangular or square-shaped dolls, for example, packaging of juice;
• Glove dolls - a single design, worn on the whole body, for example Smeshariki;
• Dolls with human features, consisting of a suit on the trunk and a decoration on the head, an example: Betman or Baba-Yaga.

It's easier to make such suits, in which you do not need to collect your head separately, because this is the most time-consuming process. From this point of view, it's easiest to make a doll-package, for example Bob's Sponge Square Pants. Now we will describe how the growth dolls are made with their own hands.

What will be needed to make a doll-packing

To create a growth sponge Bob's doll you will need:

• One large cardboard box or several small ones;
• Scissors and clerical knife;
• Adhesive and glue gun ;
• A large piece of yellow felt;
• Pieces of cloth smaller than white, red and black;
• Transparent black fabric (fine mesh);
• Blue circles for the eyes.

How to make a growth doll

If you did not find a large box, you can cut out a few necessary parts and glue them together. The height of the box is calculated as follows: measure the height from the crown to the hips and add about 10 cm. The finished box should not have a bottom. First cut openings for the hands, eyes and mouth, they must be large enough to provide ventilation to the person inside. Next, measure the height and width of each side, cut rectangles of fabric a little more than the right size, sew on the inside, apply glue and put on the box. Bend the edges inwards, leaving all openings free. Now in the course is a black mesh that glues from inside on the areas of the mouth and eyes. To the mouth, a red semicircle (tongue) and two white rectangles (teeth) are glued, on the outside, white circles are glued on the outside, larger than the cut out holes, and on them there are already blue circles. Attach eyelashes from a black fabric and sew a nose (a small rectangle of a yellow fabric sew up from within, fill with cuttings and sew to the person). From a white strip of fabric is a shirt, of black - pants, of red fabric - a tie. The main work is completed, it remains to supplement the costume with tights or golf shoes and shoes.

How to sew other growth dolls

With your own hands, you can make not only a doll-packing - the simplest kind for home production. Perhaps you want to please loved ones by gifting a growth doll in the form of a favorite character of a fairy tale or a cartoon of a more streamlined form. Now it will be described what materials will be required and how to sew a growth doll.

The necessary materials for creating a standard growth doll

To sew stature dolls with your own hands, you will need the following materials:

• Foam of different thicknesses;
• Isolone;
• Needle-punched fiber (for sewing on a sewing machine);
• Various fabrics (fleece, fur, velvet-stretch, knitwear, velor and velor-stretch, lycra) to choose from;
• Adhesive-gun for gluing foam rubber to the fabric;
• Adhesive for ceiling tiles for gluing foam rubber and isolone;
• Self-adhesive film ,
• Plastic bowls;
• Banners or car curtains;
• PVC;
• Acrylic paint.

If there is an opportunity to master the art of airbrushing, it will be just fine: using an airbrush you can significantly revitalize and unify the character, add shadows, glare and even inscriptions.

Step-by-step manufacturing process

Choose a character - an animal or another favorite character that you will embody. Growth dolls with their own hands are created step by step, first you need to draw by hand or by means of special computer programs a sketch of the chosen animal, for example. Further it is combined with the figure of a man of average height (from 160 to 170 cm) and, if necessary, changes the proportions of the animal, reduces the head and lengthens the trunk so that the suit sits harmoniously. Now you can calculate the dimensions and make patterns. Knowing the real width of the suit, calculate the required number of layers of isolone. For example, if the width of the head is 65 cm, with a width of one layer of an isolone of 4 cm, 16 layers are required, 8 on each side.

Sewing height dolls is as follows: for the basis of the costume take a normal overall, or rather his pattern. Add at least two sizes for free fitting and for placing foam rubber. For a thin suit, take foam rubber with a width of 1 cm, for a more dense - 2 cm. It is possible without it, but then at least use sintepon. The size of the pattern is adjusted, proceeding from the required volumes of the animal. For example, remove the recesses at the waist, if it is not needed, add a few centimeters, if you need a tummy, lower the bottom if the legs should be shorter. On the foam layer, a layer of needle-proof fiber is applied, then the fabric and all together are stitched. Perhaps, it is necessary to alter and adjust the suit several times, the growth dolls are sewn by their own hands for more than one hour. Inside, a lining made of cotton jersey is made. If the costume will be worn by one person, the lining can be glued, and if several - it is better to make it replaceable.

Then they do the most difficult thing - head. First, cut out the contours on the inner parts: the outer sketch of the animal's head and the inner one according to the sketch of the human head that will be inside. The cut details are glued together, the surface is leveled or sanded. Inside and outside the head is glued a thin foam, and on top of the fabric. The eyes, mouth from a grid, a nose are pasted. Gloves sew separately, legs too. The process of making the feet is like creating a head: also the pieces of the isolon are glued, cut along the contour from the outside and inside, so that the foot can fit there.

You can make any growth doll, which you like. Let creativity bring joy and give positive emotions.