Man-made pillow. How to make a pillow in the shape of a person?

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

It would seem that you can come up with something new with a pillow? Make it round, elongated, roll or donut, fill it with fluff or air, put on different covers. But in terms of originality, a pillow in the shape of a person, of course, surpasses all these banal solutions. What is it - stupidity, a toy or just a convenient thing? Let's find out.

Product origin

The human-shaped pillow owes its appearance to the resourceful Japanese. She began to sell in 2004, and she immediately gained popularity among single women. The male version soon followed. It gradually developed into a pillow in the form of a woman with silicone implants in the chest and buttocks, which, according to manufacturers, are very realistic to the touch. In Japan, this product is still quite popular.

Stuffed boyfriend

On the websites of foreign online stores, the human pillow has been on sale for quite some time. The cost ranges from $12 to $50. One of its most popular varieties is the boyfriend pillow. She is a torsoadult male with one arm. The shirt is a pillowcase: it can be changed according to the mood, with changes in the interior, or removed and washed if necessary. As a rule, the pillow is filled with silicone balls. Sometimes used as stuffing granules of expanded polystyrene - the same material as in anti-stress toys.

Interest in this pillow has skyrocketed since it appeared in Glee.

The sellers say it's the perfect way to feel in the arms of a strong, loving man, without snoring, talking, tossing and turning in your sleep or halitosis in the morning.

Human pillow is for:

• Single women who want to fall asleep in the arms of a partner.
• For ladies whose husband or boyfriend is away from home for a long time due to work or service.
• For tired wives of gamers who want to feel warm and affectionate while their husband plays at the computer.
• As a gift for people with a good sense of humor.
• Also, a human pillow will be an interesting prop for a girly party in pajamas.

What do consumers think?

Perhaps you have already decided to yourself that it is difficult to come up with a more strange and unnecessary product than a pillow man. Feedback from real buyers refute this opinion. Many ladies do feel more at ease when, in the absence of a partner (temporary or long-term), they are hugged by a stuffed boyfriend.

One American customer claims to have bought this pillow inas a playful gift for a friend, but was pleasantly surprised by the quality and convenience of the product and decided to buy it for myself. After all, the unusual shape provides, first of all, good support for the neck and back.

But perhaps the most unusual use for this product was found by a customer who bought it for her nine-year-old son. He could not sleep alone at night and would come to his parents' bedroom. To make him calmer, his mother bought this pillow. Surprisingly, he liked her, and with her the child began to fall asleep on his own.

These are the positive reviews the pillow man collects. Textiles are sometimes the object of criticism from buyers; their quality does not always correspond to the price. In addition, you need to pay attention to the sizes indicated in the description so that the purchase does not turn out to be too small.

It is also controversial whether a pillow is better than a real person, and whether such a passion for inanimate objects is dangerous to the detriment of communicating with real people. But this is already a personal opinion of everyone, someone is wary of this idea, and someone simply perceives it as a comfortable pillow of an unusual shape. And girls are happy to take funny photos with their "boyfriend" and share them on social networks.

Varieties of goods

There is also a pillow man for single men. Customer reviews note its creativity and convenience, but often question the design: unlike the women's version, there is no removable pillowcase, and a huge yellow hand evokesassociations with the characters of the animated series The Simpsons.

The pillow-husband bears little resemblance to human outlines, and got its name only from the association with the sensations of comfort and security that it gives. Due to the high dense back and armrests, it is very convenient to read or watch TV while lying on it.

Women's knees - another version for men. The invention also came from the East, and is a foam pillow depicting the hips and knees of a slender lady. Since it's unlikely to be able to persuade some woman to sit on your lap for several hours while you sleep, this is quite an interesting idea.

A full-size human pillow will banish loneliness without complaining that she has a numb arm/leg or that she is hot. This pleasure is not cheap - $ 200.

The U-shaped pillow is another variation of the human pillow, although, like the husband pillow, it bears little resemblance to the human body. But she will hug and warm you from all sides. Expectant mothers are especially fond of this type of pillow, because it provides support for the neck, back and allows you to comfortably accommodate a growing tummy.

How to make a human pillow yourself?

It will cost much less than store-bought, will not take much time to make and does not require cutting and sewing skills.

You will need:

• Men's long-sleeved shirt or T-shirt. If you want a larger printed cavalier, then do not forget to take the size XL or even XXL.
• Glue gun or fabric glue, double-sided tape.
• A few clothespins.
• Scissors.
• Chalk or fabric marker.
• Stuffing material: synthetic winterizer, silicone balls or expanded polystyrene beads (be careful with them, if a small hole remains in the product, then you will remove the beads throughout the house).

How to make a human-shaped pillow with your own hands?

1. Lay the shirt on a flat surface, draw a line 4-5 cm from the buttons, cut off.
2. Finish the seams: make a hem and secure it with gun glue, fabric glue or tape.
3. Take some clothespins and align the edges. Using glue, connect them, and also seal the collar and holes between the buttons. Leave the bottom of the shirt and sleeve open for now.
4. Stuff a pillow.
5. Seal the bottom and edge of the sleeve.

You can make a pillow case in the same way. If you are going to wash your craft, then you need to use waterproof glue or give preference to a thread with a needle.

Pygmalion and Galatea

Remember the Greek story where the sculptor made his dream woman? Danish designer Noortje de Keijzer knitted and stuffed her perfect man. She uses it not only to sleep and watch movies “together”, but even made a video where they clean togetherteeth, have breakfast and dance. And as needed, the girl erases her boyfriend.

The designer named the first version of the pillow-guy Arthur, and soon he had a black brother - Steve.

She created this project when she was lonely herself, and according to her, she felt much better. And not even because a “man” has appeared in her life who is “perfect, fits perfectly into my interior, is always there to cuddle, will never change and will wear a mustache if I want” (from a book dedicated to a knitted boyfriend). But more because she realized that in a playful way she drew people's attention to such a serious problem as loneliness. In addition, the designer claims that the knitted man is only the first step. If you learn to live in peace with yourself and enjoy life, albeit with the help of such unusual props, then soon you will have not a full, but a very real friend.