Do-it-yourself children's rug. Rug puzzle

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Modern moms know how versatile a baby rug can be. With your own hands you can make a massage, floor, developing, sensory, game, bedside, "puzzle", stylish rug.

Round woven rugs

For most people, the mat performs only one function - to protect their feet from cold linoleum, tiles, floors. Therefore, craftswomen knit, weave, sew rectangular, round carpets from different materials, taking into account their location.

There are woolen warm rugs by the bed. One of the options for their creation is weaving. To do this, cut the old knitted things into wide identical strips so that you can then process the edges by folding the pieces along the long side. Divide the patches into three piles to sew three ribbons.

Now you sew the top of the strips, start weaving the braid to the end. Then fold it in a spiral, stitching the sides together. And to make the rug last longer, sew a thick fabric to the wrong side (as for furniture upholstery).

You can also make children's floorrugs from old things (cotton, chintz, jeans, terry towels), just sort the fabric by texture. Fringe can be sewn to the edges.

Fabric

Old jeans make good rugs, using a variety of parts (pockets, thick fabric, like on a belt, the jeans themselves, labels). But it will take a long time to get the right amount of these elements, so take the remaining fabric, cut it into narrow strips (about 2-2.5 centimeters wide).

Sew roses from the stripes. The principle is the same as in the manufacture of satin flowers. Twist the edge of the fabric with a tube, then, twisting and turning the tape, form a petal, fixing it with threads. Sew the prepared roses to the basis of the carpet (maybe also from jeans). It turns out a dense floral rug.

But patterned rugs can also be made of fabric. Just cut the cover base and plot applications. It can be fairy-tale favorite characters or an arbitrary, for example, marine theme. Then sew the applications to the fabric base. If you need a dense coating, then sew its upper part with the lining filler and the wrong side of the mat.

Developing children's rug with their own hands: master class

The developmental mat differs from the previous “pictorial” cover in removable, voluminous applications, multifunctionality, and educational orientation. Depending on the age of the child, his interests, the product will have one or another plot. The advantage of such rugs is that applications that are boring to the child can be replaced with new elements.

To make developing children's rugs with toys for a baby, you will need fabric, synthetic winterizer, hoop, fasteners, and other accessories. First, cut out the outer and inner parts of the rug, the padding lining (as many layers to be soft for the child) by the meter.

Next, sew different pieces of colored fabric to the “face” of the rug. For example, four rectangles with a width of 21.5 cm, a length of 63 cm and 100 cm, a square with a side of 63 cm. In this case, place applications only on rectangles. Sew all the layers of the carpet.

Make two arcs from the hoop, wrap with padding polyester, insert into sewn fabric "bags". With the help of fasteners, the crossed arches stand steadily even with the rattles suspended.

Developing mat for younger preschoolers

Baby toy rugs are also good for preschoolers. The cover is sewn without arcs, which simplifies the sewing process. The rug can be divided into sections that are connected by one plot or arranged randomly. For example, it may have the following sectors:

• apple with diagonal rings: if you pull them, the worm peeks out or hides;
• fence on buttons, where the crossbars are designed for weaving;
• a pond with lightning, from where you can pull a fish by a rope;
• a house with a closed door (with Velcro), behind which a mouse is hiding;
• semi-flower, which has petals with different fillers;
• truck with buttons on wheels and cargo (geometric shapes) on strings;
• mitt with belt forsensory development;
• pockets with buttons, where the parts of the house and the Christmas tree are located, which need to be stuck on Velcro from below.

The rug can be sewn together with a single plot. For example, make the plot of your favorite fairy tale with removable volumetric applications using all kinds of fabrics, fillings, fasteners.

Massage baby mat with own hands

Massage covers are a must for children. The easiest option is to make a path of squares with different surfaces:

• plastic lids upside down;
• wine corks (both whole and cut to length);
• flat large pebbles;
• glass stones "Marbles" (available in flower or handicraft departments);
• smooth boards;
• buttons;
• dishwashing sponges;
• plastic grates for sinks;
• plastic tubes;
• pencils or felt-tip pens lined with a ladder;
• rubber, wooden balls;
• artificial grass;
• very soft long bristle rug (available from home cleaning department);
• fabric pockets with cereals, s alt, legumes, chestnuts, acorns;
• pompoms from different yarns, polyethylene;
• rope, ropes lined with a snake, a geometric figure;
• footprints and handprints from linoleum, plastic, rubber mats.

Please note that chestnuts, acorns need to be washed, dried in the oven, otherwise they will mold, highlightbad smell. Natural material, like cereals, is best placed in removable pockets or zippers.

Another option

You can sew a multifunctional large children's rug with a massage and development bias. The coverage can be made thematic: seasons, overcoming obstacles, mathematics, a fairy tale … At the same time, first think over the tasks, their image, material.

For example, the math carpet has the following tasks:

• geometric shapes from Marbles stones, pebbles, lids, corks;
• big, small, wide, narrow, short, long shapes;
• forms by color from colored caps;
• an account of daisies with a different number of petals, fabric applications of ladybugs with a different number of spots;
• numbers lined with ropes.

Material is best done on one square (30 x 30 cm) with fastening (velcro, buttons, buttons). That is, if you need to fix the color and shape, you construct a geometric field from the details. Of course, this is laborious work, but you can supplement the rug with new tasks. Such small squares can be used for hand massage, supplementing them with removable "sensory" applications.

Thread rugs

You can also make a children's rug with your own hands from threads. This requires yarn, fabric, tools, unlimited patience. Using cardboard blanks, forks, make dense pompoms of various sizes (for rigidity, do not spare the threads). You need a lot of them (do not cut off the ends of the pompoms).

Next, cut a circle on the grid, process the edges. Crochet the ends of the balls through the holes in the mesh, tie in a knot. Keep the pom-poms close to each other. Then sew the mesh with pompons to a dense fabric. The first rug is ready.

The second option is easier to implement, but also time consuming. Crochet a piece of thread into each hole in the mesh, tighten it like a fringe. So you can lay out any pattern. At the final stage, sew the mesh with a dense fabric.

The third version of the thread rug is especially painstaking. Wind the yarn tightly on cardboard blanks (the width of the cardboard corresponds to the length of the pile of the mat). Sew the winding from one edge with a needle and thread, cut it from the other (remove the cardboard). Pass the resulting fringe in the center with a typewriter. So you make new rows, sewing them tightly to each other.

3D Models

How to sew a rug in a short period of time so that it is comfortable to lie or play on it? Just take the fabric, filler, zippers, sewing machine. First, cut the material to the size of the rug. It is better to take a dense waterproof fabric for the bottom.

For example, cut out two long rectangles. Three sides were stitched from the wrong side, turned inside out. Now with soap on the long side, mark five sectors, sew. It turned out a bag of five sectors. Sew a zipper into each department, stuff with padding polyester. The first rug is ready.

If you are not deprived of time, then sew a rug from balls. From the fabric cut out the same circles,bait them, put a synthetic winterizer, tighten the thread. Lay out the balloon pattern. Measure the dimensions of the rug, cut the fabric under the base. Sew on the balls, processing the edges of the cover.

For knitters, there is a trendy and time-consuming option. Tie a fillet net. Draw its dimensions on the sheet, draw a pattern in the cells. Then insert a hook of a certain color and knit double crochet stitches according to the pattern.

Gift Covers

Children's floor mats can be a great gift, just need to choose a custom plot.

• Developing hippo mat for babies. The child sees a hippopotamus on the floor, can study parts of the muzzle and body (the head is convex), develop sensory perception through a variety of fillers, applications.
• Stylish autumn rug for girls. Sew up the base of the cover with multi-colored leaves (felt or wool).
• Summer mat. The idea is similar to the previous cover, only the fabric (base) is sewn up with pansies.
• Puzzle mat with removable applications, inspired by logic games.
• Glow in the dark. Tie a closed LED strip with a rope using a hook, tie it in a circle, leaving the end for connecting to the power supply.
• Theatrical mat illustrating the plot of your favorite fairy tale. In this version, the applications are large, without a background. For example, a rug with a fox, a hare in a forest clearing suggests applications of animals, hemp, trees, flowers, bushes, grass.

Puzzle flooring

Puzzle rug decorates the interior,develops motor skills, logic, imagination in children and brightens up family evenings. It is a set of huge elements.

There are several coating options:

• flat puzzles from old carpet, purchased rubber mats;
• voluminous parts made of fabric filled with padding polyester;
• animal puzzles;
• elements with applications that are on different parts.

The fastening of these rugs is also different:

• puzzles are attached due to their shape (convex and concave parts);
• connecting elements with adhesive tape;
• fastening with buttons;
• details are connected with buttons.

To make a "puzzle" cover, cut out a full-size carpet shape from cardboard. Draw patterns with notches and raised details. Cut them out. For each puzzle, you make two patterns (front and back). You also cut the same sidewall strips, due to which volume is created. Sew the puzzle details to the side blank, fill with padding polyester, sew to the end. So sew all the details.

A little tip

Don't rush to buy an expensive baby rug. With your own hands, you can make any coating. For babies, you can only purchase arcs if your spouse cannot help, and sew the rug itself better than the store. And with an adult child, you can choose a design and make a cover together. Take your time, as such a rug can please more than one generation.