Kylie loves squeaky stuffed toys but has them in shreds in about a week and not only am I tired of picking up stuffing from my back yard, but I'm also afraid she'll choke on the squeaker. I found her latest squeaker in the yard a few days ago and it was unharmed so I brought it into the house to use in a new "tough" toy. Since I am tired of picking up stuffing, I decided I'd use some of my old jeans and instead of fiber-fill I'd just wad up the denim in one piece and sew it up; so that's what I did with the squeaky toy.
I cut one of the legs from a pair of jeans and then cut a sort of a triangle. Placed the squeaker at one point then began rolling it toward the end (squeaker being wrapped up over and over again). Once it was rolled completely, I stitched down the side and across the ends twice. I don't think she'll demolish this toy and if she does I will only have one piece of denim to pick up.
Since I had another leg of denim left over I decided to make a sort of "rope-like" toy because she LOVES tug-of-war and fetching ropes.
Here are the instructions for this toy (it's now her favorite):
1. Cut leg(s) from jeans.
2. Separate each leg's front and back by cutting at seams.
3. Cut two times down each leg making three strips, stopping about 2 inches shy of the original hem.
4. Braid tightly until you have about two or three inches of each strip left. Place these on top of each other and sew together preferably with a sewing machine (I went across this end twice).
Finished product should look similar to this:
