How to make a toy basket with your own hands: ideas, methods, photos

Toys are an indispensable attribute of childhood, appearing from the first days of a child’s life; bright rattles are gradually complemented by cubes and pyramids, soft toys and dolls, board games and balls. The number of toys is growing exponentially, and there comes a time when parents are simply forced to think about how to store them.

Even if you get rid of rattles and broken, spoiled copies, there are still a lot of toys left. And then the solution becomes a variety of containers in which you can put all this wealth for storage. In our case we will talk about toy baskets.

DIY toy basket: ideas, photos

• Of course, you can pick up a ready-made industrially produced toy basket in your local store, or order it online. But it’s much more interesting to make it with your own hands, and, moreover, together with your child!
• It would be best to make several baskets at once. If you make them different in volume and color, you can put each type of toys in a separate container: dolls, for example, in orange, balls in green, soft toys in yellow. This will make it easier for the child to quickly find the right toy, and there will be no confusion during cleaning.
• The basket can be made from almost anything: fabric, plastic, yarn, paper . Their sizes are not limited by any limits at all: from a small basket for storing “fillings” from Kinder Surprise, to spacious containers for teddy bears and dogs. The main criterion when selecting a material is its reliability and safety for the child , for example, the absence of harmful impurities in the same plastic.
• There is the same scope for imagination in deciding where to put this or that basket. They can be placed on the floor next to each other in a corner, or they can be placed in several places, hung on the wall, or placed on shelves. Baskets that hold toys that your child doesn't play with often can be placed on top of a closet or out of sight by placing them under the bed.
• When creating a basket, consider its color so that it matches the tones of the room's decoration. For a small child, this, of course, is not so important, but in this way you will gradually develop his taste and sense of proportion. The main thing is to avoid flashy toxic shades when choosing colors; give preference to bright but calm tones: pink, green, blue. Decorate the baskets to your liking, using baby-friendly pictures and embroidery with characters from your favorite fairy tales or cartoons.

Bright

For storage

On the wall

Fabric basket

Order in the room

Useful tips

Helpful Tips:

1. When sewing a box, you can sew a small pocket with a window on its front side. A card is inserted into it with an inscription about what things are stored in this box. This part is made of felt, artificial or natural leather or other material that does not fall apart.
2. The final result when sewing a box is influenced by what fabric was used and how the product was decorated. It is important that its style is in harmony with the interior. There is such a universal solution as making boxes from burlap. This rough fabric goes well with delicate lace and decorative flowers.
3. When making a box, you can use not only cuts of material, but also unnecessary things. Old sweaters do the job. The knitted fabric looks great on the box and has an attractive texture. You just need to choose the right size item.

How to sew a toy basket with your own hands from fabric?

• Let's try to sew a basket for toys from a piece of material that has been lying idle for a long time. For this, in addition to the fabric, you will need a round template (you can use a dish, a large plate, or just a lid from a frying pan or pot). We stock up on a tape measure and scissors, needles and threads, and a few pins. We will also have to iron the fabric, so the iron should also be at hand.
• So, we place the fabric with the wrong side up and mark a circle on it, for which we outline our dish or another round object of your choice. Now we cut it out according to the resulting template, at the same time measuring how much the circumference is. Measure the fabric so that its length matches this indicator, and add another 5 cm for the seam, and make the width as you need, leaving allowances for the hems. By the way, the more folds there are, the more durable and rigid your basket will be. The width will affect the height of the product.

Cutting out a circle

• Now we fold the fabric in half with the face inward and tuck the edges, pinning them together. We try on whether the bottom matches the length of the fabric. If necessary, the width can be changed. Now we sew our fabric, after which we fix the bottom with pins . The edge is stitched (or machine stitched) along the length of the circle.

We fasten

• If you need a more rigid basket, use the method described above to make another cover for it. We insert one into the other so that they are wrong side to each other, and combine the edges, tucking and pinning.

Turn it inside out

• To prevent the fabric from fraying, use an iron and press out any wrinkles. All that remains is to sew our edge and the comfortable, beautiful basket in which we will put the toys is ready.

Fasten and stitch

• Don't be alarmed if it seems shapeless to you - as soon as you put toys in it, it will transform.

The finished result

Textile basket

A house for dolls and cars can be sewn from fabric. The main thing is to calculate the dimensions so that all the baby’s toys fit in it.

Don't be afraid to make a big basket: you can never have enough toys, so you may have to create more than one of these in the future.

A basket made of fabric without a frame will be easy to make and safe for your baby. The shape will be maintained by padding polyester or other filler. Making such a basket is quite simple: you need to cut out the parts for the bottom and side walls, sweep out a rectangular bag, and baste the padding polyester on the outside. Then you need to cut out the external parts: the bottom and side parts (they should be 1–2 cm larger than the internal ones). Then sweep away the outer layer of the basket. Then sew the parts on a sewing machine. If necessary, you can sew on handles.

It’s worth thinking about the design: sew a basket from scraps or make an applique, or you can decorate the finished product with special iron-on stickers or braid patterns.

Basket made of newspaper tubes for toys

• Crafts from old newspapers are a very popular hobby, and a do-it-yourself toy basket made in this way is light in weight and at the same time stable in size and shape. Simple things like paints, pencils, a ruler and glue will help you make it. You will also need a box and sheets of cardboard, varnish and, of course, the newspapers themselves.
• Let's start by cutting the newspapers into several strips about 7cm wide. We wrap each one around a skewer (knitting needle, pencil or any other similar object), sealing it with glue, adding it little by little as we wrap the newspaper.
• After wrapping the remaining edge of the strip, first lubricate it with glue, and then let it remain suspended for a few minutes, drying. How many of these tubes you will need depends on the volume of the basket you want to make.
• Now we take the prepared box and glue the edges of our tubes to it so that there is an odd number of them on each side, and let the corners of the box remain free, they will be useful for beautifully bending the basket. We coat the bottom with glue and glue a sheet of cardboard to it, and then, so that the glue sets well, we press down the bottom with a weight.

Preparation

• And now - weaving the tubes themselves between the edges of the box. This must be done, carefully ensuring that the tubes fit neatly and evenly to each other. Having reached the height that you would like to have in this way, cut off the excess edges of the box, and secure the last tube with glue. All tubes must be bent inside the future basket and also glued.
• All that's left is to coat the bottom with glue and place a sheet of newspaper on it. Wait for it to wrinkle a little, and after the adhesive layer has dried paint the basket using stain or regular brown paint. The remaining touch is to open the product with varnish and decorate it at your discretion.

Result

Basket for toys made of knitted yarn

• For a needlewoman who crochets, making such a basket is a quick and easy task. The main thing is to decide on the knitting density and thickness of the yarn. Now let's start knitting the bottom. To do this, we crochet a circle, starting with an amigurumi ring . We make a lifting loop and proceed to single crochets (7 in total), closing the entire row, knitting a connecting loop. Then again a climbing loop, but this time in the air.
• If you decide to make your basket square rather than round, add a loop to each corner. And then add in the same places, without missing a single row.
• To get rid of the “tail” of the thread that remains at the beginning, you need to lay it on the edge of the bottom and tie it, making a single crochet - this will hide the “tail” in the middle of the columns. And if the edge still peeks out, simply cut it off or, using a hook, pull it inward.
• We move on to the second row, adding loops: we knit two stitches into one (and so we begin each next row). We knit another single crochet and add it again, knitting three of the same stitches into one. We finish the pattern with a single crochet and thus knit all the following rows - as many as you determine for the desired size. We complete the bottom by connecting the first loop of the row and the last using a connecting loop and knit another chain loop to perform the rise of the next row.
• There are still walls that can be made by simply stopping adding loops. A few rows - and the walls will already form before your eyes. Knit to the desired height. The basket can be equipped with knitted handles, decorated with various accessories, not to mention the fact that threads of different colors can be used in the knitting process.

Incredible beauty

Wicker

The oldest type of basket is made of twigs. They are selected by bending. If they don't break, the rod is ready. They are first soaked in cold water for at least 14 days, changing the water every day. You can soak it in boiling water: pour it over the rods and boil for two hours. The result will be beautiful material, bright and shiny vines. Weave a basket, starting from the base, according to the old grandfather’s method.

By starting to create baskets for your home, you can solve problems with laundry and toys, save money, get rid of old things, giving them a new life, and get positive emotions from the results of your work.

Jeans toy basket

• Every mom always has a pair of old jeans that lie idle in the closet. You can put them to work by making a fun and soft toy basket with your own hands, into which your baby will be happy to put his toys.
• In addition to jeans, you will need a piece of fabric to make a lining, cardboard or a piece of old linoleum for compaction, and you also need to stock up on padding polyester and a zipper. And, of course, scissors and other sewing supplies.
• Let's cut out 45 squares of 15 cm from the trousers, taking into account seam allowances. Don't forget that the most interesting part is the upper part, where there are many rivets, pockets, zippers and other interesting elements. For the height of the wall you will need 3 squares , in total we will take 27 simple (without rivets and zippers) squares and decorate them with embroidery, appliqués, figures cut out of fabric, pictures - in a word, whatever you want. We fold them and sew them in the shape of a pipe - we get walls.
• The next stage is stitching two squares: each consists of nine prepared ones. Then we cut out circles from them, equal in diameter to 45 cm, and we get a lid and a bottom. We cut a piece out of linoleum (it should be 43-44 cm high and 1.35 m long, with a few centimeters added for the seams). The linoleum needs to be rolled into a cylinder and stitched (this can be done with an awl). Then we cut out a circle with a diameter of 43-44 cm and attach the padding polyester to it on both sides. We do the same with the fabric prepared for the lining.
• Tubes of denim and lining fabric need to be placed one inside the other facing each other and a zipper inserted between them. Sew everything together, leaving about 20 cm so that you can sew on the lid, and turn it inside out. You need to sew slightly below the location of the zipper so that the product does not turn inside out. We do the same with the circles of jeans and lining, not forgetting to just insert a padding polyester circle between them after turning them inside out.
• We sew the 20 cm that we left, and the same on the lining parts, thus sewing on the lid. Then sew the circle from the lining to the walls and we will get the finished lining. Having placed the basket with the lid down, insert a linoleum pipe, previously lined with padding polyester, between the denim and lining parts. A circle of denim should be sewn to the walls and bottom approximately halfway, and a circle cut from linoleum, which is also wrapped in padding poly, should be inserted between the bottoms of denim and fabric. Sew the bottom using a blind stitch. That's all, a basket of old jeans can make a child happy.

Basket The child will be delighted.
We also offer you step-by-step photo instructions, thanks to which you can create a basket for toys yourself:

How to use decorative boxes?

Thrifty owners do not have anything superfluous or unnecessary, and they will use everything that can be reused. Sometimes masters approach their work so creatively, the degree of transformation is simply impressive. For example, creative people are able to decorate an ordinary box with their own hands in such a way that it will compete with antique boxes.

It's amazing how you can transform an ordinary cardboard box

Imagination and resourcefulness are the best advisers in decorating. You can use other people's ideas, adapting them to your capabilities and materials. But not only the method, technique or technique of decorating the box is important; the consistency of the filling and the appearance of the packaging, which was given a “second life,” is much more interesting.

Organizer for storing handicraft items

Stylish boxes will decorate the interior of any room

So, the original appearance of the container is not important for the work, the main thing is that the old shoe boxes for decor are intact and of the correct geometry. Most often this is an ordinary parallelepiped or cube, but there are also octagonal boxes. Although it is not necessary to take shoe containers, polygonal boxes are produced most often for candies, and they are quite aesthetic in themselves.

You don't have to be a professional decorator to decorate an old box.

Craftswomen use several boxes of different sizes and shapes, which are decorated with common materials or decorated using common techniques. Then they are stored, tied with a ribbon, somewhere on a visible set. There is no shame in giving such packaging as a gift, for example, 3 polka dot boxes, as in the photo.

A scrap shoebox, polka dot paper and ribbon are all you need to create a unique decorative item.

Boxes with intricate decor will decorate any interior; they are suitable as an original idea for decorating a room with your own hands. Containers of the same format are proposed to be decorated from the inside. These new lidless "boxes" can be nailed to the wall as a good alternative to shelves.

You can place a carrier in a decorative box on the computer desk where gadgets will be charged. The idea of ​​hidden charging is interesting because all the wires will be hidden. It also eliminates the need to search for something that should not always be in sight, but may be needed at any time.

Now chargers will not be scattered around the house

Wall-mounted cardboard boxes can be used to store or display small, lightweight items:

Filling a shoebox with DIY decor depends on many factors, including lifestyle, hobbies, and the overall number of small items in the home.

Convenient place to store jewelry

Shoe boxes can be used to store books

For decoration, you can take old maps from the atlas

The original design of the boxes with your own hands can eloquently remind you of what is inside. A small box for pencils, crayons and brushes is decorated according to the theme. Containers for handicrafts are pasted over with buttons and other small things to be opened with a silver or golden aerosol, as in the photo.

Of course, skillfully decorated boxes cannot but be used for their intended purpose. It is suggested to store evening shoes worn on a special occasion in decorative containers. You can store shoes or sandals in golden boxes in a place of honor to leave a tangible memory of a happy event (wedding, graduation, sea cruise, trip to Paris).

To make such a vintage suitcase out of a box, you will need paint, a belt and a little imagination.

Children's basket with handles for toys

• A basket with handles for toys can be made from any material, but it is most convenient to make it from fabric using a sealant. Start with a pattern by cutting out three “crosses”: two fabric ones (one will act as a lining) and one non-woven or padding polyester that will become a seal. In addition, you will need to cut out rectangles from fabric, which will become handles.

Crosses

• Place the lining fabric and insulation together and lift the “cross” strips to form a rectangle. Secure with pins or baste with threads, then sew on a machine. Do the same with the main fabric, creating the outer part of your basket. We make the handles using a principle called “bias binding”.

Create a rectangle

Pens

• Having calculated that they are located evenly and are exactly opposite one another, attach them to the part made of the main fabric. Turn both parts inside out and insert them into each other, then stitch along the top edge, leaving a little to turn inside out later.
• Now turn it inside out, straighten it and smooth it with an iron. All that remains is to stitch again along the very edge - and that’s it!

Ready

Hanging toy basket

• If you decide that the toy basket has a place on the wall, then stock up on thick (the best option is linen) fabric. Considering that the product is intended for a child, it is good if the fabric is of cheerful colors.
• Sew two rectangular flaps so that you get a square, and sew a corner on both sides. To get a real hard bottom, put some dense material in it: scraps of linoleum, plywood, plexiglass. Insert the part that will be inside and fold the edges inside the basket.

Squares

We stitch together the corners

• Pin or baste the edge, leaving room to sew a loop to hang the basket on, and stitch around all parts of your project. Well, you can put the toys and hang the basket on the wall.

Strengthen the bottom and sew on the top

Leave room for a loop

Attaching a loop

You can stack toys

Features of the choice of material, depending on the purpose of the basket

According to the materials of the basket there are:

• From felt
• From jute, rattan and others
• From fabric
• From yarn

DIY toy basket
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Toy basket buy on Aliexpress

• A wide variety of toy baskets can be purchased on the popular website Aliexpress . Their cost depends on the material from which the product is made, size and other factors, and ranges from 160 to 700 rubles.
• Those who have already taken advantage of this opportunity leave positive reviews about the product, which you can read on the website. They note the fairly low cost, acceptable for a family even with low incomes, and at the same time the spaciousness and fairly high quality of the purchased goods.
• For example, Lyubov Timofeeva emphasizes that you can choose an option that suits your interior, and also talks about the comfort and beauty that toy baskets purchased on Aliexpress brought to her home. Maria simply thanks the site for its help in solving the problem of toys lying around everywhere, since the basket turned out to be very spacious.
• Some people choose a strict design for themselves - for these, black and white colors and strict geometric prints are presented, while others prefer cute lions or dinosaurs.
• Many buyers note that regular stores offer mostly plastic options, while Aliexpress provides the opportunity to choose. Among the advantages mentioned by site visitors are waterproofness, a variety of colors and designs, high-quality painting of a design that does not crack or wash off, reliability of seams and gluing, and most importantly, its light weight and convenience for a child. And, of course, practicality, the ability to safely machine wash.

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Mat sizes

A carpet bag for toys (photo above), as a rule, is made quite large. The standard product has a diameter of 140 or 150 cm. This size allows two or even three children to sit on it at the same time. There are also smaller rugs - meter-long. Such models are intended for one child or for activities with a construction set; small parts do not scatter around the room and are always compactly collected in one place.

A miniature carpet-bag for toys when unfolded, no more than 50 cm. It is very convenient to take it with you outdoors, on the road or in a cafe. Thanks to its small size, the rug will fit even in the back seat of a car or on a table, and children's toys will have a specially designated place.