Save on Stuffing (The craft kind, not the food)

When I need to make a stuffed animal or other item, I go to Wal-Mart and grab their cheapest pillow, which currently is $2.50.  That is about $1 less than a bag of polyester fiberfill for stuffed animals. It is the same weight...I took it to the produce department and stuck it on the scale. 

Cut open the pillow and it is the very same stuff inside.  When you are done, you have a nice piece of fabric instead of a plastic bag, which you can then use to make a child's slip, a skirt liner, an Amish doll, or...another stuffed animal! 

 Photo from Country Decor Center, where you can buy the Amish Dolls.