Devon's Second Toy .... Made with Tenderness!

After a good dinner at Upper Bukit Timah (the row of restaurants opposite Beauty World and Bukit Timah Plaza), Popcorn Mama and Papa arrived home to make another toy for Devon.

Yesterday, I had cut out the pieces for the brown bear. I washed it and let it dry. This time, I decided not to try to sew any part of the bear as my backstitch sucks big time. I let Popcorn Mama do all the sewing while I did the stuffing, marking and threading of the needle (luckily I can still do it... else I need to go see an optometrist).

We started around 8 pm and completed the bear around 12 midnight (about 4 hours of work). Sewing the separate legs, arms and ears was the easy part. Later when we tried to put everything together, Popcorn Mama had a hard time sewing all the body parts together. Once it was sewn together, I had a hard time trying to turn it inside out (it's almost like doing surgery... pushing 4 arms/legs through a small hole based on feeling is tough). Nevertheless, we completed the bear, and we sewed on a small little tail, and the face.

It seems that the arms are uneven, but we learnt quite a bit from this bear (as it was much more complicated than the bunny we did yesterday). I think we can definitely improve from this!

All the pieces cut out neatly, ready for Popcorn Mama to sew them together!


Mr Wabbit playing around with the uncompleted legs/arms of Mr Fuzzball


Mr Fuzzball all stuffed and ready for his facelift!


The final product - Mr Fuzzball!


Here is Mr Wabbit poking Mr Fuzzball's tail!


Best Friends Forever!


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Mr Wabbit introduces the caffeine free Coke! (expensive at $1.95 per can as it's imported from USA. You can find it at selected Cold Storage outlets)

Devon's First Toy... Made with Love!

Yesterday, Popcorn Mama and myself went to Spotlight to pick up a few things -> yellow jersey cloth, brown terry towel cloth, thread, cotton stuffing and some felt. We wanted to make a toy for Devon!

We had earlier bought a book that detailed how to make a stuffed toy, and decided on something simple for a start... a small yellow bunny for Devon.


I spent yesterday tracing the designs out and cutting the yellow cloth. It was actually quite tough as the material was quite stretchy and was difficult to cut.


Popcorn Mama washed it and let it hang out to dry.

Today, we took it down and ironed it. Popcorn Mama then began the tedious process of sewing the bunny together. She sewed the pair of ears first, then the legs. (I helped to sew a bit myself too!... although Popcorn Mama complained that I cheated on some of my backstitch as I made the stitches too far apart. She had to remove it and sew all over again.)



We turned the bunny inside out and stuffed the bunny.

Let the stuffing begin! Notice the black felt eyes next to the bunny.


Popcorn Mama pushing in the cotton stuffing.


Popcorn Mama sewing on the eyes, nose and mouth.


Tada!!! Our baby's first toy. We think it looks a little bit imperfect, but that's what makes it so special for us.


Tomorrow, we're trying a teddy bear. Here are the pieces hanging out to dry. (I washed the pieces myself with baby laundry detergent).


I'll keep you guys updated on the results!