A collection of 32 felt projects for kids of all ages and abilities, including no sew ideas for toddlers, simple sewing projects for beginners, and more!
Make No-sew felt puppets in just a few minutes using the provided templates. Just cut out the shapes and secure with hot glue to make cute animal puppets!
Mark your page with these adorable DIY felt bird bookmarks. They're a great way to use up leftover felt from other felt crafts!
Let me share how I made these cute little flowers. Anyone that has tried needle felting will tell you what a hugely satisfying craft it is. There's something strangely therapeutic about stabbing a big ball of fluff and watching it turn into a solid piece of sculpture. It's the perfect craft for letting off steam. My first attempt at needle felting resulted in these funny looking chaps. They were excellent fun to make and really, you can't go wrong when you're putting silly faces on pumpkins... One of the easiest techniques for creating needle felted shapes is using the cookie-cutter method. Basically, you just stuff a cutter shape with loose roving, tops, or carded wool and then keep prodding and poking it with a felting needle until all the fibres felt and mesh together into a solid shape. I'd still class myself as a novice needle felter, but you get pretty passable results even as a beginner. These flowers are the perfect starter project if you want to try out needle felting for the first time, as they combine both cookie-cutter needle felting and some simple sculptural needling techniques. Needle felting is pretty inexpensive to get started, and the supplies are becoming easier to find. Materials needed Wool tops, roving, sliver or shredded pure wool yarn. I buy mine from World of Wool in the UK. Felting needles. A lot of needle felters use thicker felting needles to begin with and then gradually reduce the width of the needles so that the holes become less prominent as the piece is finished. I tend to use just a size 38 triangular needle, but I use 4 or 5 at a time to start with. I then reduce it down so that I'm doing the final sculpting with just 1 needle. Thick foam or felting brush to felt on. I use an old memory foam pillow, (hence the unattractive towelling cover). Carders or wool combs are optional, but they do help with blending colours and seperating the fibres before you begin felting. Cutter shape. I use this sugar flower cutter as it's sturdy and there's a ridge of plastic to hold onto How to needle felt cookie cutter flowers Firstly you need to prepare your fibres for felting. I have a stash of dyed merino tops as I do quite a lot of spinning, however the fibres are a little too neatly lined up for felting, so I need to tease them and mix them up a bit. I hand card the fibres, but just separating the fibres with your hands will help in the felting process. I blended 2 colours together to get a more natural look. I've used a sugar flower cutter as opposed to a cookie-cutter as it's just a bit more comfortable to hold and the extra circle around the base of the cutter keeps your fingers a little further away from the felting needles - watch out, those needles are sharp! Stuff your combed fibres into the cutter, making sure that they all pass across the centre, so that all the petals are firmly attached. With practice it's possible to get a finished flower that has lighter outer petals and a darker centre (or vice versa). Now take your felting needles and just keep prodding inside the cutter until all the fibres have reduced down and are just filling the bottom of the cutter. Here's a short animated gif showing my needle felting technique. The felting needle has little tiny barbs on the edges causing the fibres to become tangled and compacted with each insertion. The more you poke and prod, the denser your wool will become and the more it will shrink or felt. I found that turning my flower and repeating the felting process when it appeared to be quite compacted at the base of the cutter helped to create a nice dense flower. Here it shows the flower becoming more and more felted with each turning. By the end of the 4th stabbing it was time to move onto the next stage. This process combines 3 steps in 1 - adding additional colour to the petals, creating a flower centre and further felting of the petals. I use just a single needle for the remainder of the flower. Pull out a thin wisp of fibres in a contrasting colour and lay it over one of the petals. I tend to place it so that one end is positioned just past the length of the petal I want to work on. Now insert the needle repeatedly at the base of the petal and gradually work your way up the petal until there is no more contrasting fibre left to secure into the petal. Secure the tail end of the contrasting fibre by needling it into the flower centre. Try to work it into a dense circle. To speed up the process of bringing the long, loose tail together I use a combination of gently swirling it around the needle end and prodding the loose fibres into a circle shape. The flower centre will become bigger, denser and higher as each petal is worked. Work your way around each petal, adding a thin layer of colour and needling the remainder into the centre. Keep working on the centre until it becomes quite dense with very few fibres sticking out. Once the centre has come together, the flower just needs a little neatening around the edges to get rid of its slight fuzziness. I tend to do this by lifting the loose fibres with the end of my needle and almost 'folding' the stray fibres in. Needle felting is not an exact science and everyone's style is different. Some people leave their pieces quite loose, while others keep working until it is very dense and solid. I tend to keep poking and prodding until it feels like a fairly durable piece, with very few fibres sticking out, but it's still fairly soft and squashy. I added this one to a headband for my daughter and I'm thinking of stringing a rainbow of pastel flowers into a garland to decorate her bedroom. If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy my post about making a Remembrance Day poppy. or my post on how to make a slightly more advanced layered flower using the same sugar flower cutter. ---------- Please be sweet and share the love. Leave a comment, subscribe to my YouTube channel, like my Facebook page for regular updates or follow me on Pinterest, Bloglovin' or Instagram
There are so many things to do with this adorable felt butterfly craft! Toss a magnet on the back for instant fun on your refrigerator. Attach to hair clips or bobby pins and adorn in your lovely locks. Glue onto photo frames to add a fun splash of color. Use in place of a bow on a gift.
How to Make Felt Fortune Cookies! I love fortune cookies! I love picking a fortune cookie and hoping for an actual fortune, but alas, a...
You and the kids can make these adorable felt pencil toppers using these fab patterns from handcrafted lifestyle expert Lia Griffith.
These felt letters are soft, colourful and so easy to make. Grab the free template and set aside a few hours for this fun craft.
Easy and reuseable heart hand warmers! Made with red felt, lavender and rice, the heart-shaped hand warmers will keep you warm and cozy all winter long!
Add a little sweetness to your bedroom, kitchen, or nursery with this handmade felt strawberry garland! Use it for seasonal decoration or hang it up year round. Each garland has four two-dimensional strawberries measuring four inches in length, with five pink pompoms measuring approximately one and a half inches across, all strung on a five-foot length of white yarn. Each garland is hand-cut and hand-stitched, so details may vary slightly from product to product.
Make this simple DIY Felt Earbud Case with just a few supplies and just 15 minutes! Very simple to stitch up in your own color combo!
These pom pom monsters are SO FUN and easy to make! This DIY kids craft is perfect for Halloween, or anytime you want to play with these super cute and fluffy monsters. Use your hand to make a pom pom -- no special tools required -- and then design your own monster! All you need is felt, yarn, and googly eyes, and you can make your own pet monster in 15 minutes or less! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. How
These felt letters are soft, colourful and so easy to make. Grab the free template and set aside a few hours for this fun craft.
Usher in fall by giving your home a cozy refresh. These simple ideas for DIY fall decor, including outdoor fall decor, pumpkin projects, wreaths, and more, will have your home ready for the season.
How to make a felt pocket hug to send to friends and family
Do you love cats? Do you love cool, easy crafts? Well, I have a bunch of cute cat crafts waiting to be made. From amazing hats to awesome pillows, these projects will also stay on your budget. These ideas also make wonderful gifts that you can give your mom for Christmas or if you happen
Do you want to learn how felt balls are made? It is a simmple process which yiels these cute bouncy, and puffy felt balls.
Craft the high seas with our felt narwhal project! Craft a whole "blessing" of these adorable little critters for some DIY fun today...
Simple, easy to follow needle felting projects for complete beginners
These easy Crafts to Make and Sell are the perfect for making extra money in 2021! Perfect for beginners and crafting experts alike!
