Sew a Giraffe Softie Baby Toy

I love making homemade personal gifts for baby showers because it's such a fun time in the mother's life.  One of my friends had a baby shower so I wanted to make her a little gift to go with the registry items I bought.  After looking at some of Connor's favorite toys from when he was younger, I picked something that I thought would have appealed to him. The neck and legs are really easy for a baby to grab, the toy jingles, and the little tags are always a hit with babies.


I cut out a giraffe outline that I drew from some images I found online.

Then I traced the template on some fabric for a front and back.

I pinned the two pieces with right sides together and left openings for the taggie ribbons.

This was probably the most difficult part. I cut some small loops and then tried to arrange and pin them so they would look good when they were overlapping.

I put the loops on the INSIDE of the giraffe so that when he's turned right-side out, the loops will be on the outside.

I sewed around the edges, but left a small opening to turn the fabric right-side out.

I filled it with stuffing...

...and then added a small pouch with some jingle bells.

A few stitches by hand will close up the hole and it's done.

Hopefully, the giraffe will be a lot of fun to play with once the little one is a few months old!
And it was a boy! (in case you were wondering...)