Every mother always wants the best, natural and safe for her baby.

In modern times, crocheting is gaining increasing popularity among young mothers.

Crochet toys for newborns can embody the expression of the most interesting fantasies, and for this you do not need to have all kinds of knitting techniques.

There is no baby who doesn’t like soft toys, especially if they are knitted with love by their mother. Very often, it is precisely these toys that children are inseparable from.

When a mother has a minute of free time, she thinks about how else she could express her love for the baby. Usually at such moments mothers begin to do needlework. It is knitting that has a beneficial effect and calms the mother, who in turn:

• expresses himself and sees the wonderful results of his creativity;
• achieves specific skills and experience;
• decorates her interior with a new toy;
• realizes creative potential;
• gives the child pleasure with a new toy;
• influences the physical and emotional development of the baby;
• shows his love and care for the child.

To master simple crochet skills, you need to have the desire and time. The corresponding material is sold in every specialized store or haberdashery.

Having mastered the basic skills, a mother can easily knit any character for her baby.

Benefits for the child

Thanks to their textured surface, knitted toys are very useful for kids, they contribute to:

• development of fine motor skills;
• studying colors;
• mastering the form;
• perception of size.

Ideas for making toys

Quite a lot of techniques are used for knitting toys: from the simplest to complex combined techniques. To make a small toy, simple crochet methods and patterns are usually used. The most difficult thing in this process:

• read the diagram correctly;
• give your creation the desired shape.

Knitted rattles

Crocheted toys with descriptions and corresponding patterns will help mom develop her imagination and surprise her baby and family with a new creative masterpiece.

Beanbag

Rattle is a favorite game for newborns. The texture of the threads, bright colors, sound effects - these characteristics will attract the attention of any baby. To make a rattle, you can use any item that can be placed in:

• buttons;
• cereal;
• beads;
• metal ball.

Homemade rattle

The elements that create the sound effect are placed in a small volumetric container, which is then crocheted and then decorated. Additional decoration details may include:

• parts of the face decorated on the toy;
• auxiliary details (bows, hearts, stars, etc.);
• shreds;
• large beads on a string;
• bell.

For a child, such a toy will become a source of unique tactile sensations, sounds, and entertaining images that will influence his perception of the world around him. Moreover, when a mother, having knitted a toy “friend”, puts all her love and warmth of her heart into it, it turns out to be especially dear and sunny.

If the rattle is small, it can be sewn onto the baby’s socks. When he moves his legs, the rattles will make a noise effect, which will help develop motor skills and hearing in the child.

Comforter

A newborn baby constantly needs its mother. There is especially a need to feel it at night, during rest. Babies' sleep is not very restful, and mothers also need rest. A way out of this situation could be a crocheted comforter. This is a cozy, practical, soft and original “hug cloth”.

To provide your baby with a complete sense of comfort, you need to:

• hold the toy near mom for a while;
• put in the crib with the baby;
• thanks to this knitted toy, the baby's sleep will be calm and healthy;
• when he wakes up and sees his favorite toy, he can immediately play with it.

Crochet Comfort

There are detailed free master classes on the Internet with clarifications and ready-made diagrams of toys for newborns. To make it easier to understand the knitting of individual elements, their connection and decoration, video tutorials are offered where you can gain the necessary knowledge.

A toy knitted for a baby must perform a number of functions:

• be useful;
• safe;
• develop hearing, vision and tactile senses;
• soft and warm to the touch;
• accessible for the child to bite.

Knitted toy

They must also meet the following characteristics:

• consist of soft materials - threads, shreds;
• washable;
• be light;
• do not have an elongated flat shape so that when putting them in the mouth, the child cannot choke;
• have a bright color;
• It would be desirable if they had sound.

Secrets of successful knitting

An experienced mother who has already made more than one toy knows approximately how many loops need to be added or reduced to create the desired configuration. Any yarn is individual in its structure.

Different types of material can project different textures:

• with the help of shaggy threads you can create the effect of wool, mane, hair;
• glossy viscose will visually highlight the weaves, their surface will be shiny and grainy;
• yarn with protruding threads will give a volume effect, such a product can be combed;
• an unusual visualization is created by yarn, which turns into a new color every 10-30 cm;
• an interesting effect will be obtained from the use of beads in knitting;
• toys knitted from linen and viscose are very environmentally friendly, this combination is durable.

Crocheting patterns for toys must certainly include the hook number and type of yarn that the toy creator offers. It is better not to consider small products for children without a diagram at all as an option for work.

Caring for Crochet Toys

Children are fidgety, so toys and everything around them often get dirty. Children can get them dirty with food and drinks. To ensure that they always remain neat and clean, you should adhere to the following rules:

• The toy must be washed exclusively by hand;
• squeeze water out of the toy using your hands and very carefully;
• do not soak the product;
• no need to wash the craft in hot water;
• for washing you must use baby shampoo or bubble bath;
• If there is a need to iron the product, it is better to moisten it and wrap it in a dry towel, and let it dry in this position.

The popularity of knitted toys has always been relevant. Previously, mothers looked for patterns in various magazines; today, many ideas and detailed descriptions can be easily found on the Internet.

Perhaps at first the process will seem complicated, but if you carefully follow the descriptions, then everything will definitely work out. And when the baby takes the beautiful creation of his mother’s hands, both will receive the best impressions.

You will need:
Leftover acrylic baby yarn in the following colors:
-Yellow;
-orange;
-pink;
-blue;
-blue;
-citric;
-red.
As well as the remains of acrylic yarn in white and black colors.

Additionally:
-hook 4mm;
-plastic rings with a diameter of 3cm;
- thick sewing threads;
-4 eyes with a diameter of 9mm;
-4 eyes with a diameter of 6 mm;
- synthetic winterizer;
-needle.

Final dimensions:
Sun
Face 9cm in diameter.
With rays 14cm in diameter.
Rainbow
18.5 cm width, 8.5 cm height.
Drops: 5 cm diameter and 8.5 cm height.
Clouds (4 stitched together) 18 cm wide and 7.5 cm high.

The template is not a standard. Create your own mobile with your own sizes, colors and number of elements.

Sun
Start the face from the center. Make a loop using yellow yarn. Knit 6 sc into it.
RLS. It turned out 12 columns.
Row 3 Work 2 single crochets into every second stitch of the second row. It turned out to be 18 columns.
Row 4 Work 2 single crochets into each 3rd stitch of the second row. It turned out to be 24 columns.
Row 5 Work 2 single crochets into each 4th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 30 columns.
Row 6 Knit 2 single crochets into every 5th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 36 columns.
Row 7 Knit 2 single crochets into each 6th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 42 columns.
Row 8 Work 2 single crochets into each 7th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 48 columns.
Row 9 - 13СБН in each loop of the previous row.
Knit the eyes in rows 5-6.
Embroider the mouth.
Row 14-20 Start cutting in reverse order. Don't forget to fill the sun with padding polyester. Close the loop.
Fasten off leaving a long thread to sew the hole.
Rays (8 pieces).
Make a loop using orange yarn.
Row 1 4СБН.
Row 2 6СБН
Row 3 8СБН.
Row 4 10СБН.
Row 5 sc into each stitch of the previous row.
Fasten off, leaving a long thread. Once all eight rays have been completed, use long threads to sew the rays evenly around the outer edge of the sun (11th row of sun).
Cheek (2 pieces).
Make a loop using pink yarn. Knit 5 sc into it.
Row 2 Knit 2 sc in each loop of the previous row - 10 sc.
Sew the cheeks near the mouth.

Clouds
Small cloud (2 pcs.)
Make a loop using white yarn. Knit rows 1-4 into it - 24 sc. Fasten off leaving a long thread.
Large cloud (2 pcs.)
Make a loop using white yarn. Knit into it from rows 1-6 - 36СБН. Fasten off leaving a long thread.
When 4 clouds are ready, sew them together. Sew a cloud under the smile of the sun.

Rainbow (2 pcs)
Knit a rainbow alternating colors (see photo).
At the end of the work, embroider the mouth and sew on the goggles.

Drops
Make a loop using blue yarn. Knit 4 sc into it.
Row2 Knit 1 sc into each stitch of the previous row.
Row 3 Knit 2 sc into each stitch of the previous row. It turned out 6 columns.
Row 4 6СБН.
Row 5 Work 2 single crochets into each 3rd stitch of the second row. It turned out to be 8 columns.
Row 6 Work 2 single crochets into each 4th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 10 columns.
Row 7 Knit 2 single crochets into every 5th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 12 columns.
Row 8 Work 2 single crochets into each 6th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 14 columns.
Row 9 Knit 2 single crochets into each 7th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 16 columns.
Row 10 Knit 2 single crochets into each 8th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 18 columns.
Row 11 Knit 2 single crochets into each 9th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 20 columns.
Row 12 Knit 2 single crochets into every 10th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 22 columns.
Row 13 Knit 2 single crochets into each 11th stitch of the previous row. It turned out to be 24 columns.
Row 14-17 Work into each row. Sew on the eyes between 13-14 rows.
Start cuts:
Row 18 18СБН.
Row 19 12СБН.
Row 20 6СБН.
Fasten off, leaving a long thread. Knit the cheeks: make a loop from pink yarn and knit 5 sc. Sew on the cheeks.

Assemble the mobile as in the photo. Hang the items on a thick white thread. Attach a ring at the top to hang your mobile.

One of the first educational toys for babies is, no, not a rattle, as many might think, but children's mobile. Hang mobile above the crib possible from birth, literally from the first days of a child’s life. Bright colors and moving elements will help your baby develop vision and memory.

Buying a children's mobile is not a problem now, but if a mother or grandmother knows how to knit, then it is not necessary to spend money on this useful thing. Yes, a mobile phone made by yourself will not be musical, but you can turn on any music without a mobile phone? It’s not just about obvious cost savings, because at the end you will get mobile for newborns, literally permeated with the warmth and tenderness of your beloved hands. Needless to say, you can crochet a mobile exactly the way you need, focusing on your imagination and desire, and not ready-made store solutions.

Today we offer you several interesting ideas, supported by descriptions and master classes from foreign authors.

How to crochet a baby mobile. Descriptions and master classes

4. How to crochet a butterfly for a mobile, diagram by Marken of The Hat & I.

5. DIY mobile "Balloons", description and master class with step-by-step photos from "About goodness".

We offer you creative ideas for inspiration to make a crib mobile with your own hands. In the article you will find interesting solutions for creating hanging toys, a list of necessary materials and options for attaching the mobile to the bed.

The child will be interested in the mobile already in the first months of life. You can purchase toys for hanging above a crib in an online store (,) or make them yourself from paper, sew them from fabric or felt, or crochet them.

The benefits of a mobile

The mobile helps a newborn:

• Develop vision: the child estimates the distance to an object by eye and correlates his actions with this information.
• Concentrate on the subject.
• Focus your gaze.
• Distinguish and recognize objects (shape, colors).
• Train the skill of tracking moving objects.
• Calm down: smooth movement and gentle sounds (the ringing of bells or the rustling of paper) evoke positive emotions in the child.

Be sure that all mobile mounts must be strong, and hanging toys must be safe and bright.

Options for attaching a mobile to a crib

You can purchase a ready-made (or) one for hanging homemade toys on Aliexpress and easily attach it to the crib.

You can use a canopy bracket () as a stand for attaching the mobile, or make it yourself from a metal-plastic water pipe, giving it the desired shape.

A round wooden embroidery hoop () can serve as a frame for attaching homemade toys. Decorate with fabric and the mobile holder is ready!

You can purchase a wooden set (), which consists of balls for hanging, sticks for assembling the mobile structure and a hook for fastening. The kit will allow you to create an original mobile for a baby crib.

In order to get a full-fledged mobile and the carousel with toys can rotate to the music, purchase a special music module for the mobile ().

Ideas for creating a mobile

Look at the photo and get inspired by ideas for making a crib mobile with your own hands.

1. A children's mobile made of artificial flowers will become a beautiful decorative element in a child's room.

To make it you will need a foam wreath base () and decorative flowers (). Using hot glue, glue the flowers to the base and your flower mobile is ready!

2. Awesome mobile made from a bicycle wheel and paper airplanes made from comic book pages.

3. Paper mobile made using the quilling technique.

If you are not familiar with this type of creativity, then you can master the art of making three-dimensional compositions from strips of paper twisted into spirals by reading books on quilling for beginners (in the Labyrinth). You will find materials for quilling in.

4. Eco-friendly children's mobile made of wooden elements.

You will find wooden blanks at, in

5. Homemade mobile with balls of thread

Take a round balloon, grease it with a thin layer of Vaseline and randomly wind it with cotton thread moistened with PVA glue. When the glue dries, puncture and remove the ball. The mobile pendant is ready! Make several balls of different colors and sizes.

6. Mobile over the changing table made of paper lanterns

Paper lanterns can be purchased at.

If you have an older child in your family, offer a creative kit for creating a kusudama ball (Labyrinth,). Kusudama is a ball of paper flowers gathered together. The process of creating kusudama is simple and exciting; it will bring a lot of pleasure to the child, and a hand-made flower ball will decorate the room of a newborn brother or sister.

7. Mobile made from ribbons and pieces of colorful fabric.

9. Mobile for a crib made of paper pendants, made using the origami technique.

10. An idea for those who know how to crochet.

Tie mobile pendants - miniature amigurumi toys in the form of animals with bright characters and cute faces.

11. Children's mobile made of felt

To make toys you will need sheet felt ( ) and patterns of figures.
We recommend: a creative kit for making a felt mobile and ready-made felt figures ().

12. Colored mobile for a newborn with pom-poms made of woolen threads.

Using a special device for making pompoms (,), you can easily make pompoms from yarn or create a children's mobile from ready-made decorative pompoms (,).

If your family is expecting a new addition in the near future in the form of a newborn toddler, then you can make a bright, interesting, useful, educational, and very cute gift for the baby with your own hands.

What will it take? Leftover yarn, a base to which the elements will be attached, your imagination and golden pens! Below you will find ideas and a small master class on how to create a mobile for a crib.

When my baby was born, my parents gave us a mobile for our crib - bright, with a melody, catchy (mechanical). However, in the summer our son very often slept on the balcony, in the fresh air. And then I had the idea to make a mobile for the balcony with my own hands, so that the child would be more interested in spending time while he was still not completely asleep.

There were many different ideas on the Internet - mobiles made of felt, textiles, even paper, including knitted ones. As an avid knitter, I, of course, took a closer look at knitted ones))) Advantages of a knitted hanging toy:

• you don’t need to buy anything special; to create a mobile, all you have left over from various bright yarns is enough, and the base can be made literally from sushi sticks;
• the design turns out to be light enough to sway in a light breeze, and no mechanism is needed, but at the same time, the elements do not jump like crazy (paper ones, for example, will practically “fly” all over the balcony);
• does not require much time for knitting and assembling;
• you can do everything to your liking and in such a way that it is convenient for the child to look at (for example, toys can be made voluminous and “flying”, i.e. so that they look with their faces down, and most importantly, the toys will be bright and cute (if you look Take a closer look at purchased mobile phones, you will see that there are often such monsters there, it’s impossible to describe!)

I present to your attention a selection of the most interesting, in my opinion, knitted mobiles for children’s rooms:

"Birdhouse" with a large family of bright birds

Also birds, I would probably place them at different heights. It is better to mount such a mobile in the middle of the crib, and not above the baby’s head, otherwise he will only see the bird’s butts))) An amazingly delicate combination of colors. In general, the motif of birds is very popular, which is logical - who, if not birds, can fly over the crib? (although, by the way, it is worth considering other flying candidates - butterflies, bees, airplanes, etc.) Bright owls. Popular and very easy to make toy owls, “diluted” with smaller elements, are sure to please your little one.
And here are the butterflies. The most important thing for newborn eyes to perceive is the brightness of color and movement, so such a mobile will be very interesting to the baby. As you can see, a circle can be an excellent base for a mobile, no worse than a cross. Sheep! Well, who hasn’t tried to count sheep before going to bed? 🙂 Let the baby count too. Such sheep are pleasant to the touch thanks to the fluffy yarn (the baby will understand this when he grows up a little and will be able to reach them). A charming celestial composition - there is the sun, and rainbows, and clouds, and droplets, and clouds, and stars. I guarantee you that not only the baby, but also all his adult relatives will look at such a mobile in fascination! By the way, if you had an old, uninteresting mobile, its base-cross can be easily used for handicrafts; you just need to replace the hanging elements with knitted toys. If the rotating mechanism with the melody is intact, then great, you can make an interesting musical designer mobile for your little one to your liking! A mobile toy can be very simple. In fact, just a few colored balls, a couple of toys, and that’s all. By the way, as you can see, mobile phones often use not only bright, eye-catching colors, but also very gentle, calm, soothing colors - this also has its own logic.

And now let’s proceed to the promised master class with a description of how to make such an interesting bright knitted mobile for a baby:

Approximate dimensions of elements:

The sun is a small 9-10 cm, with rays up to 14 cm,
Rainbow-arc - approximately 18x8 cm
Droplets - 8x5cm,
cloud (4 circles sewn together) - 18x7cm
If the dimensions turn out to be slightly different, this is not critical, the main thing is that the entire composition as a whole is proportional and pleasing to the eye :)
Knitting the sun:
We knit the face from the center using yellow yarn. We make a “magic” sliding loop, knit 6 sc into it.
Second row: we knit 2 sc into each loop of the first row, you get 12 stitches.
Third row: we knit 2 sc in every second loop of the previous row, you get 18 stitches.
Fourth row: we knit 2 sc into each 3rd loop of the previous row, you will get 24 stitches.
Next rows:
5th: in every 4 loops 2 RLS - 30 stitches in total,
6th: in every 5th loop 2 sc – 36 stitches in total,
7th: in every 6 loops 2 RLS - 42 stitches in total,
8th: in every 7th loop 2 sc - 48 stitches in total.
Rows 9-13: Work sc into each stitch of the previous row.
The eyes can either be knitted during knitting in the 5th row, or sewn on at the end. Embroider a smile-mouth.
Rows 14-20: Begin decreasing stitches in reverse order. Towards completion, do not forget to fill the sun with padding polyester. Close the loop.
Fasten off leaving a long thread to sew the hole.
Rays (8 pieces).
Make a loop using orange yarn.
Row 1 4СБН.
Row 2 6СБН
Row 3 8СБН.
Row 4 10СБН.
Row 5 RLS work into each stitch of the previous row.
Fasten off, leaving a long thread. After completing all eight rays, use long threads to sew the rays evenly around the outer edge of the sun (11th row of the sun).
Cheeks (2 parts).
We make a loop from pink yarn. We knit 5 sc into it.
Row 2 Knit 2 sc in each loop of the previous row - a total of 10 sc.
Sew the cheeks on the sides of the mouth.

Clouds
Small cloud (2 parts)
Make a loop using white yarn. We knit into it from rows 1 to 4 - 24 RLS. Fasten off, leaving a long thread.
Large cloud (2 parts)
Make a loop using white yarn. We knit into it from rows 1 to 6 - 36 RLS. Fasten off, leaving a long thread.
When 4 clouds are ready, sew them together. Sew on the finished cloud under the smiling sun.

Rainbow (2 parts)
Knit a rainbow alternating colors (see photo). Essentially, a rainbow is a semicircle, so there will be no difficulties in knitting.
When finished, embroider the mouth and sew on the eyes.

Drops
Make a loop using blue yarn. Knit 4 sc into it.
Row 2: We knit 1 sc into each loop of the previous row.
Row 3: We knit 2 sc into each loop of the previous row. You will get 6 columns.
Row 4: 6СБН.
Row 5: We knit 2 single crochets into each 3rd loop of the second row. You will get 8 columns.
Row 6: We knit 2 single stitches into each 4th loop of the previous row. You will get 10 columns.
Row 7: We knit 2 single stitches into each 5th loop of the previous row. You will get 12 columns.
Row 8: We knit 2 single stitches into each 6th loop of the previous row. You will get 14 columns.
Row 9: We knit 2 single stitches into each 7th loop of the previous row. You will get 16 columns.
Row 10: We knit 2 single stitches into each 8th loop of the previous row. You will get 18 columns.
Row 11: We knit 2 single stitches into each 9th loop of the previous row. You will get 20 columns.
Row 12: We knit 2 single stitches into each 10th loop of the previous row. You will get 22 columns.
Row 13: We knit 2 single stitches into each 11th loop of the previous row. You will get 24 columns.
Rows 14-17: Work into each stitch. Sew eyes between 13-14 rows.
Next we start making decreases:
Row 18: 18 sc.
Row 19: 12 sc.
Row 20: 6 sc.
Fasten off, leaving a long thread. Knit the cheeks as follows: make a loop from pink yarn and knit 5 sc into it. Sew on the cheeks.

Assembly:

We assemble the mobile by analogy with the photo. We hang the elements on a thick white thread. We attach a ring at the top so that we can hang our mobile.