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

For new inspiration and good ideas for your felt needlework, we invite you to this thematic section. Here you can find a lot of workshops on creating original toys, developing homemade books, puppet theaters, and didactic games made of felt.

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Target: making a brooch using felt. Tasks: 1. Introduce the technique of making a flower from felt. 2. Develop creative imagination, aesthetic taste. 3. Cultivate accuracy when working with material and tools. This masterclass is for...

Good day dear colleagues! I bring to your attention the design of the group this spring. Spring mobiles turned out tender and airy. Mobiles in the locker room and in the group. Spring window decoration. For the design of mobiles used various materials. Felt...

Felt crafts. DIY toys and aids - Socialization of children in DIY games. Didactic game from felt "Profession - car mechanic"

Publication "Socialization of children in games made by one's own hands ..." Socialization of children in games made by one's own hands. Profession - car mechanic. Every year the number of vehicles on our roads is growing. Often, not every driver is able to perform maintenance, and even more so repair his car. That is why in the automotive world ...

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Marina Tochisskaya Didactic manual "Butterflies" for young children. Targets and goals. The goal is to develop and consolidate sensory skills in pupils. Tasks: 1) Enrich the sensory experience of children. 2) Learn to examine the object, highlighting the shape, color. 3) Exercise in the ability ...

Circle "Magic crafts from felt" Relevance of the problem The art of making toys is one of the oldest types of folk art. The oldest toys found on the territory of our country date back to the 2nd millennium BC. These are miniature hunting tools, household items, dishes, rattles....

Speech is a gift of nature that is given to everyone from birth. A child needs communication from birth. And we, adults, must make every effort so that the baby learns to speak. And not just to speak, but to make the child’s speech correct and competent. We usually take...

Felt crafts. Do-it-yourself toys and manuals - Lesson in the "Workshop of Miracles" circle. Felt brooch

Accessories help to add originality to the outfit. The more spectacular the decoration, the more attention is attracted by its owner. Felt brooches have a special charm, especially if they are handmade and finished with beads or a zipper. Also, creating this...

"Tic-tac-toe" "Owl" Natalya Kaneeva Didactic game made of felt "Tic-tac-toe" One of the most popular children's games is "tic-tac-toe". It is probably difficult to find such a person in the whole world who has never played this game. Researchers are confident that...

Felt is a kind of felt, made by felting animal hair. DIY felt crafts are soft and pleasant to the touch.

A variety of original jewelry, key chains, bags, applications for clothes, decor elements, toys and much more are made from this material.

How to choose felt for crafts

Why is felt so fond of craftswomen of all ages? There are a number of reasons for this:

• the material is easy to process, it can be sewn and glued;
• cut edges do not crumble;
• no front and back side;
• keeps the shape
• manufacturers produce material of different densities;
• presented a wide range of colors.

Important! Felt is produced with a thickness of 1 to 5 mm in sheets and rolls.

Small details, applications are cut out of thin material, thick felt is used for the base.

Material types:

1. Woolen. Used for jewelry. Has a high cost. Dense, but loose, may shrink when washed. Thickness 2.5-5 mm.
2. Semi-woolen. Contains at least 50% wool fibers. Suitable for making dolls, because. easily takes shape, plastic, has a rich color palette.
3. Viscose. Soft, well passes air and absorbs moisture, it is used for a clothes decor.
4. Synthetic (polyester, acrylic). Acrylic felt is quite hard, quickly loses its original appearance. It costs cheap. Craft made of polyester keeps the given shape, does not shed. It is a good material for making children's toys. Its low cost attracts. Produced with a thickness of 1-4 mm.
5. Simulated. It can be shaped by wetting. After drying, the product retains its desired shape.

patterns

Important! Before you start making crafts, you need to prepare templates.

They can be downloaded on the Internet, copied from a book or created independently.

If a multi-color craft is planned, then life-size schemes must be made in duplicate: one is cut into elements, the other remains intact until the end of the work.

What do you need to work

So that the matter does not stop at the most interesting place, it is necessary to prepare tools and materials:

• felt;
• depending on whether the product will be glued or stitched, you need threads (preferably floss) or glue (Moment-crystal);
• pencil or disappearing marker;
• scissors (large and small, as well as curly ones are useful);
• decorative elements.

If the product will be stitched, then you will need needles of different thicknesses. A glue gun is useful for gluing. Holofiber or synthetic winterizer will be needed for stuffing a bulk product.

Felt decorations for children and adults

The most popular accessories are flowers. It can be hair ornaments, 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 details are cut out, which are sewn or glued together, decorating with decor. The decoration is sewn to clothes, fastened to an elastic band, headband or hairpin.

Flowers can become an independent gift for March 8 or Birthday. In this case, the base is decorated with embroidery or buttons, sewn on in layers of different tones of felt, then fixed on a stick-stand and collected in a bouquet.

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

Brooches, which are a small embroidered picture, look like real works of art. Such hand-made will be a good gift for adults.

Bracelets are made from simulated felt.

Accessories

Now it is fashionable to put mobile phones in handmade felt cases. This is a fairly simple craft that requires minimal skills.

Progress:

1. Pattern. 2 parts are made according to the size of the phone, an allowance for the thickness of the phone is added in double size. If there is a valve on the cover, then it is necessary to cut it out in 2 parts.
2. The front side is decorated. It can be a thermal picture or rhinestones, embroidery, felt and fabric appliqué. Even sewn multi-colored buttons will make the cover unusual.
3. On the wrong side, you can sew a pocket for credit cards or a travel card.
4. If the cover is with a valve, then first a valve is sewn on the wrong side, a magnetic button is put on it, and the second part of the button is installed on the front part. It is important to accurately calculate the connection point of the magnetic fastener.
5. Sew both parts on a typewriter or by hand.

Felt keychain looks good on a backpack or youth bag. Figurines of raccoons, chanterelles, hares, cats, owls, as well as fantasy freaks, donuts and ice cream are popular. For work you will need:

• threads;
• stuffing material;
• keychain ring;
• braid.

All the details of the selected figure are cut out, sewn with a looped seam. A filler is placed inside the craft, a loop is made from the braid into which the ring is fixed.

You can make many original home accessories from felt:

• hot stand;
• cup cover to keep warm;
• basket for needlework;
• newspaper case;
• pencil case, etc.

Baby toys

You can make great educational toys from felt, such as:

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

Theater on a finger

To do this, you need a dense felt for the base and soft felt for making figures. As a first step, you need to decide which fairy tales can be played in the theater. Usually they choose 1-2, among them "Turnip", "Gingerbread Man", "Three Little Pigs", "Mitten".

For example, for the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs" you will need:

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

Patterns of little animals can be drawn independently or taken ready-made, the main thing is to observe 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 on. The pattern is transferred to felt, 2 parts are cut out, a muzzle is drawn or embroidered on the front side. Then the edges of the parts are sewn, while sewing the tail and ears.

The scheme of the house is first drawn on paper, correlating the dimensions with the figures of the characters. Then they transfer the template to the felt, cut it out, add interesting details (straw, brick, stove, door or window). An apple tree is made in the same way.

Book

For children from one year old, an educational book is suitable. 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 prompted by the imagination of the parents and the manifest interests of the child. It can be the sea with its inhabitants, seasons, plants and animals, large and small geometric shapes, alphabet, counting, etc.

The base is made of hard felt, on which the fastening elements are sewn (the reverse side of the adhesive tape, buttons, loops, laces with strung beads). Removable parts on the reverse side are provided with Velcro or another element that will help the child fix the figure in the book.

goodies

Food crafts are also popular with kids. After all, such products look realistic and tasty, it is interesting to play with them, and they can also be used as a keychain.

To make felt ice cream, you will need:

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

Step by step work:

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

This job is easy for beginners.

From felt you can make pizza, burger, vegetables, fruits, cake.

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

You can also collect fascinating options for "tic-tac-toe".

New Year crafts

Felt makes wonderful Christmas toys. Both adults and children can make them. You can decorate an apartment with felt toys, decorate a Christmas tree, add them to a gift.

New Year's simple crafts:

1. Mitten.
2. Sock for gifts.
3. Snowman.
4. Snowflake.
5. Snow covered house.

From several of these figures, you can assemble a garland, alternating toys with flags or bows. The toys packed in a box will be a wonderful gift.

volume ball

1. 8-10 identical circles are cut out of felt of the same color.
2. Bend in half.
3. 2 circles are sewn along the central fold, the rest are added according to the same principle.
4. Attach a ribbon on top.

Herringbone

The easiest option is to cut out squares of different sizes from green or white felt and string them on a thread, decorating the loop on top with a bead.

You can cut out the details of the Christmas tree according to the template and sew them - this will turn out a Christmas tree toy, pendant or decor for a gift. The main thing is not to forget to dress up the Christmas tree with curly braid, beads or beads.

A wonderful accessory for the New Year is a “skirt” under the Christmas tree, which will protect the floor and carpet from resin drops. A “skirt” can be sewn from cotton fabric, reinforced with non-woven fabric or a thin padding polyester, but appliqués are best made from felt.

Felt is a wonderful material. Working with him calms and brings the joy of creativity. Even without sewing skills, you can make a wonderful craft with your own hands.

Various bright or delicate buds of pastel colors can decorate the clothes and hairstyles of our daughters. You can also decorate photo frames with growing suns.

• Felt animals

Which animal is your baby's favorite? Or maybe you want to introduce him to the diversity of fauna for the first time?
Then you can sew on a lot of small representatives, which the baby will touch with handles.

And here are the schemes of some pretty girls : eagle owl, hippo, panda, cat, giraffe. These images will always be loved.


If the child is older, crafts in the form of animals will help to learn counting or the alphabet.
But larger toys (which fit in the palm of your hand) will be interesting.
But an interesting option is a travel pillow.


For 6 - 7 year old girls, you can offer patterns made on their own or in ready-made sets.
We used to sew toys from fabric at labor lessons. It didn't always work out neatly.
And felt has a number of advantages:

• Easy to process material.
• Does not crumble.
• Has a wide range of colors.
• The density of the material is different.

In some cases, when making a toy, you don’t even need to sew 2 parts together. It will be enough to use one of the thick sheet of this dense fabric. For example, in the manufacture of aircraft. My little son loves flying technology. Strives sometimes to go to bed with her. And with a felt soft toy it will be quite safe.

• Felt baby books

An educational book for your baby, what could be better?
For crumbs, it is enough to use 2-4 turns.
In addition to the basic material, a lot of imagination and desire to develop the child will be required.
Anything can be a subject for a book. : seasons, flora or fauna, colors, and maybe a Russian fairy tale.
A friend made a mini-theater for the kids. It turned out quite a small, but interesting, in my opinion, book "three bears".

• Applications

Most often, this type of product will be multi-layered with cutouts. One color should be visible from under the other.
Felt applications can be used in different ways:
1. As an independent subject
The child plays with a flat representative made of thick felt.
Letters can become such a great toy for learning. If Velcro is sewn on the reverse side, you can use the set on a textile plane.


An application of circles with numbers will be a good helper in getting to know the world of mathematics.


Next to the numbers, you can stick bright elements according to the serial number. Let the child not only see the image, but also be able to count the flowers, circles.
And berries, fruits and vegetables are interesting to use for board games.
2. The element is attached to the product: clothes, accessories, pillows, New Year's bags.
I decided to decorate the knitted suit of my youngest son.
Boys love technology. Here's what happened.

• Felt pillows

We have a lot of small decorative pillows in our house. For the nursery, too, there may be their own “thoughts”. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to adhere to the standard form: a rectangle or a square.
Decoration is done both by appliqué and volumetric elements.

• Felt slippers

Soft and warm spatulas look great on a child's leg. They sew quite easily. Although here you can show imagination.

What will we need?

• Felt of various density . For voluminous products and toys, a thin, soft version is suitable. It is easy to sew it together and, if desired, fill it with padding polyester or holofiber balls.
• Threads . We select them in color or contrast. Everything depends on the idea.
• Needles . I recommend having several sharp representatives in the arsenal. Thick felt can be processed faster with a good large needle. But for a soft sheet, a thin little helper is convenient.
• Pencil (sewing chalk, a bar of soap). It will be required for cutting the future product.
• Scissors . It is better to use sharp large specimens.
• Awl . Sometimes it may be necessary to apply a neat little hole.
• glue gun . Although it is not at all necessary if you are just a beginner needleworker.
• Decoration materials : beads, buttons, locks, fasteners, decorative stones, ribbons.

How to make an original craft from felt - a step-by-step master class with a photo

I decided to make a gift for my little friends. I think you will like the developing soft cube. 6 different sides both in color and in plots.

• The felt is thin and thick.
• Filler.
• Needle.
• Threads , you will need different, bright colors.
• Laces.
• Decorative buttons . I liked the machines, I decided to use them. Even a girl will be interested in automotive equipment.
• - fastener.
• Ribbon - Velcro.
• Wool threads.
• Lightning small size.

Necessary materials

Ideas are drawn. We start cutting out the details.
Stage 1
We cut squares. In my case, these are pieces of felt measuring 12 x 12 cm. They will need 6 pieces.

Step 1. Cut the material into squares for the background

Stage 2
We begin to make 1 square: a flower meadow with butterflies.
On a bright green meadow, I decided to make 3 flowers and a butterfly.
All elements on the back side have small Velcro patches. A fluttering beauty can fly from one flower to another.
I had ready-made insects, but it seems to me that it will be more interesting to make them myself. Butterflies are of different shapes. In lilac flowers, purchased blanks were also used (middle layer with small petals).

Step 2. We attach ready-made flowers and butterflies

Stage 3
Fence garden. What is hidden behind the gate? The child will know when he unties the laces. And then you can again thread the ribbon into the holes and hide the secret from prying eyes.
Garden gates. The felt for the gate is taken thick, as they must keep their shape.
The rest of the elements are made of thin fabric:

• I cut the diagram into pieces. I cut out all the elements using stencils.

Step 2-1. Cut out colored pieces

• I'm posting a picture first.

Step 2-2. Laying out the details on the background

• Gradually I sew every detail. I start with the crowns of the trees. I decided to use a two-color thread for edging. I work with overcast seams.

Step 2-3. We sew every detail

• I sew flower buds - buttons.
• I'm working on a fence
• Gates. I cut holes and sheathe each sash. Then I sew to the base.
• I pass the prepared lace into the holes.

Step 2-4. We thread the lace

Step 2-5. laced pattern

Stage 4
Cat with balls. The animal sits surrounded by colored circles. But if we open the corner... we will see a little mouse!
I thought about using buttons on this side. There are several of them for more interest.

• I divide the preliminary sketch on paper into components and transfer it to felt pieces.

Step 4-1. Transferring sketches to fabric

• I sew the mouse to the main plane.
• Then I make a piece of fabric that hides the surprise. I process the overcast seam on 3 sides of the part. The fourth will then be sewn into the edge of the cube.
• I'm sewing on a button. It is necessary to accurately align the location of the fastened parts.

Step 4-2. Accurately measure the distance of all conceived details

• I cut out a large orange ball from a thick piece and leave a tail like a thread. This ball is on a button. Near the green stationary. The lilac circle is also on the button.
• The longest work is the figure of a cat. I attach the whole body to the plane. I pass not only along the perimeter, but also do not forget to highlight the front paws. Contrasting color patches on top: muzzle, collar. The eyes and nose are embroidered with threads.

Step 4-3. We collect the details of the cat

Step 4-4. Sew on buttons

Stage 5
Cars on the road. I decided to use buttons. They can be moved along the string. It is a pity that the manufacturers did not think over the correct position of the legs. Therefore, cars will move up and down.
On the main part of the square I sew two lanes of the roadway. I pull the string with the cars.

Step 5-1. We sew the roadbeds, and we pull the cars on the lace

Good afternoon, dear craftswomen!

Nowadays, toys made of felt are gaining more and more popularity. First, they are very cute. Secondly, felt is a very noble material: felt does not crumble, it is convenient to work with it. Sewing from felt is a pleasure. By the way, you can sew toys from felt as an entertainment with your child. Such crafts made of felt can also be used as brooches, magnets, needle beds, key chains, educational games for children, a pendant - a mobile in a crib.

Felt material

Felt has many advantages:
- felt does not crumble;
- double-sided felt;
- felt has a large palette of colors
- felt is of different density and size;
- felt can not only be sewn on, but also glued

Felt- it doesn’t look like felt, but for the manufacture of felt, more delicate animal hair is usually taken. In other words, felt is a dense compressed woolen mass. Felt is cut into sheets of certain sizes and thicknesses, and felt is also available in rolls.

The craftswoman of Needlework has selected for you a lot of patterns of a toy made of felt, they will help you in creating cute dolls and animals.

If you have never sewed toys from felt, do not despair, you can handle it, as sewing toys from felt is quite easy! You can see this process in our previous tutorial.

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Patterns of toys from felt

Here you can download felt toys for free. Print out a felt toy pattern or draw directly from the monitor screen.

Felt zebra pattern

With this pattern, you can make a felt zebra to create your own home safari.

Patterns of animals from felt

From the following toy patterns you can make a mouse, a bunny, a cat and a dog - the main parts of the patterns are identical, you can make a stylized collection of felt animals from them. This is suitable for a fairy tale or for studying animals. You can also make a pendant in the crib for a baby from animals in the same style from felt.

Pattern girl - princess from felt

And from the next pattern you can make a wonderful girl - a princess.

If you present such a gift to your child, he will be delighted! And for a little princess, you can make a house, a crib, clothes and Velcro felt. You can change her bows, jewelry. A real friend for your daughter! And the pattern of the princess - girls from felt will be lower. Print it using a printer, or redraw it from the monitor screen.

Pattern elephant from felt

You can also make a toy from felt - an elephant. If you make an elephant and a small dog out of felt, you can learn fables with “live artists” with your child. Guess which fable can be learned? That's right, "Elephant and Pug"!

Pattern dog made of felt

Where there is an elephant, there is a pug! Such a cute felt dog can be made with a child, it will be a very pleasant and useful pastime.

Pattern fox from felt

We also bring to your attention a selection of felt chanterelles. Three different, your choice!

Pattern lamb from felt

A wonderful felt lamb will turn out from this pattern! Real cloud!

You can make a whole farm with sheep, cows, dogs with your child!

Pattern hare from felt

Look what a beautiful bunny will turn out from this pattern! I just want to feed him a felt carrot! By the way, you can also find a carrot pattern in this article.

Felt cat pattern

Life is not the same without a cat! Do you agree? therefore, we cut out a pattern from paper and sew ourselves a home friend - a felt cat!

Pattern cow from felt

Such a cute felt cow from this pattern will be cute to graze in the meadow! The color of the cow can be made different, for example, the cow can be white with a black spot.

Pattern vegetables from felt

Make a cute vegetable garden using our felt vegetable pattern. Bulk cabbage, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, eggplant, peppers, pumpkin, beets, potatoes, etc.!

Pattern hedgehog from felt

The hedgehog is a very popular animal for children's crafts. Sew this hedgehog out of felt, cut out leaves, mushrooms and apples from felt and stick it on the thorns of the hedgehog with Velcro. It will turn out a wonderful element of the game with the child!

Pattern Winnie the Pooh bear from felt

Pattern hippopotamus from felt

We suggest you make a cute hippo out of felt, the hippo pattern is below. You can visualize with the child the song “If it’s a long walk along the path, if it’s a long time along the path ...”

Pattern crocodile from felt

Pattern tiger from felt

Red and black felt, and a tiger cub will delight you with its cute face!