The world of fantasy knows no boundaries. Often, when creating masterpieces, craftsmen use various materials and available tools. One of the directions is do-it-yourself felt crafts. Folk craftsmen say that if you once pick up a warm piece of felt and make something out of it, you will never stop creating interesting things from this material. Colored patches encourage creativity, calm the nervous system and put you in a positive mood.

Before you dive into crafting, you should learn what felt is and what types of material are best for crafting.

On a note! Felt is a dense material with unique thermal conductivity, which is produced non-woven from sheep or goat wool, as well as from thin rabbit fluff.

For patterns of products, natural and/or synthetic types of material with different densities are used. For beginning craftsmen, it is very important to decide on crafts in order to choose the right type of material.

There are different types of material:

1. Acrylic felt is a completely synthetic type that is recommended for children and beginner needlewomen. The smooth surface of the material allows you to make simple and lightweight felt crafts, for example, false summer or autumn flowers, cases for mobile phones, and various souvenirs.
2. Wool felt is a natural material. It produces useful products that have practical applications, for example, booties for babies, slippers, stylish and beautiful hats for girls.
3. Wool-blend felt is a combined material consisting of 2/3 synthetic fibers. It is flexible, holds its shape well, but falls apart during heat treatment. It is recommended to sew children's stuffed toys and small decorative elements from this material.
4. Bamboo felt is a more durable material and quite expensive. The viscose impurities that make up textiles give the crafts wear resistance. However, for a child or a novice craftsman, this type of felt is very difficult to process.

Everything you need for needlework

Before you dive into the creative process, you need to stock up on materials and tools. In addition to felt, the following will be useful in artistic needlework:

1. regular and zigzag scissors;
2. sewing threads of various thicknesses and colors, as well as floss thread;
3. pattern or template made of thick paper;
4. glue and glue gun;
5. needles, pins and other fixing devices;
6. colored marker, pencil and ballpoint pen;
7. decoration elements (beads, buttons, seed beads).

On a note! A pattern diagram is an essential component for creativity, but with certain artistic inclinations and experience, you can completely do without it.

Felt owl

It's best to start with simple crafts. Ideas for creativity can be drawn from fragments of Soviet cartoons. A simple option is a wise owl made of felt. To work, you will need several scraps of fabric of different colors and shades.

A small master class on how to create a felt owl step by step:

1. Before starting work, you should prepare paper templates of the owl's parts - these are the body, eyes, wings and beak.
2. After placing the template on the felt, the necessary part of the craft is cut out. Seam allowance is not taken into account, since the parts are cut straight to size.
3. By attaching the eyes, wings and beak to the front side of the body, it is necessary to achieve the most successful placement option; all elements should be secured with pins.
4. The next stage is sewing on the parts. By stepping back 2-3 mm from the edge of the workpiece, you can carefully sew the parts together using a regular seam.
5. For experienced craftsmen, you can complicate the task: using padding polyester to add volume to the wings and beak.

A felt owl is not very difficult to make. You can sew a loop to it and decorate the wall of your room. Having mastered the initial creative stages, you can move on.

Felt cup stand

Fragrant tea with lemon or orange will become even tastier if the cup with the drink is placed on a bright lemon stand. This tea ensemble will look very festive and beautiful. You will need 3 colors - orange, yellow and white felt. Working tools: scissors, thread and needle. Steps to create a citrus stand:

1. Prepare 2 large circles of orange and yellow. Cut out 2 more circles with a smaller diameter, which will imitate citrus peel, and 8 colored triangular slices of orange and lemon.
2. Citrus slices are carefully placed on the white blank and secured with pins.
3. Before sewing on the parts, it is necessary to give the product volume. As in the previous master class, this is padding polyester. Each triangle is sewn equidistant from each other.
4. The final stage is sewing the top and bottom parts of the stand and aligning the edges of the craft.

This tea drinking accessory will add freshness and creativity to your kitchen interior. A citrus stand can be a great gift for friends and family. To diversify your creativity and gain artistic experience, it is recommended to make your own cup stand in the shape of the sun.

Fridge magnet

Today it is difficult to imagine a refrigerator without magnetic decorations. You can make a felt magnet with your own hands and add to your collection. You can take various cartoon characters as a basis - owls, cats, elephants.

On a note! Children will be able to make felt magnets in the form of mushrooms, stars or other simple shapes.

The manufacturing technology is quite simple and similar to previous crafts. The only innovation is a small magnet sewn or glued to the inside of the felt figure.

Ideas for creativity

There are many different options for felt crafts. If you apply diligence, imagination and show artistic taste, you can create truly real masterpieces of folk art. These could be educational crafts for children, decorations for your own wardrobe or room design. A few different ideas for creative inspiration:

1. Easter egg made of wool felt. This craft can be used to decorate a room on a holiday.

2. You can update your spring wardrobe with felt crafts in the shape of a rose or other flower. Such a product can harmoniously fit into an outfit as a hair decoration.

3. In the creative process you can’t do without a pincushion. A decorative version of felt crafts can be made in the form of a house, sun, frog or mouse.

4. It will be easy for beginning needlewomen to make a decorative felt cover for a notebook, book or weekly journal. By adding a cheerful applique with the image of Simon the cat or another cartoon character, you can please your child with an unusual craft.

Felt is a thin but dense felt with the addition of synthetic fiber. This material is interesting to us for its unpretentiousness in work and ease of processing. You can simply cut out the desired shapes and sew without any additional devices, ironing, steaming, edge processing, etc. In this activity, children can easily become helpers, while developing their imagination, imaginative thinking, and fine motor skills. It is also important that there is now a wide range of colors and shades of felt on the market, giving enormous scope for creativity.

For new inspiration and good ideas for your felt crafts, we invite you to this thematic section. Here you can find many master classes on creating original toys, homemade educational books, puppet theaters, and educational games made from felt.

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Felt can be called a universal material for crafters of any gender and age - make felt crafts loved by both adults and children.

Let's start our story about this type of needlework with the fact that felt is one of the varieties of felt, which is made from the delicate down of rabbits and goats, so it is clear that this material will be very pleasant to the touch. Currently buy felt for crafts It’s not difficult at all - there are many online stores that specialize in providing materials to craftsmen of all stripes.

Please note that the production DIY felt crafts It won’t take you a lot of effort and time - rather, on the contrary, during the process of making a toy or interior decoration you will get a lot of pleasure. Well, our site is pleased to offer you the most interesting master classes from the best felters. Here you can find crafts for every taste - for home decoration, jewelry, practical crafts such as cases for smartphones and, of course, toys that we make for our children and with them.

Making toys or simple crafts brings a lot of pleasure to children, but we must not forget that such joint creativity will not only benefit the development of your child, it will also bring you closer and give you the opportunity to spend time together in fun communication. Please note that the very first felt crafts for kids should be simple so as not to discourage the child from such needlework. For beginners, it is best to prefer the simplest decorations or simple paper applications. During such creativity, the child will learn to use scissors, fold parts and glue, and master various colors and geometric shapes.

When the first basics of felt needlework have been mastered, you can move on to making toys and more complex products - and they will help you with this felt crafts master classes which are presented on our website. For example, you can make a cute bunny, hedgehog, bee, duckling, and a pot of violets will be an excellent gift for your grandmother or aunt on March 8th. To make these, you will need to purchase sheet felt, and you will also need felt craft patterns (however, you can also find them here). It should be noted that such needlework will develop the child’s fine motor skills, love of work, perseverance and the desire to finish what he starts. In addition, looking at the object of his efforts, the child will receive aesthetic pleasure.

Adults also happily master making a wide variety of things from this soft material and felt crafts photo will be proof of this. After all, it’s extremely nice to give your loved one a homemade Valentine’s card, sew yourself a case for your player, make an original box - a felt cake, decorate your refrigerator with felt magnets depicting fruits and vegetables. And how attractive the forest beauty looks - the New Year tree, decorated with such unusual toys! So be inspired by our master classes, get to work on your handicrafts as soon as possible and don’t forget that there are also crafts made from fleece and felt.

Felt toys are a real salvation for creative parents who do not want to spend money on children's products made of plastic and materials of unknown origin. But savings are not the only advantage of these bright and cute felt things.

A huge advantage of felt products for children is the ability to create educational and educational toys for the little ones - for example, sensory and tactile bags or bright felt books with elements that are fun for kids to touch and look at. You can also do hanging carousel for baby crib with a cute animal or cute celestial bodies, like suns and stars - both children and adults love them.

For older kids you can sew not only animals, dolls, cartoon and fairy tale characters, but also volumetric numbers with letters. A wonderful idea would be to create simple, large, bright puzzles. This will allow you to learn in a playful way. It would be a good idea to do this for a child. finger theater or a collapsible toy consisting of several elements, like a tree with fruit or a hedgehog with apples on its back, which are attached to laces, ribbons or buttons.

Moreover, with felt products you can easily decorate New Year tree or festive corner in the house for any other celebration. You will get unusual toys that reflect the personality of your family and your home.

Over time, the child can be involved in creating these toys - this will help instill a love of arts and crafts. Regardless of the goal, everyone without exception will get beautiful toys, and interesting stencils and patterns will help with this.

How to make a beautiful felt toy with your own hands?

Even needlewomen without much experience can make felt toys; you just need to select templates and patterns of medium complexity - and the work will go by itself. Colors, shapes, and sketches of the future item can be selected in accordance with the child’s interests, or, on the contrary, you can create an unusual toy to attract the child’s attention and broaden his horizons.

Simple soft toys - master class for beginners

In this section we will learn how to make the first felt toys with our own hands with patterns for beginners. Let's make some cute animals from bright felt fabrics. MA master class on creating toys from felt with your own hands will help with this.

• Baby fox

Any restless person will love this cute fox and will definitely become his favorite toy. And doing it will be very interesting for any adult, especially if a step-by-step master class will help with this.

Materials:

1. Sample;
2. Felt: orange, white, black;
3. Synthetic fluff;
4. Fabric and erasable markers;
5. Stuffing stick;
6. Ruler, scissors, needle, felt-colored threads, fabric glue;
7. Blush/art pastel for cheeks;
8. Satin ribbon for bow.

Templates for work:

Progress:

Stage 1

Cut out all the necessary elements according to the template. Repeating elements must be symmetrical. We glue all the small felt parts to the large ones with glue, or we baste them with a contrasting thread. It is important that all repeating elements are at the same distance from the edges of large parts. This is necessary so that the toy looks neat.

Stage 2

We begin to sew small details with a single white thread, performing vertical stitches.

Then you can begin to connect the front and back parts of the toy together, starting with the ears. Using a needle with a single red thread, we begin to make stitches (the first one from the inside out), bringing the game back and inserting it into the same place as the first time, thus making a neat loop around the two elements of the future ear of the toy. The needle is inserted into the loop and then tightened.

Now we make the next stitch at an equal distance from the edge of the fabric, creating another loop. We insert the needle into it again, tighten the thread, thus obtaining overlock stitch. We sew the entire eyelet with this seam, and the last seam must be inserted into the first. To make it easier for novice craftsmen to understand, it is better to look at step-by-step photographs.

We perform the same manipulations with the second ear, after which we sweep the finished ears to the front of the head of the future felt fox.

Stage 3

Draw eyes and a mouth on the white muzzle. We begin to carefully embroider the eyes from the inside with double black thread, moving to the front. The first stitch is made in such a way that the needle returns to the very beginning, after which the stitch is tightened. All subsequent stitches are made in the same way, the main thing is that the forming loop is always on top - above the thread and needle. At the end you can make an eyelash. The second eye and mouth are embroidered using the same principle. Already at this stage you can draw the fox’s cheeks.

Stage 4

Time to sew together the large parts of the head. First, it is better to baste the front and back of the toy’s head with a contrasting thread. After this, you can begin covering with an overlock stitch. As before, we will need an orange single thread. When the seams reach the ear, it is necessary to insert a needle and thread onto the back side so that the distance to the edge on both the front and back sides is the same (the needle must pass through the ear inside).

We insert the needle directly into the eye - into the place directly above the point where the needle and thread came out. From the front, the needle will also eventually come out in the eye directly above its original location. Insert a needle into the resulting loop and tighten. You will get a seam like this, which should look like an overcast stitch. We cover the entire muzzle, leaving room for stuffing.

Stage 5

It's time to stuff the top of this cute felt toy. In this case, a sushi stick, a pencil or a special device will be useful. You need to stuff the head of the toy evenly, not too tightly, giving it a soft volume.

Stage 6

The next step is to create a ponytail. First, you need to sew a black tassel to the end of the ponytail with a single black thread, without sewing the sides of the end of the ponytail, but only sewing a “zigzag”. After this, the front and back parts of the ponytail are sewn to each other using the already familiar overlock stitch with orange thread.

The place of the black tip is stitched from the inside, since the black tip will need to be stitched on top with black thread, using the same method as when covering the rest of the felt toy. The opposite end of the tail remains open - it is needed for stuffing with synthetic fluff. After the tail is evenly padded, it is sewn to the body parts using contrasting thread.

Stage 7

Then the back and front parts of the body are sewn to each other using an overlock stitch, leaving the neck area open. We distribute the padding evenly over the body, after which the hole is sewn up with an overcast stitch.

Stage 8

Now that the two main parts of the felt toy are completely ready, they need to be sewn together. To sew them to each other neatly and beautifully, you can line up the depression on the chanterelle’s chest - the animal’s nose and mouth should be located right above it.

Now, using a needle with a double orange thread, we begin to sew the parts together. First you need to insert a needle into the lower part of the head, 3-4 mm from the edge, as in the photo, approximately at the level of the middle of the eye. The needle is then passed through the edge of the body - at the same distance - resulting in a hidden seam. It is necessary to stitch the head and body to the opposite end of the neck, tightening the seams tightly. This is how the front front part is stitched.

To securely fasten both parts, you need to stitch them again, but in a more careful way. Now that the needle is on the opposite edge of the neck, you need to stitch the back of the head. However, you first need to pierce the body from the front side, and only after that remove the needle from the back of the head. We continue stitching according to this pattern so that the threads are not visible at all (see photo). The little felt fox is ready!

• Cheerful owl

Very popular toys made from felt are cute fairy-tale owls - they are not difficult to make, and in the process you can even change some elements of the product to your own discretion and taste. The result will delight not only children, but also adults. Let's try to make a soft felt toy, which will be decorated with a floral motif from small pieces of fabric.

Materials:

1. Sample;
2. Felt: pink, brown, gray;
3. A piece of colored fabric for the belly and wings;
4. Filler, like padding polyester;
5. Scissors, pins, needle, threads.

Templates for work:

Progress:

Stage 1

Cut out the paper pattern elements from the printed template. We attach them with pins to the felt material and cut them into shape, after which we remove the pins.

Advice! Use a hand stitch “forward needle” to sew the parts together, making the same neat stitches and skips.

We sew the colored fabric onto the felt blanks for future wings forward with a needle. The knot can be hidden between the fabric and felt. To keep the fabric in one place during the creation of the toy, it is better to secure it with a pin.

Stage 2

In order for the owl to turn out as planned, you need to place the parts according to the template. We attach the gray oval eyes to the future body of the owl with pins, and then sew them on. The distance between the eyes and from the edges of the body should be 0.5 cm. After this, we finalize the eyes - we sew on two other parts.

We also sew two brown triangles onto the ears.

We attach a colored belly to the owl, and sew on the beak and paws on top. The back of the owl's body should be replenished with a tail, according to the template.

Advice! Children who want to help make a toy can glue pieces of multi-colored material, after which the needlewoman can sew them on with even, beautiful stitches.

Stage 3

The front and back parts of the body are applied to each other. Between them, according to the diagram, ready-made wings are inserted, all this is secured with pins. We begin to sew the toy from the bottom of the right wing, passing in a circle to the bottom of the left wing. The remaining space is used for stuffing.

We fill the toy with padding polyester, but not to capacity! It is important that the design and seams are not distorted at the end of the work. The hole is sewn up, the pins are removed from the wings. The felt toy is ready. To avoid difficulties in the process, you can see step-by-step photos.

• Peppa Pig on magnets

Many children are very fond of the character from the cartoon of the same name, so you can please the kids with a felt miniature pig. If you wish, you can insert magnets inside, or you can ignore this point and create a simple toy - it will not harm even the little ones.

Materials:

1. Sample;
2. Felt: red, light pink, dark pink, black, white;
3. Two beads;
4. Filling: padding polyester or holofiber;
5. Pencil or disappearing marker;
6. Neodymium magnets - optional.

Templates for work:

Progress:

Stage 1

You need to print out the template, cut out the pattern of all the parts of the future toy from felt. We transfer the outline of the paper models onto the material using a pencil or felt-tip pen, and cut out parts from felt.

Stage 2

We cut out pockets for magnets and sew them to the inside of the back of the pig’s body and head, insert 1 cm magnets there and sew up the holes.

Stage 3

We sew a nose, a bright pink cheek, eyes to the face, and then use thread to mark the toy’s mouth.

We put both parts of the body together, put the legs, tail, arms in the middle, sew them together, leaving a hole in the neck area. We send a small amount of padding polyester there, after which we sew up the hole.

Then we overlap the head onto the dress, leaving a small hole for the padding polyester. Having stuffed it too, we sew up the last hole. The felt toy is ready! Thanks to step-by-step photos, the process of creating Peppa will go much faster.

Patterns and templates of New Year's toys

It would be a great idea to create felt toys for the Christmas tree, because the result will be voluminous, bright crafts that both adults and children will be delighted with. Deer, Christmas trees, candies and garlands - all this can be used to decorate the main holiday of the year, thanks to thin felt material and a little effort. Moreover, many New Year's decorations made of felt can be made quickly and well even by novice admirers of this art. Let's look at how to make New Year's toys from felt with your own hands - patterns and photographs will help with this.

• New Year's deer

Cute animal toys on a Christmas tree or in a little hand are always a good idea. Therefore, you can sew a beautiful deer with love, and thereby please yourself and your loved ones. This is not difficult to do - you just need to follow the scheme, and everything will definitely work out.

Materials:

1. Sample;
2. Felt: brown, red;
3. Filling: synthetic fluff or holofiber;
4. A button or bead for the nose, as well as beads for the eyes;
5. Stuffing stick;
6. Scissors, needle, felt-colored threads, fabric glue;
7. Self-disappearing marker;
8. Satin or grosgrain ribbon for bow;
9. Ribbon pendant.

Template for work:

Progress:

We cut out the printed template from paper, apply it to the fabric, attach it with pins and transfer the design onto a sheet of felt using a marker. We repeat the procedure for the second half of the future toy.

We sew an “identification mark” onto the front part - a decorative little thing, like a heart, a snowflake, a bow - whatever.

We sew both parts of the toy together using a simple buttonhole stitch. When the sewing reaches the neck, you can immediately sew a ribbon pendant and a festive ribbon onto the neck.

When it remains to sew up the tummy, first fill the toy with filler, distributing it evenly. Then we stitch the hole. You can sew a funny pompom in place of the ponytail.

All that remains is to decorate the muzzle: sew on a button-nose and beads-eyes.

• Christmas stars

From a simple material of the most ordinary form you can get an original product with a certain mood. Let's try to do this by making a few festive stars that will transform even the most modest little Christmas tree.

Materials:

1. Sample;
2. Felt of any colors suitable for the Christmas tree style;
3. Beads, beads;
4. Filling: padding polyester, padding polyester or holofiber;
5. Scissors, pins, needle, threads;
6. Pencil.

Progress:

Stage 1

Draw a star on paper measuring 8 cm across. Cut out this simple star template from paper. The template is outlined on felt with a pencil or marker. It is important that all the stars are the same. The stars are cut out of the material and connected in two pieces with a pin.

Stage 2

We sew the two parts of the star into one, leaving a little space for stuffing. Fill it evenly, then sew up the last hole.

Stage 3

Sew beads to the stars. For convenience, you can do this before both parts of the star are sewn together - if desired.

Stage 4

We thread a woolen thread into one end of the star, using which you can hang the finished felt product on the Christmas tree. The simplest and very cute New Year's toy made of felt is ready.

• Garland-pigtail

Another beautiful and simple felt “toy” that will definitely change the mood of all the inhabitants of the house for the better is a two-color braided garland. This type of decoration is easy to make, and most importantly, you don’t need to waste time filling the toy and sewing around the edges

Materials:

1. Felt of any holiday colors;
2. Scissors, stationery knife;
3. Needle, thread, pins;
4. Pencil.

Progress:

We cut out strips of the same size from two sheets of felt of different colors (length 25 cm, width as desired). We fasten two multi-colored strips together with pins at the top and bottom.

Then, in the middle of the double strip, two cuts are made with a stationery knife (as in the photo). After this, we make a “pigtail” pattern: we thread the end of the double strip closest to it into the upper slit, and then the strip is threaded into the second slit.

Now you can make a garland from several ready-made “braids” by sewing them all together. Or you can leave it short and hang it around the house.

Educational for children

Educational toys made of felt are a very popular trend, since even novice craftsmen and needlewomen can sew such products on their own, and there are many options for such toys - for a wide variety of ages and interests of children. Patterns will help you make educational and educational toys from felt.

Do-it-yourself educational felt toys are made according to the same principle as other types of felt products. Here are some photo ideas with useful development tools.

• Felt puzzles “In the animal world”

Bright two-piece puzzles with cute animal faces are sure to attract a child. This way you can start teaching your child in a playful way. Let's take a closer look at how to make such an educational game out of felt with your own hands.

Progress:

Stage 1

On a sheet of paper, mark 12x12 cm squares using a ruler and pencil. The result should be 10 squares. Then we print out animal patterns and cut them out on paper.

Stage 2

We trace the animal patterns, pre-attached to the material with a pin, on brightly colored felt. Muzzles and paws are made in two copies, the second copy will “mirror” the first. We cut out all the outlined parts with scissors or a stationery knife. This creates a ready-made basis for creative work.

Stage 3

Our patterns with rectangles can be turned into puzzle patterns by drawing something like a “castle” in the middle. Now you can cut out one of the shaped halves and attach it to the rectangle, trace it and cut it out. We do the same with another bright rectangle, which is intended for the back of the puzzle.

Stage 4

After this, we select one of the animal blanks, apply it to the front double part of the future puzzle, and select the most suitable place for the animal. Sew the top piece to one of the front halves of the puzzle using simple stitches. It is important to first make an indent from the edge of the background of the puzzle, leaving space for connecting stitches between the bases.

Stage 5

Now the half of the puzzle with the animal is turned over in order to cut off the desired half of the animal along its contour. We attach part of the body to the bottom base of the puzzle and sew it in accordance with the edges of the contours. At this stage, the animal needs to sew on light details of the muzzle and body, which are cut off according to the same principle as the body.

Stage 6

We sew the front and back parts of the puzzle together using regular stitches, hiding the knot between the pieces. We sew on the animal’s nose and paws, glue on eyes or sew on beads. We use the same principle with all other puzzles.

A wonderful game for kids that teaches the colors of animals, and it will also help them take a creative look at the big world with little eyes. Making it couldn't be easier: the game doesn't require much skill or artistic education—the simpler the better. This felt toy is suitable for babies over one year old.

Progress:

Stage 1

You need to take six single-color sheets of felt of the same size, first draw 6 simple animal figures on paper, cut them out and transfer them to felt with a pencil. Then you need to cut out these ovals and primitive images of animals with a stationery knife.

Stage 2

Next, we should cut out several triangles, ovals and circles from bright felt sheets for the ears and heads of our future animals. You can buy eyes in special stores, or you can also cut out circles or beads. All this needs to be glued to large sheets of felt, or sewn by hand (for small children it is better to choose the option of sewing by hand, because they put everything in their mouth).

Stage 3

Now we need to take care of making “fur coats” for our home zoo. Here it is better to use bright, interesting felt colors to attract the baby’s attention with them. You will only have to work on four coats: a zebra, a cow, a fish and a giraffe. We cut out simple stripes or spots for our fur coats and sew them to the background sheets of felt.

You can make completely different things from a material like felt. We invite you to learn how to make your own patterns and various toys. Pictures of products and step-by-step master classes are attached.

Felt crafts - DIY patterns

Various felt toys and dolls are made quite easily, because they consist of a minimum of parts that are very easily sewn together.

As for the pattern itself, even if you don’t have one, it’s not difficult to make it yourself. However, it is not necessary to have artistic skills. The picture below is an example of a felt craft. Do-it-yourself patterns in this case consist of the following elements:

• body;
• eyes (two pieces);
• pupils (two pieces);
• beak;
• wings (two pieces).

If you cannot draw the details individually at once, then make a sketch of the future toy as a whole, and then divide it into elements.

DIY felt dolls

A master class on how to make toy princesses will help you master this simple craft:

1. Take scraps of felt of different colors, scissors, a marker or pencil, thread and a needle, some cotton wool, and a pattern.
2. You will need a main pattern (Illustration 2) and one additional pattern (Illustration 3), which shows the details for a specific princess. For example, if you are making a Little Mermaid, then her distinguishing features are her hair, tail and top.
3. Cut out all pattern pieces with scissors.
4. Attach the paper parts to felt of the corresponding color (for example, the body is a beige shade) and trace them.
5. Cut out the parts, stepping back a little from the edges. Remember that there should be two of each element from the main pattern, and a pair of additional elements is needed only for a suit (dress).
6. Sew the two body and head pieces together, leaving a small opening.
7. Stuff cotton wool inside the pieces so that the dolls are not too flat.
8. Sew the head and body together.
9. Sew hair and bangs onto the head from the front side.
10. Sew the suit (dress) onto the body on both sides.
11. Sew or glue the remaining decorative elements of the outfit and hairstyle onto the front side of the doll using a glue gun.
12. Make a face.

Your DIY felt doll is ready!

Felt bear

In order to make cute felt toys, you don’t always need a large number of colored scraps. Sometimes just a couple of pieces are enough. For example, to sew a charming bear, you only need two pieces of felt in brown and red colors.

Sequence of work on sewing felt crafts:

1. It is not necessary to make patterns with your own hands in a specific example. You can immediately draw the outline of the future toy on the fabric. There will be only three parts: a head, a body and a small heart.
2. Cut out two parts of the head and body from felt.
3. On the front part of the body, sew a heart in the left area above the paw.
4. Sew pairs of parts together, leaving a small hole for stuffing.
5. Using a wooden stick, stuff the parts of the toy with cotton wool or other filler (for example, padding polyester). There is no need to stuff a lot into the craft, it should only be a little bulky. Instead of a stick, you can use a pencil or brush.
6. Sew the head to the body so that the chin is on the main part of the toy (as in the picture above).
7. The muzzle and outline of the paws can be drawn with a marker or stitched with satin stitch threads.

The cute little bear is ready! This toy can be made not only for a child, but also as a gift to a friend for Valentine's Day!

Volume cats

You can also make the usual three-dimensional toys from felt. For example, to make such wonderful cats, you will need to take the following tools and materials:

• multi-colored felt (one main color and small scraps of additional shades);
• wide tape;
• thread and needle;
• scissors;
• filler (cotton wool, padding polyester, foam rubber, etc.).

Master class on making toys:

1. Take a large piece of felt and cut out two identical ovals from it, reminiscent of the shape of a pear.
2. From a piece of the same color, cut two identical circles. They should be half the size of the previous parts.
3. Now you have the parts for the torso and head.
4. Cut out four rounded triangles. These will be the ears.
5. Sew the paired parts of the body, head and ears together, leaving a small hole in each component of the toy.
6. Stuff the body and head tightly with the filler. And place a thin layer of cotton wool in your ears. Make the bottom of the part responsible for the cat’s body more even so that the toy can stand on its own.
7. Sew the body, head and ears together.
8. Cut out flowers and leaves from multi-colored felt, and then sew them onto the cat’s belly.
9. Embroider the cat's face and tie a ribbon around its neck.

The charming toy is ready! If you wish, you can sew the legs and tail in the same way as you did the head and body.

Felt piggy bank

Almost every child has a piggy bank. But when the time comes, it becomes a pity to break it. Therefore, children can sew a wonderful felt piggy bank, from which it is very easy to get coins.

To do this, you will need to take a piggy bank pattern, felt, scissors, a needle and thread, and a marker. Next steps:

1. Transfer the pattern onto the fabric and cut out two identical elements.
2. Sew a rectangle on one piece, and make a cut inside it (Illustration 2).
3. Sew the two pieces together.

The piggy bank is ready!

hand toy

Another master class - a felt monkey for hand:

1. Make a pattern. To do this, trace your hand on a piece of paper. Draw an even outline, add paws and ears. Separately draw the outline of the muzzle and belly, as well as the inner parts of the ears and the areas of the toes.
2. Cut out the pattern pieces.
3. Attach all the elements to the felt, trace them and cut them out. Remember that there should be two main parts (body with legs), as well as centers for the ears and areas with toes. The belly and muzzle are in a single copy.
4. Take one part of the body and sew on it all the additional elements: the areas of the muzzle, belly, the inside of the ears and fingers.
5. Sew the two body parts together.
6. Make a face.

The felt monkey mitten is ready!

If desired, you can make a tail for the toy. To do this, make a pigtail out of woolen threads and place a wire inside. Attach the resulting tail to the craft.