How to insert a Music Pull String Box into a Toy

Here are a few pictures from the project I worked on - inserting a musical pull string box into a soft toy.

Inserting the box sounded much more difficult in theory than it ended up being in practise, but I did have to do some 'unpicking' and 'resewing' as my initial thoughts of the involved steps had to be reviewed.... :)

If I get a chance I'll put up more pictures and a more thorough description.. In the meantime if you need help putting one of these boxes into your softie project, please feel free to contact me through the 'contact us' link in our online store (www.tomnidesign.com.au)..

These are the supplies I started off with: front and back pieces of my owl (plus the wings), musical pull string box (available from our online store), yellow teether flower for the handle (from our online store), brown fabric (for the cord) and grosgrain ribbon (for the tie)..

You could apply the same technique to any other softie toy, as long as there's enough room inside it to accommodate for the music box.

After sewing the cord and turning it inside out I sewed it between the front and back pieces, into the bottom edge of the toy, leaving a tiny gap in the middle of the cord for threading the pull string. I also sewed in the tie on top while sewing the toy front and back pieces together.

And here is the end result! A softie owl with a tie on top and a music box inside. The music box is activated when the yellow flower handle is pulled. My son totally loved the owl and so we kept on hearing Brahm's lullaby over and over and over.. and over again!