Abstract: Toy animal figures built up of pliable wire, paper tissue, adhesive masking tape and yarns. A skeletal framework of wire, constituted by two lower parts forming the body and leg portions, and one upper part forming the body, neck, head and tail portions, are bound together and padded by successive coils of paper tissue, adhesive masking tape and closely wound coils of textile yarns. The animal body is then finished by affixing a plurality of pompons to the ends of the body, tail, head and legs, with additional complements of ribbon, simulated eyes and nose, to the head and neck of the toy animal.