When I started website-building in the pre-blog era of 2005, I found an article titled “26 steps to $26k in One Year.” Although by 2020 standards that advice is terribly outdated, in 2005 those 26 steps were my bible and helped me create several thriving e-commerce companies and blogs, and over time informed my…
Most of my tutorials use felt in its natural state, but a few tutorials (like those for lettuce or potato chips) call for the felt to first be treated so it’s a little stiffer. Stiffened felt can hold a 3-D shape needed for more complex felt projects. Four Ways to Stiffen Felt: Quick Overview…
Project: Butternut Squash stuffed felt food toy skill level: beginner Time needed: 60-90 minutes In this tutorial, we will be demonstrating step-by-step how to create a cute and snuggly butternut squash out of felt. This fluffy plush Butternut squash is a fun addition to any play kitchen, and it’s an excellent beginner–level project for…
Kale, Collards, and Spinach are classic kitchen staples that are right at home in a play kitchen felt food set. I like to build play food sets with a huge variety of both “super healthy” food and “junk food.” Play kitchens and felt food aren’t just for kiddos to pass time by playing- play is…
I love that embroidery is growing once again in popularity, rediscovered by modern crafters. Recently, I’ve been experimenting with felt applique as an alternative to filling in large spaces with color in needle-art. I’ve never had the patience to embroider, but by using blocks of felt cut to size I’m able to fill large areas…
Banners and pennants with wool felt word appliques can be a fun project to complete with scraps of materials. In this post I’ll be showing you how I recently created a word banner for a hard-to-shop-for friend. When you aren’t sure what to gift someone, gifting them words is one way to create a…
Part 1. Felt Shredded Cheese Today we’ll be walking you through step by step instructions for creating little bundles of “shredded cheese” as part of our felt taco play set series. In this post, we’ve slowed it down and provide instructions, materials, and links for resources step by step. If you are looking…
In a Hurry? Click Here to Skip to the Video Tutorial Our felt crunchy taco shell tutorial – which uses a variation of this tutorial plus a dimensional sculpting method – is one of our most popular tutorials. Today, I want to show you how to use a very similar method to create…
I first saw this pineapple in Anthropologie for $75. I fell in love with it but not with the price, so I made my own version! Anthropologie’s was $75, mine comes in about $8 using wool felt that’s pretty high-end, so if you use craft-grade felt the supplies will be under $5…
A felt pear was one of the first projects I attempted after I transitioned from recycled plastic eco-felt to wool blend felt. And what a difference! The countless shades available in wool felt made it easy to choose the perfect pear color and the ease of stitching this project had me sold on using…
(scroll to the bottom of this post for part two: bacon and fried eggs!) In a Hurry? Click Here to Skip to the Video Tutorial In today’s post we’ll be talking about how to make a scrambled egg patty out of wool felt. For many of us felt-food-crafters, sunny-side up eggs may have…
Today’s tutorial is a quick walk-through on how to make these adorable chocolate sandwich cookie toys. They are, of course, Oreos, but I wanted to make a fun generic version of the chocolate sandwich cookie rather than a specific brand. Our pattern makes cookies that are just about 25% larger than a standard Oreo…
In a Hurry? Click Here to Skip to the Video Tutorial It’s easy to make your own custom patch or faux scouting badge with felt. There are two ways to make your own patch with felt: a (more expensive) beginner level DIY, and a more technical version for crafters with at least a *bit*…
In this tutorial, we’ll be making a hotdog bun for a little felt hotdog, with a side of toasty felt french fries. Hotdogs and buns are So easy to make, and paired with felt chips or the felt french friy pattern below, they make a cute Summer BBQ meal play food set. Printable Hot…
Nothing makes up a hearty play food meal more than steak and potatoes. In this tutorial I will be showing you how to make a steak dinner. This iconic T-bone steak is made with reddish-brown wool felt and cream edges. Paired with our mini potatoes and a few florets of bright green broccoli, this felt…
This felt salad is one of my favorite felt projects I have made over the years. The multicolored textured greens produce a salad that looks, well, edible! In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to make your own version of this delicious looking green lettuce salad for your child’s (or in…
With the exception of professional artists with dedicated out-of-home studios and hobbyists with the luxury of dedicated studio space, art supplies storage never turns out looking quite as good as the uber-organized craft rooms depicted in magazines. Instead, art supplies tend to spill into common spaces, especially for those of us who paint at the…
