How to make felt toys with your own hands - master classes for children of different ages (68 photos)

DIY felt crafts for children

Crafts made from felt fabric look very beautiful and unusual. Plus, making them yourself is very easy. You can also involve your child in making toys, souvenirs and accessories.

Bags

Felt bags can be purchased at the store. But such an accessory is also easy to make yourself. A bright and unusual handbag will definitely appeal to a little fashionista and will complement her elegant look. To sew a handbag, you will need felt (for example, pink) and auxiliary equipment (scissors, needle and thread, eyelets and special pliers).

The following should be done in order:

1. First you need to make patterns. On a plain fabric, cut out a rectangle about 30 cm long and 15 cm wide.
2. Next, you need to bend it 3 times so that the upper part is slightly shorter than the rest. Then we sew along the sides, leaving the top part. This will be the lid of the bag. Its edges should be rounded and stitched. It turns out to be a pocket with a lid.
3. For the applique and handle you will need fabric with a print (flowers, polka dots, stripes or any other). A heart and a long thin rectangle (50\5 cm) are cut out of it. The heart can simply be sewn to the lid. The strip of fabric is folded in half and a stitch is made on both sides and below.
4. The next step is making holes for the handle. They can be made using eyelets and pliers, or cut small holes along the edges and sew them with thread.
5. All that remains is to thread the handle through the holes, and the bag is ready.

They also make children's handbags in the shape of animal faces, with ears, and decorated with flowers. You can take ready-made ideas from the Internet or get creative and create a unique thing.

Toys

You can make all kinds of toys for kids from felt. These can be ordinary figurines of animals, birds, mushrooms, soft stuffed or educational toys. An original gift for a child will be an owl figurine. To create it you will need felt of several colors (brown, white, blue, yellow). Below is a pattern diagram. They should be redrawn and transferred to the fabric. Next, the elements of the toy are sewn together in accordance with the picture.

Other toys are created using the same principle. You can find a ready-made pattern or create your own.

For Mother's Day and March 8

All women love flowers very much

And it doesn’t matter whether they are alive or made with your own hands from scrap materials. Paper flowers are banal

It’s worth trying to make a felt bouquet. The easiest way is to cut out several petals from fabric and place them on top of each other. The petal pattern is attached.

For the New Year

It’s easy to use felt to create a unique atmosphere for everyone’s favorite New Year’s holiday. Here are some ideas for decorations and New Year's attributes:

1. Snowflakes. They can decorate not only the Christmas tree, but the whole house - hang it on a chandelier, cornice, window. To make it, you should prepare felt in white or other colors, draw a pattern, cut it out of the fabric and sew it. Snowflakes will look even better if you decorate them with sparkles and other decorative elements.
2. New Year's house. It is a little more difficult to make, since the craft contains small parts that must be carefully cut and sewn.
3. Angels. Such figurines will definitely come in handy for home decoration.

For Easter

Easter has several attributes - colorful multi-colored eggs, the Easter bunny, baskets. All these elements can be made from felt fabric, and you can make patterns yourself and decorate the product to your taste.

An unusual Easter card will be an original gift for loved ones. With its help, you can congratulate relatives who live far away and cannot come often. To make it you will need thick paper, pieces of thin felt of different colors and imagination.

Pig

The pig is a symbol of the coming 2021. This cute and funny toy in the shape of a pig will appeal to both adults and children. It is best to use soft pink felt to make it. A must-have detail is a funny snout and a curled ponytail. Additionally, you can sew on a hat, scarf and other elements.

New Year's crafts

As the New Year approaches, every family wants to decorate their home to fill the apartment with a festive atmosphere and bring the celebration closer.

New Year's crafts made from felt can help with this; with their help you can make unique Christmas tree decorations, coasters in the shape of snowflakes, or make clothes for a bottle of champagne.

A Christmas stocking can be an original option for crafts made from felt. It is customary to put small gifts in them (this could be sweets or a small toy.

To sew such a sock, you first need to acquire the necessary materials: felt of the desired color and size (be sure to buy large sheets, since the finished product should be roomy), matching threads, scissors and decorative elements (this can be felt decor or other decorative elements ).

Then be sure to make a pattern and transfer it to the material. Afterwards, the front part of the sock is decorated and all the details are sewn together. The sock is ready!

Felt is a material that opens up a huge scope for creativity, don’t be afraid to experiment.

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Adults can also come up with many interesting and useful crafts. Any woman can create a handbag, a case for a phone and tablet, a key holder, a wallet, a pencil case, etc. Felt jewelry looks very unusual and beautiful: rings, necklaces, brooches. Another option for using felt is instead of fragrance because felt absorbs odors well. It is enough to add 1-2 drops of any essential oil and a wonderful natural flavor is ready. There are many ideas and options for using felt, it all depends on the imagination of the master.

Experienced handicraftsmen create exhibitions of handicrafts, post photos of their works on the website and sell them.

Working with felt is pleasant and entertaining. It’s easy for adults and children to create original, beautiful and useful things.

The most important thing is not to be shy about your work: handmade work is always highly valued. In any other business, when working with felt, practice is also needed and then a person has every chance to create something worthy of attention

You can purchase felt either in individual sheets or in sets of several or more sheets. You can find it in sewing or other specialized stores. You can buy patterns in the same store.

Felt is a great way to create an original thing, fill the world with warmth and comfort, and help improve the mood of yourself and those around you. Go for it!

Felt. What kind of material is this?

Felt is a non-woven material made from fibers. It is usually made from wool, but nowadays manufacturers produce it from various fibers, both natural and synthetic. Here are the most common types of material:

Acrylic felt. Consists entirely of synthetic fibers. Its structure is smooth, with a noble shine. The color range of this type of felt is very diverse and can be purchased at any craft store. This material is suitable for making souvenirs, keychains, cases for mobile phones and tablet computers.

Felt made from bamboo fibers. This type of felt is made from bamboo and viscose. Its cost is quite high, but it is very durable and strong.

Felt made from half-wool fibers. Most often, this type of material contains one third part wool and two third parts synthetic fibers. The felt is very soft, bends well and holds its shape. It is ideal for making stuffed soft toys.

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Felt made from wool fibers. This type is very dense and consists entirely of natural wool. It is not suitable for small parts, but slippers or booties are made from it.

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Thanks to its pleasant texture, felt is often used for sewing children's toys, including educational ones. This is a great opportunity to practice, since crafts are not difficult.

Felt crafts for beginners: educational letters for kids

Soft letters can be filled not only with padding polyester or holofiber, but also with rustling foil or cereal; such a craft will be used as a developing alphabet. Many needlewomen sew metrics with the child’s name, which act as the main accent in the nursery. For preschoolers you can make a real alphabet, board and letters on Velcro. In this way, in a playful way, you will prepare children for school.

Use a felt-tip pen to trace a template made of cardboard or thick paper

You can sew halves of letters using any seam, the main thing here is accuracy

We offer you to look at several felt works that you can easily make with your own hands together with your children.

Indistinguishable from the original: delicious food made from felt

Unusual, but at the same time simple felt crafts in the form of all sorts of goodies can be made in just an evening, the main thing is to show your imagination and choose the material according to color. Large parts are sewn by hand, and filler is placed inside for volume. To connect small elements it is easier to use a glue gun.

We will show the entire manufacturing process using the example of pizza.

Diagram of pizza, sauce and ingredients

Prepare the base, put the filling inside near the edge - these will be the sides, cut out the sauce from red felt, and cheese from yellow felt. Cut out the ingredients from colored felt and glue to the pizza.

In the video you can get ideas for creating “delicious” felt crafts with your own hands as a gift for a child:

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Step-by-step instructions for making a felt pincushion with your own hands

A needlewoman should definitely make a gift for herself, for example, sew a pincushion from felt. The craft can be in the form of an animal or a fruit; we suggest making it in the shape of a cactus.

To work you will need:

• green felt;
• pins;
• green threads with a needle;
• marker and scissors.

Let's get to work.

Illustration	Description of action
	Prepare a template for one side of the cactus and cut out 8 blanks from felt.
	Sew two pieces along the straight side at a distance of 2 mm from the edge.
Read also:  Which protective layer of linoleum is better? Types, wear resistance classes and characteristics of linoleum	Sew the next piece along the semicircular edge.
	The fourth element is sewn along a straight edge. Further all actions are similar.
	After sewing all the parts together, the workpiece took on the shape of a cactus. Next, sew and tighten the top with a thread. Place the filling inside on the reverse side.
	Cut out a flower from white felt, lightly color the edges of the petals with a yellow marker or chalk and sew the cuts together as shown by the arrows.
	For the center, cut a yellow strip 10 cm long onto a fringe 2 mm thick, without cutting to the edge of 5 mm.
	Twist the yellow strip, sew it to the flower and then to the top of the cactus. Additionally, you can make a pot out of brown felt and fill it with filler.

You can watch the whole process in more detail in the video:

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Handicraft tools

In addition to the main material, the choice of which must be approached responsibly, taking into account all the characteristics and level of ease of processing, it is worth preparing accessories in advance; they will help you create beautiful crafts from felt:

• sewing and zigzag scissors, with curved blades, well sharpened;
• sewing threads of different thicknesses and shades, sewing needles of various sizes;
• a pre-selected template with individual elements or a sketch on thick paper;
• glue gun with replaceable rods and fixing needles or sewing pins.

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In addition, for needlework you will definitely need a simple pencil to transfer patterns to the surface, which is then washed off from the material, and additional decor, for which you can use beads and beads, buttons and other accessories.

Fruits, vegetables and other products

Bananas and orange slices, cabbage and cheese, apples and pears, bean pods and cucumbers sewn from thin felt will help you create an entire garden or vegetable garden with your own hands, or fill the shelves of an impromptu supermarket. Such crafts are popular with girls who are passionate about cooking toy food, pretending to be chefs, or grocery store clerks.

Felt food is not just dumplings or sausage and scrambled eggs. For many years, children have been delighted with cakes and pastries made from bright felt. A pattern that shows the dimensions of each part will help you make such a “treat.” If necessary, it is quite easy to increase or decrease it in order to sew an unusual keychain instead of a toy treat for dolls.

Food products made from felt are used in object games, help the child develop not only memory, but also fine motor skills, and are part of the process of aesthetic education.

Such classes are a new way to teach your child how to behave at the table and how to use cutlery. Awaken in him the desire for creativity.

Create crafts that imitate:

1. Dumplings and cutlets.
2. Steaks and scrambled eggs.
3. Cakes and pastries.
4. Ice cream and cookies.

Material advantages

Felt is an ideal option for creativity with small children. It is durable, bright, light, does not crumble and is pleasant to hold in your hands.

If you look at the photo of felt crafts, you will see that you can use it to make a huge variety of things. These include soft toys, souvenirs, holiday decorations and much more.

Advantages of felt:

• The material is easy to process.
• Its edges do not crumble.
• A varied and wide palette of colors and shades.
• The different densities of felt allow you to make a wide variety of crafts.

In some cases, felt parts don't even need to be sewn. A figurine cut from a thick sheet can already serve as the main part of the craft.

Brooch "Snail"

Felt crafts bring pleasure to adults and children. Little fashionistas will be especially happy if you give them a pleasant-to-touch and colorful brooch.

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Here's what you'll need:

• blue and pink felt sheets;
• threads;
• padding polyester;
• beads, scissors;
• pin.

Draw the snail's body as your imagination dictates, or print a ready-made template. Immediately cut it out of paper, and then proceed to the pattern. Stages of creating a snail:

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1. Place the snail's body on blue felt folded in half. Cut out two pieces.
2. Place the shell on a pink sheet and also make a pattern.
3. Sew the shell to one base, starting from the wrong side. Make eyes from black beads and embroider the body.
4. On the other pattern, secure the pin closer to the top.
5. Place the halves together and start stitching.
6. Fill the snail with padding polyester and sew up the hole.

It is easy to make other brooches using this pattern. And if you attach a hairpin instead of a pin, you will get an excellent hair decoration.

Toys for babies

Felt can be used to make excellent educational toys, such as:

• finger theater;
• numbers and letters;
• educational book;
• searcher;
• game food, transportation, etc.

Theater on your finger

To do this, you will need thick felt for the base and soft felt for making figures. As a first step, you need to decide what fairy tales can be performed in the theater. Usually they choose 1-2, among them “Turnip”, “Kolobok”, “Three Little Pigs”, “Mitten”.

For example, for the fairy tale “The Three Little Pigs” you will need:

• figurines of a wolf and 3 piglets;
• decoration of 3 houses;
• Apple tree.

You can draw animal patterns yourself or take ready-made ones, the main thing is to maintain the proportions. The size of the wolf and piglets depends on who will be the actor and on whose hands the figures will be put. The pattern is transferred to felt, 2 parts are cut out, and a muzzle is drawn or embroidered on the front side. Then the edges of the parts are sewn together, simultaneously sewing in the tail and ears.

The diagram of the house is first drawn on paper, correlating the dimensions with the figures of the characters. Then the template is transferred to felt, cut out, and interesting details are added (straw, brick, stove, door or window). An apple tree is made in the same way.

Book

An educational book is suitable for children over one year old. It is made according to the same principle as the theater, but all the figures are made flat. The theme of the book will be suggested by the imagination of the parents and the emerging interests of the child. This could be the sea with its inhabitants, seasons, plants and animals, large and small geometric shapes, the alphabet, counting, etc.

The base is made of hard felt, onto which fastening elements are sewn (the reverse side of the adhesive tape, buttons, loops, laces with stringed beads). The removable parts on the reverse side are equipped with Velcro or another element that will help the child secure the figurine in the book.

Goodies

Food crafts are also a hit with kids. After all, such products look realistic and tasty, they are fun to play with, and they can also be used as a keychain.

To make felt ice cream you will need:

• wooden stick;
• felt (white, red, pink);
• black and red threads;
• filler.

Step by step work:

1. According to the diagram, 2 parts are cut out of white felt - the base of the popsicle ice cream.
2. A strip of red felt is sewn to the bottom, which imitates a fruit layer. Its height is ¼ of the entire height.
3. Unevenly cut pink felt is sewn on top of the white felt to imitate icing, decorated with beads or a cherry is sewn on.
4. Eyes and a mouth are embroidered on the central part of white felt.
5. Sew the front and back parts of the “popsicle” with a seam “through the top”, not forgetting to leave an unsewn space at the bottom.
6. Fill the product with holofiber, sew it up by inserting an ice cream stick.

This work is easy for beginners.

You can make pizza, burger, vegetables, fruits, and cakes from felt.

If you provide the “food” with Velcro on the back side, and make a kitchen out of hard felt, then it will be interesting for little housewives to learn the basics of housekeeping while playing.

You can also collect exciting versions of “tic-tac-toe”.

Felt mittens

From white and red felt you can make original mittens that will decorate the festive table served for the arrival of guests.

Mittens or felt boots, decorated with sparkles and beads, embroidery in the form of snowflakes or satin ribbons and bows, are used as decoration, and cutlery is placed in them.

Similar products of smaller sizes are great for decorating glasses and glasses, candlesticks and bottles.

They are fixed on different surfaces using a glue gun, and after the holiday the decor can be removed and stored until the next holiday, using them as original Christmas tree and window decorations.

How to make a craft for the hallway

Having selected the type of product in advance, you can begin to create it, for example, a newspaper rack in the form of a stylish handbag will allow you to store the necessary newspapers and magazines, letters and correspondence to friends without cluttering the hallway and coffee table:

• Having selected a suitable pattern or drawn a sketch yourself, you need to break it down into separate elements;
• Having cut out all the details from paper, you can cut them out and outline their outline on a piece of felt, choosing the material by color;
• Using sewing scissors with shaped blades, you should carefully cut out the individual elements of the newspaper rack strictly according to the template.

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Having connected all the parts, you should fasten them with pins and sew the edges with a basting stitch along the entire length, picking up bright threads; After assembling the product, the connected elements are sewn together using woolen threads or floss threads, which are durable.

All basting seams should be removed and you should begin choosing decor that matches the style of the hallway and its interior.

Decorative elements and embellishments are securely fixed to the finished newspaper rack using a glue gun, after which it can be used to complement the interior design by attaching it to the wall or hanging it on a hanger hook.

Felt decorations for children and adults

The most popular accessories are flowers. This could be hair jewelry or brooches. You will need a pattern, felt of the desired shades and decorative elements (rhinestones, beads, beads, satin ribbons). Brooches require a special pin.

The pattern of the flower you like is transferred to felt, the parts are cut out, sewn or glued together, decorated with decor. The decoration is sewn to clothing, secured with an elastic band, headband or hairpin.

Flowers can be an independent gift for March 8 or a birthday. In this case, the base is decorated with embroidery or buttons, different tones of felt are sewn on in layers, then mounted on a stick-stand and assembled into a bouquet.

The cat brooch looks good. Made in a laconic style from black and white felt, it will become the highlight of the costume. The cat can be decorated with antique lace or Swarovski crystals. The flower brooch is finished with beads, zippers, and hanging stones.

The brooches, which are a small embroidered picture, look like real works of art. Such a handmade item will be a good gift for adults.

Bracelets are made from simulated felt.

Brooch

With the help of felt, you can not only create children's toys, but also transform and complement your image. The easiest way is to make a brooch. One of the creation techniques is the appliqué method. This brooch looks like a small panel.

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A brooch can be a small figurine of an animal or insect. To create it, choose a craft pattern from felt, cut out the parts, sew them together, and fill them with a little filler for volume.

Another option for creating a brooch is bead embroidery on felt. To do this, cut out the base of the required shape and decorate it with beads.

Let's start sewing felt products

Typically, beginners prefer to start with items that are decorative in nature, such as small toys and Christmas tree decorations.

The manufacturing method for all products will be the same. You will need to first cut out blanks from felt of the selected color, as it will be indicated in the selected pattern. Then you will need to use threads and glue to connect the cut out parts together. After this, you will need to leave the craft for a while so that it dries properly and only then can you start using it.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. We cut out all the parts without seam allowances.
2. We fasten all the parts with pins, as in the picture.
3. Sew on the small parts first. For example, if we have a cat, we start sewing from the face; eyes, mustache, etc. We always sew from the inside.
4. Then we sew the body with an overcast stitch along the contour of the figure.
5. If you plan to make a three-dimensional craft, then you need to leave a hole in the seam through which the figurine is stuffed. After this, the hole must be “patched” with a hidden seam.
6. At the very end, we sew or glue decorative details.

The craft is ready!

Types of felt

Felt is easy to recognize by its fibrous composition. Felt consists of layers of felted natural wool or synthetic fibers. Felt differs in thickness and density. You need to look at the cost and properties of the material before purchasing:

• Woolen is the densest type of felt and does not shrink when washed; It retains its shape perfectly and is used to make large toys, slippers, and shoes.
• Wool blend - this type of felt contains up to 70% acrylic; soft and pleasant to the touch, but not at all intended for washing; It is not suitable for products with padding because it quickly begins to spread.
• Acrylic - best for beginners; is the cheapest; its structure is smooth to the touch and shines in the light; Suitable for all types of products.
• Bamboo is the most expensive; It is characterized by high strength and wear resistance, and therefore is often used for sewing covers and bags.

Educational books

An educational book made of felt is soft and pleasant to the touch, you can twist, wrinkle, and wet it, that is, it is practically impossible to spoil it.

Before you start work, you need to think carefully about what and how the book will be made:

1. How many pages will there be in the book and what will be included? They may be connected by one idea, or each sheet will be radically different.
2. The shape of the future book: it can be a simple geometric figure (circle, square, rectangle) or something unusual (flower, typewriter).
3. How the pages will be held together: rings, fabric or ribbons.
4. What materials will be used during the work, are they all available at home?
5. Draw or find the necessary patterns.

Such books help develop children's attention, tactile sensations, visual perception, and develop fine motor skills.

Material and its features

The baby enjoys learning while playing.

Therefore, all crafts for educational activities should be made in such a way that:

• the child’s hand did not get tired (the letters are light);
• the objects were soft to the touch and comfortable to work with.

Considering all the requirements for benefits, many mothers who are interested in needlework take up felt sewing.

This material has a number of undeniable advantages:

1. To make felt, white, soft animal hair is used.
2. The material is cut into sheets of a certain size, painted in bright colors.
3. During washing, the paint does not fade or fade in the sun.
4. The user is provided with pleasant tactile sensations and the absence of an allergic reaction.
5. After trimming, the edges of the felt do not fray, which means no additional processing of seams and cuts is required.

It is easy to make toys, key rings, pendants, hairpins, brooches, and emblems from this material.

Toys, applications, and decorations are made using viscose felt. It is easy to remove dirt from their surface by machine washing. During this treatment, the products do not lose their shape and color, the paint does not fade and the fabric does not shrink. Large pieces cut from felt are decorated with decorative stitches, which are quite simple to make using a regular sewing needle.

Soft fabric 1 mm thick is easily pierced and does not tear. Using small nail scissors makes it easy to cut out small elements or internal holes when creating appliqués. The adhesive composition ensures high-quality, reliable fixation of decorative elements on the surface of toys or jewelry.

The best felt craft ideas for kids

Crafts that are made especially for children with their own hands help them become addicted to needlework themselves. To do this, you can make products together with your children, so they will not only learn something new, but also have fun.

Letters

When all parts of the letters are cut out, you can move on to the most labor-intensive process in this matter - stitching. When the product is almost completely sewn, start filling the contents; for this you can use padding polyester. This process can now be completely entrusted to even the smallest children.

By the way, this approach will allow you not only to make wonderful crafts, but also to make some small piece of furniture. If you want your child to do this with you, we recommend that you consider making soft books from this material.

Brooch

The next instruction on how to make a felt craft can be a remarkable brooch that can easily be attached to any outfit and it will look quite harmonious with it. For this you will also need patterns that can be found on the Internet.

This craft can be complemented with many decorative elements, but one of the best is the addition of a lightning bolt, so if you have one lying around at home, feel free to sew it on your brooch.

Food

You can find a master class on making your own crafts from felt in the form of food. Believe me, such a product from a distance very closely resembles real food, so crafts can be used to play with children, as well as teach them certain foods.

Felt toys

If you are a beginner craftsman, then before you start making a toy, create a pattern for a felt craft. To create it, you need to draw each detail separately and cut it out of paper.

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If any part will be sewn together, be sure to add 2-3 mm to the pattern. The cut out paper parts are connected together and checked for compliance with the sizes, after which the pattern is transferred to felt.

Before you start sewing the parts, practice on a small piece; the stitches should be smooth and neat.

Leave a hole for stuffing, fill the toy with holofiber or padding polyester, and sew up the hole.

In this way you can create any animal; the craft can become a cat, a giraffe or even a felt pig.

You can also create not ordinary toys, but, for example, finger puppets, then your child’s favorite fairy tale will come to life.

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A felt craft can easily become a decoration for the New Year; just sew a ribbon to the toy and hang it on the Christmas tree.

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First, let's see what children's crafts you can make from felt with your child.

1. Even novice little craftsmen, with your help, will make spring flowers as a gift for a grandmother or teacher on March 8th. You can use a pattern to make it more convenient to work. Print the template of the flower you like and cut out all its details. Then transfer them to the fabric and cut out the elements from felt. The parts can be sewn or glued together, depending on the characteristics of a particular product. If you make several large flowers, you will get a bouquet, and small flowers can be attached to a pin to make a beautiful brooch, or to a hairpin, or to a hoop. Complete the product with bows, beads or other decorations.
2. You can also make felt crafts with your children for Easter, New Year, Maslenitsa, spring or autumn holidays. Perhaps your child will need to complete a creative task for kindergarten or school, and then the excellent felt material will undoubtedly come in handy. But it is better to engage in joint creativity with children without any tasks. Your child can help you choose the color of the material, you can watch a master class together, and then come up with and discuss the idea for a future craft. If the child is already confident with scissors, trust him to cut out large parts, trace the pattern, glue, etc.
3. Any figurine or toy can be made from felt if you have a pattern. You can find them in printed or electronic magazines on needlework, on specialized websites, in master classes, or draw them yourself. All the details just need to be sewn together. If you want a three-dimensional figure, fill it with padding polyester or other filler and decorate it as you wish.

An older child will be able to sew these simple felt crafts on his own:

Having cut out eight circles of the same size, fold them all in half, then connect two circles along the central fold (sew them together), and attach two more to them from above and below, but already unfolded. Add the rest in the same way, then fluff them up and attach a voluminous ball to a ribbon or thread - you will get an original Christmas tree toy. And if you stick a lot of green circles onto a foam cone, you will get a real Christmas tree. You can also add figurines of Father Frost or Santa Claus in a sleigh pulled by Christmas reindeer;

if you want to make interesting valentines, cut out a lot of heart-shaped blanks of different sizes from felt of different colors, stuff them with stuffing and sew them, then decorate the hearts with decorations and put them in a beautiful vase or basket;

If it’s already spring and the Easter holidays are coming soon, try making a flowerpot, spring topiary, or cute Easter souvenirs for your loved ones. To create a flowerpot, you just need to glue two layers of grass onto the selected container (cut it out of felt in two green shades - darker and lighter), and then paste a fence around your pot and decorate it with flowers. You can put the Easter bunny, chickens or colored eggs inside. It is also easy to make multi-colored eggs from felt - both flat figures and three-dimensional ones. The flowerpot can be made in the form of a bicycle, or in the form of a cart or cart pulled by a small horse or pony;

Felt owls turn out to be very funny - they can be ordinary toys, or figurines in the form of key chains, key holders, or scissor stands. You can even sew a whole family of owls - the father owl will be a cover for the scissors (be sure to try on the pattern for the scissors that you plan to store in the product), the mother owl will be a wallet, and the little owl will be a keychain;

to create an educational book, connect together blank sheets of fabric (you can attach them to rings, tie the pages with ribbon or sew them together) and arrange them in the theme that you have chosen for the book - these can be numbers, letters, domestic or wild animals, seasons , geography, fruits/vegetables or even a mix of everything. Felt parts are perfectly attached to buttons; also use buttons of different sizes, Velcro, lacing, so that the child learns how to handle them. Puppets for the puppet theater can be easily cut out using patterns, reducing their size and leaving the bottom of the toys unsewn so that they can be put on a finger or hand.

Let these ideas serve as a source of inspiration for you to appreciate the beauty of such a magnificent material as felt and create many interesting crafts of your own.

Cat

Felt crafts for children in the shape of a cat can be made in the form of a soft toy, keychain, or New Year's decoration.

It’s very easy to turn a flat, unstuffed toy into a refrigerator magnet by gluing a magnet square to the back of the figure. You can also decorate metrics and mobiles for newborns with figurines of a cat and other animals.

Master class on creating a simple felt cat:

1. First of all, you need to cut out the details:

• cat figurine (base) – 2 pcs.;
• nose – 1 pc.;
• eyes – 2 pcs.

1. Next you need to start decorating the face: sew on the nose and eyes, embroider a smile and eyelashes. Eyes can be made in any of the following ways:

• you can cut out a couple of circles of white and sulfur felt, while the black parts should be 2 times smaller than the white ones;
• you can cut out 2 white parts and sew beads instead of black ones;
• You can use ready-made eyes for crafts.

1. Finally, you should sew the toy and stuff it with padding polyester through the hole left, which then needs to be sewn up. When stuffing, it is better to use a stick, pencil or any other long and narrow object that will help push the padding polyester into hard-to-reach places: into the head, through the neck and into the tail. If the cat is intended to be used as a mobile toy or Christmas tree decoration, it is necessary to sew a loop to its lower part before sewing the body together.

Preparation of materials

Before preparing the material itself, a beginner is recommended to figure out what exactly he would like to do first and look on the Internet for diagrams of the proposed product. Thus, the author of the needlework will get an idea of ​​approximately how much material he will need, and will also be able to estimate the colors.

Then you will need to prepare the following tools:

• scissors.
• threads of the same and different felt colors depending on the chosen color.
• needles of various thicknesses.
• multi-colored pieces of felt.
• 4 pencils (2 light shades, 2 dark shades).
• glue gun
• holofiber or other material for stuffing, in the case of voluminous crafts.
• decorative components.

As for the last item on the list, everything depends on the ideas of the needleworker and can be selected according to the template of a specific work. As a rule, buttons, rhinestones, decorative stones, coins, etc. are chosen for decoration.

Having prepared the necessary atmosphere and materials, you can begin to create a pattern.

Tools for work

In addition to diagrams and templates for felt crafts, you will need some tools that will be impossible to do without. Among them, you will need felt, which will be of different densities, since it will be easy to fill the toy with contents, you need to select the thinnest material.

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You also need threads of different colors, which will be required to make multi-colored crafts. A few needles will also not be superfluous, since you will have to stitch the product. You will also need a pencil to cut out the material. An awl is important if you want to make holes in the felt.

It is better to take sharp and large scissors, as they will be easier to work with. A glue gun will also not be superfluous, since some decorative elements will have to be glued rather than sewn on. And the last element is decoration items, without which not a single craft can do.

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Felt topiary

For topiary you will need:

• Felt in several colors;
• Green fabric;
• Beads and peas for decoration;
• A foam ball or any other lightweight material, for example, a Christmas tree toy;
• Wand;
• Pot;
• Acrylic paints;
• Ribbons or fabric strips;
• Gun glue or any other quick-drying transparent glue, like Moment-Crystal;
• Office.

To prepare flowers, you need to cut circles of different colors, except for green - leaves are made from it, from which the petals will be rolled. The number of elements depends on the size of the ball and the accuracy of the desired topiary.

In order for the circle to turn into a flower, it must be cut in a spiral and rolled, as in the case of a rose. Glue is used for fixation.

A bead is glued inside each bud. The ball and stick need to be prepared. It is better to paint them with acrylic composition. It is odorless and does not interact with adhesives. Now you can start assembling.

1. Pour filler into the pot. To prevent the stem from falling out, you can use quick-drying gypsum "Alibastra". When it starts to set, you need to insert a stick there. After 15 minutes the plaster will turn to stone.
2. A ball with an attached leaf is attached to it and fixed with glue.
3. After this, you can begin installing the flowers. They are simply glued to the ball and fixed.

Felt Valentines

To make a valentine you will need the following set of tools:

• Textile;
• Scissors;
• Needle and thread (you can use a sewing machine);
• Padding;
• Decorations.

First you need to cut out two identical hearts from fabric. It is advisable that they be at least 6 centimeters wide, otherwise it will not be possible to fill them with filler. Any color is suitable, but for a holiday it is better to take red or pink.

If a complex shape is expected, a pattern is needed. You can find it online or make it yourself.

For handmade products, a wide stitch is often used. For rigid fastening, a step of half a centimeter is suitable. It is worth retreating 4 millimeters from the edge. If the edge is ragged or jagged, it is advisable to make an interval of 10 millimeters.

When the product is almost stitched, you need to fill the pocket with filler and finish the seam. At this point the basis is ready, but it can be supplemented. A handmade toy for Valentine's Day can be decorated with lace or polka dots. But you can make a brooch out of it. To do this, you just need to secure a safety pin at the back.

Decorative felt flowers

Making felt flowers is quite easy. Since this material does not crumble, there is no need for additional processing of sections. In addition, felt retains its shape well. To work you will need:

• Flower patterns; • Felt of various shades; • Scissors; • Threads; • Needle; • Glue.

In order to get a cute rose, you need to cut a strip of material and make one of its edges zigzag. In this case, one edge of the strip should be slightly narrower than the other. Then you should carefully roll the strip, starting from the narrow end. Now you need to fasten the rosette with threads, stitching its base several times. This rosette will look even more attractive if you attach a small bead on top.

The double-sided felt rosette also looks very cute. This flower has a more realistic appearance, but its production takes a little more time. For a double-sided rose, you need to cut out circles of different colors from felt. The circles should also be of different sizes: large, medium and small. Next, each circle should be cut in half. You need to work with each resulting semicircle separately. First, the smallest semicircle is twisted to form a flower petal, and a semicircle of the same size but a different color is added to it. Each resulting petal is secured with a thread and a needle. Thus, it is necessary to continue working until all the prepared petals are finished.

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