Home made door stop

bibbly

carol_a wrote: »

You could get a housebrick or large stone, cut a piece of pretty fabric large enough and wrap it as if it was a present, tuck the raw edges in then either catch the material together with some stitches or a few safety pins.

but don't ever bang your toe on it :rotfl:

Bibbly
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pol

I bought a teddy from a charity shop, unpicked his bottom:rolleyes: and filled part of him with some marbles and those glass beads you put in vases. Sewn back up, he sits and holds the door open and looks a real cutie!

pol

angie_loves_veg

pol wrote: »

I bought a teddy from a charity shop, unpicked his bottom:rolleyes: and filled part of him with some marbles and those glass beads you put in vases. Sewn back up, he sits and holds the door open and looks a real cutie!

pol

That is a very cool idea! Thanks pol!

carol_a_3

bibbly wrote: »

but don't ever bang your toe on it :rotfl:

Bibbly
x

Maybe wrap it in bubble wrap first!!

butler_helen

has anyone tried to make one of these? I want a better pattern for it...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/07/chicken-doorstop-easter-present-how-to-make

or any other cute ones? I found this...

http://clairesmakeanddo.blogspot.com/2007/10/doorstop-tutorial.html

Reverbe

Wilkos have some doorstops in at the mo- less than £1 I think. basic metal wedges.

Mrs_Thrify

squeaky wrote: »

Yeah... some of us just so-o-o lazy

Yea..... I used a bag of dog food biscuits to prop open the back door this morning so it would not close in the wind.;)

ginnyknit

Love the chicken doorstop, I use a cushion too but people fall over it all the time. Think I will make the chicken on but not fill it with rice - don't like the idea of wasting food, maybe cat litter or gravel will be better.:)

esmf73

if you read the thread on draught excluders and making your own they talk about using aquarium gravel. I was thinking that this would be good. I will have a go at making some doorstops later! I really need them!

Chris25

ginnyknit wrote: »

. Think I will make the chicken on but not fill it with rice - don't like the idea of wasting food, maybe cat litter or gravel will be better.:)

I was thinking about cat litter too but worried that it might absorb any moisture so perhaps not ideal for my kitchen.................but it should also absorb smells