Charity Soft Toy (Lower Key Stage 2)

Design Brief: Design and make a stuffed animal toy to use in a wildlife charity fundraising appeal.
Strand of Learning: Materials & Textiles
Overview: In this unit of work children design and make a stuffed toy sample for a charity to use as part of a fundraising campaign. Children begin by investigating stuffed cuddly toys to identify how they are made and what makes them attractive. They use this knowledge later when developing design specifications for their own product. They will develop their skills in working with textiles and creating pattern templates. They also learn the technique of overstitching to create a three-dimensional textile product. Applying their learnt knowledge, they design a unique animal soft toy as part of the design and make activity by creating a mood board and using this to develop a pattern template from which to make their product. They add decorative features to their soft toy product and create a fundraising appeal poster as part of the evaluation process.

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Medium Term Planning includes:

Pupils should know:

The difference between a design brief and design specifications.
Design specifications describe how a product should be made, how it works or what it should do.
There can be a range of people and places that can be clients for a product.
Rules and procedures for keeping themselves safe when making products.
That a list of the main stages of turning a design into a product will aid the making process.
Design specifications are a list of success criteria for the product.
When evaluating products, it is important to use the design brief and the design specifications as a guide.

Materials

That products are made of different materials which are chosen because of the different properties that they have.

Textiles

That ‘joining technique’ means connecting two pieces of fabrics together and the methods that are permanent or temporary.
There is a range of joining techniques to connect two pieces of fabrics together such as sewing and gluing.
That joining two edges of fabrics together creates a seam.
Why sewing is often used to join fabrics together rather than other joining techniques (such as gluing)
That there are different sewing techniques (such as straight stitch/running stitch for making seams and cross stitch for decoration)
That applique is a way of decorating textiles by adding smaller pieces of fabric to create a picture or a pattern.

Pupils should know how to:

Conduct research, including consumer surveys to find out needs and wants of the client
Generate ideas for a product, considering its purpose and who the client is.
Design a product that meets client’s needs and the design brief.
Use design specifications as a guide to the making process.
List the design features that will appeal to the client.
Follow instructions to ensure that they work safely.
Select suitable tools, equipment, materials, and components for the task.
Explain their choices of materials, techniques and tools when making a product.
Measure, mark out, cut and shape materials with increasing accuracy.
Select and apply a finishing technique to create a quality product.
Identify the characteristics of a design which makes the product useful and successful.
Evaluate their product using a range of sources including client review, peer review, design brief and the design criteria.

Materials

Measure, mark-out, cut and shape a wide range of materials.
Cut internal shapes and joining slots in sheet materials.
Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to complete a task.
Join and combine materials and components using a variety of methods.
Manipulate different materials to create different effects by cutting, creasing, and folding.

Textiles

Measure, mark out and cut fabric using a paper template.
Join fabrics together using a range of different sewing techniques (such as running stitch and cross stitch) including allowing for a seam.
Create a 3D fabric product by combining pieces and using a seam allowance.
Apply a range of decorative techniques, including embroidery stitches, to different fabric materials.