How to Make a Toy Wrestling Turnbuckle
A toy-wrestling ring can be risky investment because children who like pro wrestling tend to play rough with their wrestling toys. They tend to mimic the physicality they see on television with their toys, so a pre-made toy ring can go down for the count fast. This makes building your own scale model wrestling ring cost effective and a great way to add custom touches that will make your ring stand out. Using a box for a ring and wooden sticks for ring posts are common touches, but making "real" turnbuckles presents a small challenge.
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Instructions
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Cut 12 square pieces of red fabric to a size of 2 by 2 inches each. These will serve as the covers for the toy turnbuckles. A wrestling ring has three ropes and four corners so each corner of the ring will require three turnbuckles.
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Place a small amount of cotton filling in the center of each fabric square. The more cotton filling you have the larger the turnbuckle will be. A consistent amount of filling should be used for each turnbuckle so each one looks the same.
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Wrap the fabric around the rope corner (where two ropes join together.) The cotton filling should be between the rope corner and the red fabric. Stitch the fabric in a manner that allows the ring ropes to stick through each side of the turnbuckle. The turnbuckle should be inside of the ring and stitched from the outside.
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Trim any excess fabric from the back of the turnbuckle to give your wrestling ring a clean look.
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Tips & Warnings
These turnbuckles work exceptionally well when used with small eye screws (small screws with a rounded hole on one end). The "rope" threads through the eye and the turnbuckle wraps around the eye of the screw. This makes for a solid rope set-up on the toy wrestling ring.
