Sew Craft Cook November/December 2013 | Page 11

Time for a Wash

Now it's time to wash the toy. We normally throw this bunny in the washing machine and then in the dryer (we cover his eyes with bandaids first to protect them), but his time as we had removed his stuffing we handwashed him with shampoo. My daughter thought it was lovely, like a day spa for her special guy - it made her feel ok about him looking so limp (with no stuffing)

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Drying up

No tumble dryers for this Bunny when he was unpicked, so we blow dried him, a little embarrassing to admit to blow drying a toy bunny, but again my daughter thought it was lovely. It didn't take too long.

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Re-Stuffing

Use some ordinary soft fill stuffing (polyester) from your fabric/craft store - you can buy it for about $14 for 1 kg (which is a lot). Simply re-stuff the toy making sure to give it the right amount int he right places and giving it the right amount of cuddly factor, if you child is okay helping you with the process then let them give it the squeeze test - this is more important than most adults realise, when you're only little.

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Re-stitch

Carefully stitch your old toy up with a matching thread colour so you can't tell and your toy is good as new, or at least smells a lot better and can sit up again. A new ribbon is nice touch and letting your little one chose will add to the excitement and enthusiasm for sprucing up their favourite toy.

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