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Meet Froggy: A Free Frog Softie Pattern

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Looking for a free frog softie pattern? Well then, meet Froggy.
I designed this little Froggy when I first started making softies. When I was little I loved all those beanie rice frog softies that were popular at the time. I never had my own beanie frog so when I started sewing softies, I knew I had to make my own beanie frog.
Part of his charm is the squishy feeling that the rice grains Froggy is filled with gives him. Even more fun is that because this frog softie is filled with rice, he can sit in all sorts of cute positions.
Recently I was reminded of Froggy when one of the ladies in the Sew a Softie Facebook group posted a picture of a softie dog she designed to remind her of a favourite childhood toy she had.
So here’s my handsome little frog…
frog softie

Froggy is one of the softie projects in my book Sew Together Grow Together: Sewing Projects for Parents and Kids but here’s a quick free frog softie pattern for you to try.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Plain fabric

Patterned fabric

Needle

Thread

Pins

Wiggly eyes

Rice grains or any other weighting material

Glue

WHAT TO DO:

1) Download and cut out the template

2) Pin your two pieces of fabric right sides together

3) Place the template on the fabric and trace around. The line you are drawing is your sewing line.

4) Sew around Froggy leaving a gap for turning.

5) Trim 1/4″ from your sewing line. Make small snips in the fabric as indicated by arrows in the template and be careful to not cut your sewing line…and now turn right side out.

6) Fill Froggy with about one and a half cups of rice…pin and sew the gap closed.

7) Glue on wiggly eyes.

Remember…Froggy needs to be sewn with a small running stitch or back stitch so that the rice doesn’t “leak” out.

In classes I only make Froggy with my “experienced sewers” as his curves can be a bit tricky to sew, especially around the little webbed fingers…so if you’re making this with your kids and want to simplify his curves you can round out his hands as shown by the dotted line in the template.

The girls in my classes LOVE to dress Froggy up…tutu-like skirts from lace, beaded bracelets, little knitted scarves, necklaces, bows/ribbons, etc…as you can see, Froggy usually ends up as a girl…my Froggy, however, is a boy.

If you’re not sure what stitches to teach your kids take a look at my Essential Stitches guide.

Want to see similar projects…Check out my book at etsy shop
Sew Together Grow Together book cover

a beanie frog

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Filed Under: Easy Stuffed Animals to Sew, Quick Sewing Projects for Kids Tagged With: beanie, frog, froggy, sew together grow together, sewing, sewing project, softies

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Comments

  1. Luciana F. Damiano says

    August 13, 2011 at 3:07 am

    This a beautiful little frog!

    Reply
  2. Jennie says

    August 13, 2011 at 5:05 am

    I think this is the one we had to make in Year 7 textiles!

    Reply
  3. Miss Prudence says

    August 13, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    I feel a frog in my sewing box coming on or is that out?
    Stay tuned! Thanks Trixi

    Reply
  4. Dee Monster says

    August 16, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    Quick question. You filled him up with rice and you are leaving him outside… is that okay? What if it rains? Or dew?

    Reply
  5. Bente-I like to QuiltBlog says

    August 19, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    -thank you Trixi for this tutorial, I use to have a frog like this in my childhood ☺

    Reply
  6. Eleni says

    August 25, 2011 at 5:49 am

    Just amazingly cute:) Thank you for sharing!!
    xoxo

    Reply
  7. Jen says

    August 25, 2011 at 4:45 pm

    Thank you so much! The Froggy template isn't downloading in it's entirety for me. Am I doing something wrong?
    JenE

    Reply
  8. trixi says

    August 25, 2011 at 10:46 pm

    Hi JenE…no that's me, thanks for letting me know. I haven't quite mastered adding documents to my blog …yet! Anyway I have fixed the problem but if you have any more trouble let me know.

    Reply
  9. Jen says

    August 27, 2011 at 12:44 am

    Thanks trixi! : )
    JenE

    Reply
  10. The Craft-Arty Kid says

    September 8, 2011 at 6:42 pm

    Ooh this brings back memories. My Mum made me a frog very similar to this, filled with rice like yours. He got a hole in his arm at one point so I made him a sling out of a bit of sock. Good times!

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  11. Mafalda says

    September 15, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Germany loves Froggy.
    I`ve made this little beautiful frog and more than 300 people would like to sew him too. Thank you so much for sharing!

    Liebe Grüße
    Mafalda

    Reply

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