Stuffed Toy Repair

Beloved blimp toys get a lot of use – and corruption. This Fix-It Guide on blimp toy repair tells how a stuffed toy works, what ofttimes goes wrong, how to identify a stuffed beast problem, and what parts and tools y'all will demand to fix it. It so gives unproblematic step-by-step instructions for how to repair an open seam on a stuffed animal, reattach a stuffed fauna ear or limb, supervene upon a blimp fauna stitched nose and mouth, replace a blimp animal button centre, replace a stuffed animal lock-in centre, replace a stuffed fauna  sound box, and restore plumpness to a stuffed animal.

How Does a Stuffed Toy Work?

A stuffed toy is a cloth caricature of a person, animal, or object. Modern stuffed toys are stuffed with poly-fill up or cream. Older toys may exist stuffed with toxic foams or plastics. In addition, stuffed toys may have material or plastic limbs, optics, ears, or other features that require repair. (Also run into the Doll Fix-It Guide .)

What Can Go Wrong with a Stuffed Toy?

Ears, noses, eyes and other pieces get torn off. Seams open up. Sound boxes neglect. Old stuffed toys lose their plumpness.

Caution!

Some older toys may exist stuffed with toxic plastic foam or polystyrene pellets. Remove and replace this stuffing with poly-fill–or keep it somewhere away from children. You tin buy numberless of poly-make full at arts and crafts and material stores.

How Tin can I Place a Stuffed Toy Problem?

  • If an ear, nose, middle, limb or other office becomes discrete, you can reattach it (see beneath).
  • If a seam comes open, you tin can sew together it closed (see the sewing section in the Tools Fix-It Guide).
  • If a audio box fails, y'all can replace it (see below).
  • If the toy seems flat, yous tin restore its plumpness (run into below).

Fix-It Tip

Does a valuable antique blimp toy need new stuffing? Considering it may be fragile and may lose value if damaged, consider hiring a professional who is skilled in doll restoration to do the job.

What Do I Demand for Blimp Toy Repair?

Replacement parts (eyes, noses, easily, audio boxes) for blimp toys are available from crafts stores or sewing centers. In add-on, sewing and craft shops can supply the tools y'all'll demand:

  • Needles
  • Thread
  • Soft brush

What Are the Steps to Stuffed Toy Repair?

Shut an open stuffed toy seam:

  1. Use sideslip stitches to stitch along the seam (run across the sewing section in the Tools Fix-It Guide), poking leaking stuffing back in every bit you sew.
  2. If the toy has fur, utilize a soft castor to fluff it upwards over the completed stitches.

Stuffed Toy Repair

You tin can reattach a blimp toy's limb with overhand stitches.

Reattach a stuffed animal ear or limb:

  1. Pin the ear or limb to the caput or body.
  2. Stitch it into place with overhand stitches (run into the sewing section in the Tools Prepare-It Guide).
  3. For added security, stitch along both sides of the ear or limb.

Replace a stuffed animal stitched olfactory organ and mouth:

  1. Mark the outline of the nose.
  2. Make full in the area with tight satin stitches of embroidery thread (run across the sewing section in the Tools Set-It Guide).
  3. Finish a nose with one horizontal stitch beyond the top.
  4. Sew an inverted Y underneath the nose to create a oral fissure.

Replace a stuffed animal button eye:

  1. Sew through the caput, if it is soft.
  2. Pull the thread tightly and knot information technology securely at the back of the caput.

Circumspection!

Don't replace a push button heart on a stuffed toy that a child will use; they can come off and be swallowed. Instead, install a lock-in heart (come across below).

Replace a stuffed beast lock-in eye:

  1. Open the seam at the back or the side of the head and remove stuffing as needed.

  2. Button the eye through the fabric.

  3. Adhere the washer from inside the caput.

  4. Stitch up the seam using slip stitches (run across the sewing section in the Tools Fix-It Guide).

  5. If information technology is a furred animate being, use a soft brush to fluff up the fur over the seam.

Replace a stuffed creature audio box:

  1. Open the rear seam.
  2. Remove the old sound box.
  3. Insert a new sound box.
  4. Press stuffing securely effectually the new sound box.
  5. Stitch up the seam using slip stitches (run across the sewing section in the Tools Fix-Information technology Guide).
  6. If it is a furred fauna, use a soft castor to fluff up the fur over the seam.

Restore plumpness to a blimp animal:

  1. Open a side seam or other accessible seam.
  2. Insert fresh stuffing, making sure it is evenly distributed.
  3. Stitch up the seam, using slip stitches (come across the sewing department in the Tools Fix-It Guide).