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Felt Pieces:
How to Make Your Own!

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I have fond memories of the felt board and felt pieces that I grew up with and was wanting to buy some flannel board stories recently. I never knew how expensive felt pieces are! Even the set I found on Craigslist was over $100! After doing the iron-on onesie designs, I decided to use the same T-shirt iron-on transfers process to make my own felt pieces!

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Using Felt Pieces
Over 300 Templates

Make Your Own Flannel Board Felt Pieces

The Secret to Cutting Felt Story Pieces

I’m so thankful that I found this tutorial! And now I’m obsessed with making these cute flannel/felt stories for my final project. So don’t be surprised if you see more of these posts!

Supplies:

Felt (You can purchase small pieces at your local craft store. If you plan to make quite a few flannel storyboards, I highly recommend finding a discount fabric store where you can purchase felt by the yard).
Freezer paper -This is the SECRET!! (you can find this at your local grocery store in the foil and plastic food wrap aisle).
Computer & Printer
Marker, pen, pencil (I used markers)
Iron
Ironing board
Scissors
Hot glue gun (optional)

Directions:

When it comes to creating a felt story board, you will want to find a pattern to print out. Unless you are naturally artistic, then you can just draw your artwork directly onto the freezer paper.

I needed to make a birthday cake so I found this coloring page on DLTK’s Coloring page website.

With freezer paper there is a glossy side. That is the side that you will iron onto the felt.

The side with the paper finish is where you want to trace the art. Put your freezer paper on top of the photo that you printed out and trace it with a marker.

Next you will cut out the drawings and iron each piece onto the correct color of felt. I wanted my cake you look like a chocolate cake so I ironed it onto a brown piece of felt.

See….the freezer paper is now temporarily glued onto my felt.

Now you can cut out your shape. And peel the freezer paper off. One very COOL thing I learned is that you can REUSE the freezer paper. So, if you want to make 5 more cakes, then just iron the shape onto another piece of felt. It will stick again!!

Here are all my cake pieces finished. I hot glue gunned the flames to the candles, however it’s not necessary.

And here is the cake put together.

You can even use a Sharpie marker or fabric paint to add some details to your felt piece.

For more felt activities for kids under 5 years
CLICK HERE

DIY Felt Story
Full Color Figures

Here’s the first in the series of tutorials on creating your own story pieces for flannel or magnet boards.

Besides being super fun for your kids, I think these custom flannel board pieces would make an adorable gift for a favorite school or church teacher, children’s librarian, babysitter, etc. Maybe wrapped up with a coordinating book?

To make felt story pieces, you’ll need:

Image(s) you love!!
Color printer
T-shirt transfer paper
Iron
Felt sheet(s)
Scissors

1. Print your image(s) on t-shirt transfer paper. There are a couple of different kinds–I used the one that’s recommended for white or light fabric.

{DIY} Tutorial on creating your own felt story figures for flannel boards, storytelling, and play. Tutorial includes a bonus seahorse printable and activity idea for Mr. Seahorse by Eric Carle.

The transfer paper package will give some tips on printer settings, but one tip that’s really important: if your image has numbers or letters you’ll need to flip (or mirror image) your picture BEFORE you print because when you iron your image onto the felt, it will be opposite of what it looks like on the printed paper.

Check your printer properties–often you can check a box that allows you to print “mirror image.”

2. Iron your fabric or felt to release wrinkles or moisture.

Fun Fact: Our iron gets used more often for craft projects than actually ironing clothes! Am I alone here?!

3. Place the printed iron-on transfer face down on your felt.

Press with a hot iron for about 20 seconds, moving around. (Check the transfer paper’s package for exact temperature settings, as it may depend on the kind you buy and the fabric you use.)

4. Allow to cool completely, then peel off the transfer paper backing in a swift, smooth motion.

Look at the copyright to see what I mean about the mirror image . . .

5. Cut around the images.

6. Stick to a flannel or felt board, and play!

For more felt activities for kids under 5 years
CLICK HERE
Travel Portable Felt Board

If you’re traveling with kids, this travel felt board is a super quick DIY craft that makes a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or in a car. Less than one hour to make and under five dollars…you can’t beat that!

If you're traveling with kids, this travel felt board is a quick DIY craft that makes a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or in a car. It costs less than five dollars, takes less than an hour to make, and will save your sanity when you're on the go with little ones this summer!

It took me less than an hour to make the basic set and it cost less than three dollars!

It’s easy and cheap to make. Making the board and my basic set of shapes to play with took me less than an hour. To make the more detailed sets takes a little more time, but it’s a good activity to do while you watch TV. Cost for my materials was less than $3.00. I bought shoelaces for $3.00, but you only need one per felt board, so that’s only $1.50. Felt is often on sale for 25 cents a sheet, so that’s only 50 cents for the board, and then 25 cents more for each color you need to buy to make your play shapes. Can’t beat that!
It’s super portable. When I’m traveling, I want to pack as little as possible. So, any toys and activities I take have to be small, and they have to be worth the space they take up. This travel board rolls up small and is light-weight so Little Man can carry it in his own backpack.
It’s reversible. Two sides mean two different background colors, which makes it more fun to play with multiple felt sets. I made one side light blue to look like sky. The other side is a darker blue that makes a great ocean.
It has a nifty pocket. Pockets are fun…and practical. Because you only sew three sides of the felt board, the whole thing is one big pocket that you can use to store the felt pieces when you’re not playing with them. I love having an easy way to keep everything together. Plus, it’s easy to slide a book inside the pocket while you play to create a hard surface. I take books when we travel anyway, so it’s not anything extra to pack!

TRAVEL FELT BOARD

MATERIALS:

2 felt sheets (9×12) in the colors of your choice (I did light blue and bright blue)
1 shoelace
sewing machine and thread (If you’re not inclined to sewing, I’m pretty sure you could totally do this with hot glue, but I haven’t actually tried it.)
straight pins
Sharp sewing scissors
felt scraps in assorted colors for making your shapes/play sets
shape templates
pen/pencil
freezer paper & iron (optional…I love This tutorial that explains how you can use freezer paper to make cutting felt easy-peasy.

DIRECTIONS:

Place your two sheets of felt on top of each other. Line them up carefully. Pin (or skip the pinning if you’re lazy like me an able to overcome your perfectionist tendencies in the name of saving time).
Fold your shoelace in half and place between the two sheets of felt
Sew around THREE sides of your felt board, leaving one of the short sides open.
And you’re done with the felt board! Wahoo for simple projects.
To make your felt pieces to play with on the board, simply choose your colors of felt, cut out the downloadable templates below, trace onto the felt (or use the freezer paper method HERE), and cut them out. I like to keep the felt pieces for each set in little baggies and slip them into the pocket before rolling up the board for storage. Voila!

Making felt pieces with patterns or templates

HERE ARE THE DOWNLOADABLE TEMPLATES I MADE FOR MY OWN TRAVEL BOARD, PLUS LINKS TO A COUPLE OTHER FREE TEMPLATES THAT I THINK ARE TOTALLY ADORABLE!

Button 1

Button 2

Toddler Preschooler Kids Children Play Teaching with Felt

Using felt Pieces

Hope often used felt art to tell her dad what she did during the day. I made tons of felt pieces to help her. I took pictures of her favorite people, places and adventures and made matching felt pieces. Seeing something new on a walk in the mountains, whether it was a flower, or a friendly animal- it had to be made into art in some form.

She referred to it as “building” if she made it on the felt board.
For example, she was “building a jungle”…Not sure why!

This may contain: an animal scene made out of felt and paper

"She also used her felt board to creatively find out that her friend with downs syndrome was wanting an outing to get a hamburger. He put the hamburger up and pointed and ran to the door. It was definitely immediately rewarded as it became his first attempt at communicating something that he wanted.
We grabbed her travel felt board and the felt hamburger so he could order on his own at McDonalds. He was so proud."

Creative play can sometimes lead to little miracles in an ordinary day.
It can also create tons of joy in a child’s day.

Conversations while creating an ocean or town park, develop language skills as well as the specialized vocabulary associated with any theme. For example, the preschool life cycle of a frog printable encourages creativity, problem solving, visual discrimination, fine motor development, and so much more! But creative play makes it an experience with amazing observations of the colors and textures in nature.

The best part is that it’s wrapped up in a little package of…PLAY! Your young learner won’t see this as “a learning or language experience,” but an opportunity to have some fun.

For more felt activities for kids under 5 years
CLICK HERE

**Felt for Art and Play**
Creative Play
With Felt
**TO MAKE SPACE-THEMED DIY FUZZY FELT, YOU WILL NEED:**
a canvas or wooden frame (any size you like)
a piece of black felt or flannel large enough to cover your frame or canvas, plus an extra 4cm overlap
an upholstery stapler (and staples!)
felt scraps in assorted colors
dress-makers pins
free printable template of space shapes
embroidery thread in assorted colors (and a needle)
**HOW TO MAKE SPACE-THEMED DIY FUZZY FELT:**
Cover your canvas or wooden frame with the black felt/flannel using your upholstery stapler (I found the tutorial from Brit & Co. helpful for this)
Download the free printable template of space-themed shapes, pin these to your fabric scraps and cut them out carefully
You can use embroidery thread to add details and features (for example I used back stitch for the alien’s mouth and a French knot for his pupils). I also used different color felt pieces for the astronauts’ helmets and the UFO port-holes and sewed those on (however, you could leave them loose and allow them to be positioned too – I only stitched them together as my boys are so young, they tend to lose really small things!
Weston was pleased with his DIY fuzzy felt set and spent a good while playing with it in the garden. He even cut his own removable ‘rocket boosters’ out of yellow felt and added them on. He did tell me the astronauts were too big: “Mummy, they can’t fit inside the rocket!”, so you may want to play around with scales if your kids are anything like mine!
Once you have made the DIY fuzzy felt base board, you can add all kinds of other felt designs (plants, animals, buildings, vehicles for example).
Enjoy your crafting and resulting imaginative play.
**TRAVEL FELT BOARD:**
**“BIRTHDAY WISHES” CUPCAKE PLAY** **(WITH FREE PRINTABLE TEMPLATES)**
Travel felt boards are a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or waiting in a restaurant. This fun birthday travel felt board set is a celebratory addition to the downloadable sets I’ve shared in the past.

Little Man’s birthday is this week. My boy is turning five! There’s nothing like your child reaching new milestones to make a mom feel both proud and old at the same time. I mean, I have officially kept another human being alive for five whole years! That’s worth celebrating.
READ MORE
**FELT CHRISTMAS TREE FOR KIDS (WITH PRINTABLE TEMPLATES)**
Do your toddlers have a hard time leaving your Christmas tree alone? Try giving your kids their very own (unbreakable) felt Christmas tree to decorate over and over again this Christmas season!
My little boys are drawn to the lights on our Christmas tree like moths to a flame. It’s adorable to watch them stare at the twinkling lights, and poke at them gently. The only problem is that the gentle poking often turns into not-so-gentle grabbing of ornaments. Little Man (4) is really good about being careful around the tree, but Little Brother (2) completely ignores our “one finger” touch rule with the tree. Oh well, such is life with a toddler. READ MORE
**HALLOWEEN FELT BOARD: “SILLY JACK-O-LANTERN” PLAY SET (FREE TEMPLATES)**
Travel felt boards are a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or waiting in a restaurant. With this “Silly Jack-o-lantern” Halloween felt board, kids can design their own pumpkin face over and over again!
Fall hit us with a vengeance last week here in Utah. I’m sad to say goodbye to summer, but I’m also excited to get out the pumpkin decor (and pumpkin food) and get busy working on Halloween costumes. I figure if it’s going to get cold, I’m going to be festive about it.
With that mindset, last weekend I made up a new pumpkin-themed play set for our beloved travel felt board. READ MORE
**TRAVEL FELT BOARD: “UNDER THE SEA” PLAY SET (FREE PRINTABLE TEMPLATES)**
Travel felt boards are a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or in a car. This fun “Under the Sea” play set is a summery addition to the original felt board I shared previously. Enjoy!
Last month, I shared with you all a fun DIY project that’s perfect for traveling with kids this summer (or for restaurants, church, and any other time that you need your kiddos to be occupied and quiet). If you have no idea what I’m talking about, read more here…. READ MORE
**TRAVEL FELT BOARD SET: ONE-HOUR TUTORIAL + FREE PRINTABLE TEMPLATES!**
If you’re traveling with kids, this travel felt board is a super quick DIY craft that makes a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or in a car. Less than one hour to make and under five dollars…you can’t beat that!
Summer is going to be here soon, and for lots of families that means VACATIONS! I love to travel. I get a thrill out of seeing new places and experiencing different cultures, even within my own country.
Traveling with two kids under four can be tricky, but it really is doable. With kids three and under, we’ve gone to Vancouver, Disneyland, San Francisco, and Boston. We’ve done thirteen-hour car rides and five-hour plane rides. It takes planning, but traveling with little kids can be a lot of fun…. READ MORE
**Creative Shapes Template (Free Printable!)**
**More cute templates from around the web:**
“Paper” Doll Dress Up from Billy Bear 4 Kids
Pizza Party from Billy Bear 4 Kids
Mr. Potato Head from The Quiet Book Blog
**TODDLER BUSY BAG ACTIVITIES**
See how to make a travel-size busy book. Easy, printable learning activities that you can fit in your purse, backpack, or carry-on. If you can use scissors, you can make a busy book!
Make a felt snowman playset
Make A Felt Pumpkin Jack-o-Lantern Face Play Set
Pretend picnic, Make a felt picnic food play-set
Make a felt pizza playset

**Free Felt Activity Printables and Downloads:**
**Busy Book Bag Instructions**
**Bugs Template**
**Faces Template**
**Faces Template 2**
**Pizza Template**
**First Aid Template**
**Easter Egg Template**
**Lunch Sack Template**
**Ocean Template**
**Serving Pink Lemonade also has some cute ideas you can adapt into these books.**
**I adapted her frosted cookies template:** **found here**
**And her sandwich template:** **found here**
**I also suggest looking around her site. It's full of cute ideas.**
SIMPLE DIY FELT BOARDS
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**THE IMAGINARY WORLD WITH FELT**
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**14 DIY Felt FUN Board Favorites**

**14. How to Make a Large Felt Board.**
@busybudgetingmama
This is such a clever felt board to make for the busy Toddler. Use this post as inspiration to create a similar board for your little boy or girl! {snicker} Find the tutorial here.
13. How to Make Your Own Felt/Flannel Board
[free printables].
**Aquatic Fantasy**
Easy instructions (with photos) on how to make your own flannel/felt board (plus a set of free alphabet and number printables to use with it!) See the instructionshere.
**12. DIY Kandinsky Circle Felt Board.**
**@hellowonderful**
This easy felt board will keep children busy for hours. You can make this board out of felt scraps plus, since it’s so inexpensive to make, you can make more than one themed board to keep toddlers busy and happy. Find the instructions **here**.
**11. Make Your Own Weather Feltboard.**
**@abbyglassenbergdesign**
One of the fun concepts kids need to learn is about the weather! This board makes teaching and learning this concept easy and fun! Find the tutorial **here**.
**10. DIY Mr. Potato Head Felt Board**
**@palmettosandpigtails**
This adorable Mr. Potato Head felt board was made for a Toy Story themed birthday party game similar to pin the tail on the donkey, but I think it would make a great boredom buster activity. What kid doesn’t love making silly Mr. Potato Head faces?! Make one with **this tutorial.**
**DIY Pieces**
**9. The Mixed Up Chameleon Felt Set [free patterns].**
**@buggyandbuddy**
Based on the Eric Carle book, The Mixed Up Chameleon, Chelsea has generously shared her free printable templates so that you can make your own pieces. It’s a fun project for story retelling. See **here** for detailed instructions.
8. **Felt People and Clothing Templates.**
FREE Felt Doll PDF Pattern Download
Printing Instructions
Once you download the PDF pattern, be sure to print it with settings set to “fill the whole page”. The download is 8.5 x11 inches with margins for printing already built into the download. Print the image at 100%. The bar at the bottom of the pattern is for scale. When printed properly it should be one inch long. Printing to scale assures congruency among patterns. So the doll, clothing, and accessories all fit together properly.
**Don’t forget** **doll clothes** **and** **pajamas**!
**Complete the family with my** **felt doll child** **pattern & tutorial**
7. Make Your Own Felt Letters.
Any mom can tell you that the traditional number and letter card stock flashcards for kids last about 2 days before they are torn and dirty. But these felt letters will hold up to a lot more kid interaction and are also a lot cuter. Find the step by step tutorial **here**.
**6. How to Make Felt Mix and Match Monsters.**
**@andnextcomesL**
Caution: Monster Crossing! Make way for the most adorable felt monsters. Kids will have fun creating their own silly or sad faced monster. It’s a great activity for learning emotions. Find the tutorials **here**.
Boards for Toddlers
5. DIY Felt Veggie Garden.
Using bowls as your templates you can trace and cut out an entire veggie garden.
Templates Directions  Video
**4. Travel Felt Board: Under the Sea Play Set**
**@themanylittlejoys**
This under the sea play set is a fun way to keep kids occupied on long trips or even during church. It rolls up so it travels easy and doesn’t take up a lot of room. Find the tutorial and free templates **here**.
**3. Snowman Felt Board.**
**@CraftsbyAmanda**
Do you want to build a snowman? Your child will have fun dressing their very own snowman. Find the tutorial and printable templates **here**.
**Easy Stories to Make**
**2. DIY Felt Story Board.**
**@mrsplemonskindergarten**
Jessica not only shows you her darling felt board for story retelling, but gives you links to the free printable templates! Everything you need to make 5 different children’s classic story felt pieces. Find the step by step tutorial **here**.
**1. Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Board.**
**@imagineourlife**
What mommy doesn’t need a way to keep her toddler happy, quiet and entertained from time to time! This Very Hungry Caterpillar felt board is a great idea for an educational way to achieve those three things! See details **here**.
For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE
Flower Petal Patterns
Busy Bag
Spring means flowers will be blooming! We made this EASY flower petal pattern busy bag with something you might not expect...a paper towel! Busy moms need easy and quick learning and play activities for kids and this one was super quick to throw together. We loved to add a bit of learning to the busy bag activity so these petals follow a color pattern matching task right on the paper towel!
Flower Petal
Busy Bag
Busy bags keep hands and minds busy while Mom cleans up other messes. This one is so easy to throw together and that you might want to make a few versions. I've warned you! Here's the low-down:
Grab a paper towel. Refrain yourself from wiping spills on the counter, dust, or kid boogers. Instead, get crafty with some markers.
I drew flowers with petals that had patterns and colors. Cut felt petals to match (mostly) in size.
Start building the busy puzzle! Kids can do this busy bag activity on their own while you grab more paper towels and start drawing more fun pictures.
Matching colors and patterns is fun with this busy bag activity.
The felt will stick to the paper towels...for the most part. The felt pieces won't stay put if the paper towel is whipped around the room (ask my Little Guy how we know this...) but it will stay in place so that pictures can be built. It's an easy and frugal way to create pattern, counting, and color learning busy activities!

**Glitter Glue Creatures**
**WHAT YOU’LL NEED:**

**Felt Shapes**
**Glitter Glue**
**Googly Eyes**
**Craft Glue**
**Metal Hole Punch**
**String or Fishing Line (for hanging)**
**1. Punch a hole at the top of the shape where you want to hang it from.**

**2. Add glitter glue and smear around to mix the colors.**
**3. Once you are finished with the one side, let dry overnight (and wash those glittery hands).**
4. **Repeat on the other side and let dry.**
**5. Add Google eyes with the craft glue.**
**6. Use the string or fishing line to hang up.**
If you are hanging the felt creatures on a wall, only one side needs to be glitter glued. We have always done both sides though as it gives my daughter more opportunity to play and create. If anyone has any other fun glitter glue craft projects for kids, let me know in the comments. I have an energetic little girl who would love to try it out!!
**Make Felt Animals with These Free Felt Patterns**
**Make Felt Animals with These Free Felt Patterns**
If you love crafting and working with felt, you're in luck! Find a wide selection of free animal felt patterns in this round-up post, which can help you create adorable felt animals. The options are endless, from elephants to birds, penguins to pandas, and even ocean animals. Felt animals can be great for various purposes, such as home decorations, baby mobiles, or even fun toys for kids. Choose your favorite felt animal pattern and sew some cute felt animals!
**Felt Elephant Free Pattern**
With this easyfelt elephant sewing pattern, you can create your little felt elephants in no time! Whether you want to make a cute elephant for yourself or create a handmade gift for someone special, this felt elephant pattern will surely bring joy and happiness.
**Flora - The Felt Bird Free Pattern**
This cute littlefelt bird pattern fromShiny Happy World is such a delight to sew. You practice three embroidery stitches: backstitch, lazy daisy, and French knot. It's an easy sewing project with embroidery details.
**DIY Felt Shark with Free Pattern**
I really like the simplicity of thisDIY felt shark. It comes with a free printable pattern and beautiful photos. Follow the easy sewing tutorial and make your Shane (that's what the shark is called).
**Monkey Felt Animal Felt Pattern**
Sew thisadorable monkey felt animal with the free felt pattern. Follow the animal tutorial, learn several embroidery stitches, and sew the cute monkey felt animal.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Little Dear
Image: Shiny Happy World
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
**5. Fuzzy the Felt Mouse Free Pattern**
Thissimple mouse felt pattern inspired by a drawing is an easy free pattern even for kids to sew. You can use this free sewing pattern for mouse softie tohand sew with your kid and teach them hand sewing basics.
**6. Free Felt Peace Dove Pattern**
I find thisfelt peace dove pattern so beautiful. It's sewn using the running stitch, so it should be easy to make.
**7. Little Felt Panda**
Sew this simplelittle felt panda pattern following the instructions from Sew a Softie. It is easy enough to sew with your kids. My son would love this felt panda softie.
**8. Little Felt Bunny DIY with Free Pattern**
Thislittle bunny free pattern is a cute tiny felt animal. You can sew your felt bunny for Easter but also as a woodland critter addition.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Sew a Softie
Image: Bella Dia
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
**9. Free Unicorn Softie Pattern**
Unfortunately, Felt with Love Designs is no longer in business; therefore, this pattern is not active. Will try to find a new one to replace it. Find a lovely free sewing pattern for a white unicorn felt toy. You'll need to use blanket stitch and backstitch for this cutie.
**10. DIY Koala Plushie Felt Craft**
This cutekoala plushie animal pattern is a fun felt sewing project. I think that it's going to be a really nice pocket critter.
**11. Felt Animal DIY Flower Kitty**
What a lovely project presented at Benzie Design! Thisfree flower kitty pattern is so cute with its dress and flowers. I like the idea of using cotton pipe cleaners to move the arms and legs into a position.
**12. Simple Penguin Softie with a Free Pattern**
If you're looking for a simple sewing pattern, then this tutorial, including a YouTube video for theeasy little penguin softie, is right for you. You can sew this pattern with your kids so that they learn how to sew their little felt friend.
Image: Felt with Love Designs
Image: Benzie Design
Image: Frugal Mom Eh!
Image: Sew a Softie
**13. DIY Unicorn Felt Toy**
One of my free felt animal templates is afelt unicorn softie pattern that you can make. My daughter made them with friends, and they were all very happy with their cute DIY felt unicorn.
**14. DIY Felt Beluga Whale with Free Pattern**
If you like whales, you'll love this cute,dreamy felt beluga whale free pattern. This pattern is a part of a larger bundle of arctic felt animals that you can buy. Definitely check it out!
**15. Felt Bunny Tutorial**
Thisfelt bunny pattern is so cute, ready to jump in puddles with his rain boots and umbrella. If you want to learn how to give movement to your DIY felt animals, definitely check this pattern out.
**16. Mouse Felt Toy with Free Pattern**
It’s an easy hand-sewing project that you can complete using thefree Miss Felt Designs mouse pattern. I hope you enjoy this super quick and easy tutorial.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Benzie Design
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
Image: Miss Felt Designs
**17. Free Animal Pattern for Mini Penguin Softie**
Unfortunately, Felt with Love Designs is no longer in business; therefore, this pattern is not active. Will try to find a new one to replace it. Felt with Love Designs shares a free stuffed animal pattern for felt penguins. These felt penguins can also be used as felt ornaments.
**18. Free Dala Horse Animal Pattern**
Benzie Designs shares afree pattern for dala horse animal. Dala horses are a symbol of Sweden and originated as brightly painted wooden horses.
**19. Llama DIY Felt Animal Pattern**
You can make thiseasy and fast llama felt ornament in white color. It's a cute gift for anybody who likes llamas. It’s a simple animal pattern that doesn’t require much sewing.
**20. DIY Bird Free Felt Animal Pattern**
I like this simple to sewDIY bird ornament that can look so lovely as a decoration. Find beauty in the simplicity of this bird free pattern.
Image: Felt with Love Designs
Image: Wild Olive
Image: Benzie Design
Image: Sew a Softie
**21. Free Felt Animal Pattern for Cute Turtles**
Adorable little felt turtles that you can sew using the free pattern. This is a really easy felt sewing project. You use basic embroidery stitches to hand sew this turtle.
**22. Felt Ocean Animals Free Pattern**
This is an easy beginner sewing project where you sew adorablefelt ocean animals. Free printable felt animal ocean template included in the post. You can sew stuffed toy felt fish, felt whales and felt starfish. The pattern uses a basic running stitch and backstitch.
**23. Free Axolotl Sewing Pattern**
Using this free template, you can make theaxolotl felt animal. The tutorial explains how to sew the axolotl on the sewing machine; however, sewing by hand is also possible.
**24. Stuffed Felt Alpaca**
I'm amazed by this pattern! You'll learn so much sewing thisfelt alpaca toy pattern. This felt animal is three-dimensional and comes with a pom-pom halter and colorful felt blanket. Alpaca is an animal from Latin America similar to a llama.
Image: Kata Golda
Image: Plant the Tulips
Image: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
Image: Benzie Design
**25. Felt Seahorse Tutorial With Template**
You can make this lovely plush animal toy with thefelt seahorse tutorial and free template. What a cute felt sea animal pattern!
**26. Woodland Animal Finger Puppets with Free Template**
My finger puppet woodland animal set pattern is a simple felt pattern for anyone who would like to try making finger puppets. You could also fill them with stuffing and make little ornaments.
**27. How to Make Felt Dinosaur with Free Pattern**
Learn how to make this felt stuffed dinosaur with the free pattern and video tutorial from Miss Felt Designs.
**28. Free Felt Chicken Pattern**
You can sew thelittle chickens with free patterns fromShiny Happy World. What a lovely craft to make for Easter! These little hens are so simple to make.
**29. Cute Felt Lion with Free Pattern**
This easy sewing pattern provides all the instructions and free templates needed to create your very own felt lion. The felt lion pattern can be used to make a cute plushie or an ornament, perfect for decorating your home or gifting to a loved one.
Image: Easy Peasy and Fun
Image: Miss Felt Designs
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Shiny Happy World
**More DIY Free Felt Animal Patterns**
Find 15 more lovely DIY free felt animal patterns. I really like the tiny cat pattern and the animal patterns from Downeast Thunder Farm. If you want to sew some Thanksgiving craft, don't miss the felt turkey pattern. And definitely check out the Felt Bunny Doll Pattern; it's so adorable.
**30. Free Felt Turkey Pattern**
The free turkey felt sewing pattern is a lovely Thanksgiving craft. The tutorial gives explanations and photos. I like the way Delilah uses the pins to help while sewing.
**31. Felt Bee Free Template**
You can sew the felt bee plushie after downloading thefree felt bee PDF pattern. It's such a cute felt animal craft.
**32. Felt Pocket Sloth**
Find the tutorial for alittle felt pocket sloth. To download the template, you need to download the image. The original website, where the pattern was made, no longer exists.
**33. Felt Bunny Doll Free Pattern**
Create the adorable bunny felt doll with theprintable PDF bunny doll free pattern. The free printable sewing pattern includes the template and instructions to make a 12-inch bunny with a dress.
**34. Felt Mini Teddy Bears**
The next free felt animal pattern is thefamily of felt teddy bears that come in two sizes. It's an easy bear project to make simple toys.
**35. Felt Racoon with Free Pattern**
Download the free printable pattern, follow the video, and make the woodland felt raccoon animal.
**36. Felt Reindeer Animal Pattern**
Find acute little reindeer felt pattern with YouTube video instructions. This free pattern can also be used as a Christmas ornament.
**37. Free Tiny Cat Felt Pattern**
Atiny cat with a free sewing pattern is a cute, tiny felt friend you can make. It's a quick and simple sewing project. You kids will love carrying around this tiny felt stuffed animal.
**38. How to Make a Felt Ladybug**
Thisfelt ladybug free pattern is part of the ABC felt animal series. These are easy no-sew felt animal patterns that you can make for your kids. They can be used as a homeschooling learning tool.
**39. Free Felt Animal Ornaments: Deer, Polar Bear, and Penguin Felt Animals**
Cutesy Crafts shares three little felt animal ornaments for a deer, polar bear, and penguin. These are really cute felt animal patterns.
**40. - 45. Felt Stuffed Animal Patterns from Downeast Thunder Farm**
Susan shares many free felt animal patterns for insects, birds, critters, and sea life. Definitely visit her website for real-looking felt animals. Here are some of the free patterns I liked:
**The Humble Hairy Woodpecker Pattern**
**The Delightful Spotted Owl – Free Pattern**
**The Winsome Wood Duck with Free Template**
**The Great American Bison** **- Free Animal Pattern**
**The Wondrous Sperm Whale**
**The Gentle Gray Whale Free Pattern**
**The Beautiful Buckeye Butterfly**
Summary of Free Felt Animal Patterns
If you are a fan of felt crafts and love animals, then you will definitely enjoy creating your own felt animals with these free patterns from this round-up post. I collected and reviewed 45 free felt animal patterns for you to download and use. These patterns enable you to create adorable and cuddly stuffed animals using felt. Whether you are interested in making a tiny felt friend or a whole collection of felt woodland creatures, there is a sewing pattern out here for you. Sewing felt animals is a fun and enjoyable hobby that allows you to unleash your creativity and love for animals. Not only are these felt animals super cute, but they are also easy to sew, making them a perfect project for beginners and experienced crafters alike. So enjoy this felt animal collection, I selected for you.
If you want more inspiration for your felt crafting, head over to myPinterest board Free Felt Patterns
Be sure to visit more on this website. For free felt patterns, visit her Freebies page.
**If you are searching for more free felt patterns, explore:**
**50 easy and fun free felt patterns**,
**35 free felt finger puppet patterns**,
**28 free felt ornament patterns**

.For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE

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Spring Themed Felt Board — **Felt for Art and Play**
Creative Play
With Felt
**TO MAKE SPACE-THEMED DIY FUZZY FELT, YOU WILL NEED:**
a canvas or wooden frame (any size you like)
a piece of black felt or flannel large enough to cover your frame or canvas, plus an extra 4cm overlap
an upholstery stapler (and staples!)
felt scraps in assorted colors
dress-makers pins
free printable template of space shapes
embroidery thread in assorted colors (and a needle)
**HOW TO MAKE SPACE-THEMED DIY FUZZY FELT:**
Cover your canvas or wooden frame with the black felt/flannel using your upholstery stapler (I found the tutorial from Brit & Co. helpful for this)
Download the free printable template of space-themed shapes, pin these to your fabric scraps and cut them out carefully
You can use embroidery thread to add details and features (for example I used back stitch for the alien’s mouth and a French knot for his pupils). I also used different color felt pieces for the astronauts’ helmets and the UFO port-holes and sewed those on (however, you could leave them loose and allow them to be positioned too – I only stitched them together as my boys are so young, they tend to lose really small things!
Weston was pleased with his DIY fuzzy felt set and spent a good while playing with it in the garden. He even cut his own removable ‘rocket boosters’ out of yellow felt and added them on. He did tell me the astronauts were too big: “Mummy, they can’t fit inside the rocket!”, so you may want to play around with scales if your kids are anything like mine!
Once you have made the DIY fuzzy felt base board, you can add all kinds of other felt designs (plants, animals, buildings, vehicles for example).
Enjoy your crafting and resulting imaginative play.
**TRAVEL FELT BOARD:**
**“BIRTHDAY WISHES” CUPCAKE PLAY** **(WITH FREE PRINTABLE TEMPLATES)**
Travel felt boards are a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or waiting in a restaurant. This fun birthday travel felt board set is a celebratory addition to the downloadable sets I’ve shared in the past.

Little Man’s birthday is this week. My boy is turning five! There’s nothing like your child reaching new milestones to make a mom feel both proud and old at the same time. I mean, I have officially kept another human being alive for five whole years! That’s worth celebrating.
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**FELT CHRISTMAS TREE FOR KIDS (WITH PRINTABLE TEMPLATES)**
Do your toddlers have a hard time leaving your Christmas tree alone? Try giving your kids their very own (unbreakable) felt Christmas tree to decorate over and over again this Christmas season!
My little boys are drawn to the lights on our Christmas tree like moths to a flame. It’s adorable to watch them stare at the twinkling lights, and poke at them gently. The only problem is that the gentle poking often turns into not-so-gentle grabbing of ornaments. Little Man (4) is really good about being careful around the tree, but Little Brother (2) completely ignores our “one finger” touch rule with the tree. Oh well, such is life with a toddler. READ MORE
**HALLOWEEN FELT BOARD: “SILLY JACK-O-LANTERN” PLAY SET (FREE TEMPLATES)**
Travel felt boards are a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or waiting in a restaurant. With this “Silly Jack-o-lantern” Halloween felt board, kids can design their own pumpkin face over and over again!
Fall hit us with a vengeance last week here in Utah. I’m sad to say goodbye to summer, but I’m also excited to get out the pumpkin decor (and pumpkin food) and get busy working on Halloween costumes. I figure if it’s going to get cold, I’m going to be festive about it.
With that mindset, last weekend I made up a new pumpkin-themed play set for our beloved travel felt board. READ MORE
**TRAVEL FELT BOARD: “UNDER THE SEA” PLAY SET (FREE PRINTABLE TEMPLATES)**
Travel felt boards are a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or in a car. This fun “Under the Sea” play set is a summery addition to the original felt board I shared previously. Enjoy!
Last month, I shared with you all a fun DIY project that’s perfect for traveling with kids this summer (or for restaurants, church, and any other time that you need your kiddos to be occupied and quiet). If you have no idea what I’m talking about, read more here…. READ MORE
**TRAVEL FELT BOARD SET: ONE-HOUR TUTORIAL + FREE PRINTABLE TEMPLATES!**
If you’re traveling with kids, this travel felt board is a super quick DIY craft that makes a great activity for kids stuck on a plane or in a car. Less than one hour to make and under five dollars…you can’t beat that!
Summer is going to be here soon, and for lots of families that means VACATIONS! I love to travel. I get a thrill out of seeing new places and experiencing different cultures, even within my own country.
Traveling with two kids under four can be tricky, but it really is doable. With kids three and under, we’ve gone to Vancouver, Disneyland, San Francisco, and Boston. We’ve done thirteen-hour car rides and five-hour plane rides. It takes planning, but traveling with little kids can be a lot of fun…. READ MORE
**Creative Shapes Template (Free Printable!)**
**More cute templates from around the web:**
“Paper” Doll Dress Up from Billy Bear 4 Kids
Pizza Party from Billy Bear 4 Kids
Mr. Potato Head from The Quiet Book Blog
**TODDLER BUSY BAG ACTIVITIES**
See how to make a travel-size busy book. Easy, printable learning activities that you can fit in your purse, backpack, or carry-on. If you can use scissors, you can make a busy book!
Make a felt snowman playset
Make A Felt Pumpkin Jack-o-Lantern Face Play Set
Pretend picnic, Make a felt picnic food play-set
Make a felt pizza playset

**Free Felt Activity Printables and Downloads:**
**Busy Book Bag Instructions**
**Bugs Template**
**Faces Template**
**Faces Template 2**
**Pizza Template**
**First Aid Template**
**Easter Egg Template**
**Lunch Sack Template**
**Ocean Template**
**Serving Pink Lemonade also has some cute ideas you can adapt into these books.**
**I adapted her frosted cookies template:** **found here**
**And her sandwich template:** **found here**
**I also suggest looking around her site. It's full of cute ideas.**
SIMPLE DIY FELT BOARDS
Playing with felt encourages many great learning experiences as it is a sensory toy that involves touching, feeling and manipulating. It promotes creative play, the … Read More »
EASTER FELT ACTIVITIES
Felt is a wonderful sensory hands-on learning toy as it is a fun and creative way for exploring early concepts. We have been playing with … Read More »
**THE IMAGINARY WORLD WITH FELT**
I am a big fan of felt! I love that it is a sensory toy, brightly colored, hands on playing, creative and great for … Read More »

**14 DIY Felt FUN Board Favorites**

**14. How to Make a Large Felt Board.**
@busybudgetingmama
This is such a clever felt board to make for the busy Toddler. Use this post as inspiration to create a similar board for your little boy or girl! {snicker} Find the tutorial here.
13. How to Make Your Own Felt/Flannel Board
[free printables].
**Aquatic Fantasy**
Easy instructions (with photos) on how to make your own flannel/felt board (plus a set of free alphabet and number printables to use with it!) See the instructionshere.
**12. DIY Kandinsky Circle Felt Board.**
**@hellowonderful**
This easy felt board will keep children busy for hours. You can make this board out of felt scraps plus, since it’s so inexpensive to make, you can make more than one themed board to keep toddlers busy and happy. Find the instructions **here**.
**11. Make Your Own Weather Feltboard.**
**@abbyglassenbergdesign**
One of the fun concepts kids need to learn is about the weather! This board makes teaching and learning this concept easy and fun! Find the tutorial **here**.
**10. DIY Mr. Potato Head Felt Board**
**@palmettosandpigtails**
This adorable Mr. Potato Head felt board was made for a Toy Story themed birthday party game similar to pin the tail on the donkey, but I think it would make a great boredom buster activity. What kid doesn’t love making silly Mr. Potato Head faces?! Make one with **this tutorial.**
**DIY Pieces**
**9. The Mixed Up Chameleon Felt Set [free patterns].**
**@buggyandbuddy**
Based on the Eric Carle book, The Mixed Up Chameleon, Chelsea has generously shared her free printable templates so that you can make your own pieces. It’s a fun project for story retelling. See **here** for detailed instructions.
8. **Felt People and Clothing Templates.**
FREE Felt Doll PDF Pattern Download
Printing Instructions
Once you download the PDF pattern, be sure to print it with settings set to “fill the whole page”. The download is 8.5 x11 inches with margins for printing already built into the download. Print the image at 100%. The bar at the bottom of the pattern is for scale. When printed properly it should be one inch long. Printing to scale assures congruency among patterns. So the doll, clothing, and accessories all fit together properly.
**Don’t forget** **doll clothes** **and** **pajamas**!
**Complete the family with my** **felt doll child** **pattern & tutorial**
7. Make Your Own Felt Letters.
Any mom can tell you that the traditional number and letter card stock flashcards for kids last about 2 days before they are torn and dirty. But these felt letters will hold up to a lot more kid interaction and are also a lot cuter. Find the step by step tutorial **here**.
**6. How to Make Felt Mix and Match Monsters.**
**@andnextcomesL**
Caution: Monster Crossing! Make way for the most adorable felt monsters. Kids will have fun creating their own silly or sad faced monster. It’s a great activity for learning emotions. Find the tutorials **here**.
Boards for Toddlers
5. DIY Felt Veggie Garden.
Using bowls as your templates you can trace and cut out an entire veggie garden.
Templates Directions  Video
**4. Travel Felt Board: Under the Sea Play Set**
**@themanylittlejoys**
This under the sea play set is a fun way to keep kids occupied on long trips or even during church. It rolls up so it travels easy and doesn’t take up a lot of room. Find the tutorial and free templates **here**.
**3. Snowman Felt Board.**
**@CraftsbyAmanda**
Do you want to build a snowman? Your child will have fun dressing their very own snowman. Find the tutorial and printable templates **here**.
**Easy Stories to Make**
**2. DIY Felt Story Board.**
**@mrsplemonskindergarten**
Jessica not only shows you her darling felt board for story retelling, but gives you links to the free printable templates! Everything you need to make 5 different children’s classic story felt pieces. Find the step by step tutorial **here**.
**1. Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Board.**
**@imagineourlife**
What mommy doesn’t need a way to keep her toddler happy, quiet and entertained from time to time! This Very Hungry Caterpillar felt board is a great idea for an educational way to achieve those three things! See details **here**.
For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE
Flower Petal Patterns
Busy Bag
Spring means flowers will be blooming! We made this EASY flower petal pattern busy bag with something you might not expect...a paper towel! Busy moms need easy and quick learning and play activities for kids and this one was super quick to throw together. We loved to add a bit of learning to the busy bag activity so these petals follow a color pattern matching task right on the paper towel!
Flower Petal
Busy Bag
Busy bags keep hands and minds busy while Mom cleans up other messes. This one is so easy to throw together and that you might want to make a few versions. I've warned you! Here's the low-down:
Grab a paper towel. Refrain yourself from wiping spills on the counter, dust, or kid boogers. Instead, get crafty with some markers.
I drew flowers with petals that had patterns and colors. Cut felt petals to match (mostly) in size.
Start building the busy puzzle! Kids can do this busy bag activity on their own while you grab more paper towels and start drawing more fun pictures.
Matching colors and patterns is fun with this busy bag activity.
The felt will stick to the paper towels...for the most part. The felt pieces won't stay put if the paper towel is whipped around the room (ask my Little Guy how we know this...) but it will stay in place so that pictures can be built. It's an easy and frugal way to create pattern, counting, and color learning busy activities!

**Glitter Glue Creatures**
**WHAT YOU’LL NEED:**

**Felt Shapes**
**Glitter Glue**
**Googly Eyes**
**Craft Glue**
**Metal Hole Punch**
**String or Fishing Line (for hanging)**
**1. Punch a hole at the top of the shape where you want to hang it from.**

**2. Add glitter glue and smear around to mix the colors.**
**3. Once you are finished with the one side, let dry overnight (and wash those glittery hands).**
4. **Repeat on the other side and let dry.**
**5. Add Google eyes with the craft glue.**
**6. Use the string or fishing line to hang up.**
If you are hanging the felt creatures on a wall, only one side needs to be glitter glued. We have always done both sides though as it gives my daughter more opportunity to play and create. If anyone has any other fun glitter glue craft projects for kids, let me know in the comments. I have an energetic little girl who would love to try it out!!
**Make Felt Animals with These Free Felt Patterns**
**Make Felt Animals with These Free Felt Patterns**
If you love crafting and working with felt, you're in luck! Find a wide selection of free animal felt patterns in this round-up post, which can help you create adorable felt animals. The options are endless, from elephants to birds, penguins to pandas, and even ocean animals. Felt animals can be great for various purposes, such as home decorations, baby mobiles, or even fun toys for kids. Choose your favorite felt animal pattern and sew some cute felt animals!
**Felt Elephant Free Pattern**
With this easyfelt elephant sewing pattern, you can create your little felt elephants in no time! Whether you want to make a cute elephant for yourself or create a handmade gift for someone special, this felt elephant pattern will surely bring joy and happiness.
**Flora - The Felt Bird Free Pattern**
This cute littlefelt bird pattern fromShiny Happy World is such a delight to sew. You practice three embroidery stitches: backstitch, lazy daisy, and French knot. It's an easy sewing project with embroidery details.
**DIY Felt Shark with Free Pattern**
I really like the simplicity of thisDIY felt shark. It comes with a free printable pattern and beautiful photos. Follow the easy sewing tutorial and make your Shane (that's what the shark is called).
**Monkey Felt Animal Felt Pattern**
Sew thisadorable monkey felt animal with the free felt pattern. Follow the animal tutorial, learn several embroidery stitches, and sew the cute monkey felt animal.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Little Dear
Image: Shiny Happy World
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
**5. Fuzzy the Felt Mouse Free Pattern**
Thissimple mouse felt pattern inspired by a drawing is an easy free pattern even for kids to sew. You can use this free sewing pattern for mouse softie tohand sew with your kid and teach them hand sewing basics.
**6. Free Felt Peace Dove Pattern**
I find thisfelt peace dove pattern so beautiful. It's sewn using the running stitch, so it should be easy to make.
**7. Little Felt Panda**
Sew this simplelittle felt panda pattern following the instructions from Sew a Softie. It is easy enough to sew with your kids. My son would love this felt panda softie.
**8. Little Felt Bunny DIY with Free Pattern**
Thislittle bunny free pattern is a cute tiny felt animal. You can sew your felt bunny for Easter but also as a woodland critter addition.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Sew a Softie
Image: Bella Dia
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
**9. Free Unicorn Softie Pattern**
Unfortunately, Felt with Love Designs is no longer in business; therefore, this pattern is not active. Will try to find a new one to replace it. Find a lovely free sewing pattern for a white unicorn felt toy. You'll need to use blanket stitch and backstitch for this cutie.
**10. DIY Koala Plushie Felt Craft**
This cutekoala plushie animal pattern is a fun felt sewing project. I think that it's going to be a really nice pocket critter.
**11. Felt Animal DIY Flower Kitty**
What a lovely project presented at Benzie Design! Thisfree flower kitty pattern is so cute with its dress and flowers. I like the idea of using cotton pipe cleaners to move the arms and legs into a position.
**12. Simple Penguin Softie with a Free Pattern**
If you're looking for a simple sewing pattern, then this tutorial, including a YouTube video for theeasy little penguin softie, is right for you. You can sew this pattern with your kids so that they learn how to sew their little felt friend.
Image: Felt with Love Designs
Image: Benzie Design
Image: Frugal Mom Eh!
Image: Sew a Softie
**13. DIY Unicorn Felt Toy**
One of my free felt animal templates is afelt unicorn softie pattern that you can make. My daughter made them with friends, and they were all very happy with their cute DIY felt unicorn.
**14. DIY Felt Beluga Whale with Free Pattern**
If you like whales, you'll love this cute,dreamy felt beluga whale free pattern. This pattern is a part of a larger bundle of arctic felt animals that you can buy. Definitely check it out!
**15. Felt Bunny Tutorial**
Thisfelt bunny pattern is so cute, ready to jump in puddles with his rain boots and umbrella. If you want to learn how to give movement to your DIY felt animals, definitely check this pattern out.
**16. Mouse Felt Toy with Free Pattern**
It’s an easy hand-sewing project that you can complete using thefree Miss Felt Designs mouse pattern. I hope you enjoy this super quick and easy tutorial.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Benzie Design
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
Image: Miss Felt Designs
**17. Free Animal Pattern for Mini Penguin Softie**
Unfortunately, Felt with Love Designs is no longer in business; therefore, this pattern is not active. Will try to find a new one to replace it. Felt with Love Designs shares a free stuffed animal pattern for felt penguins. These felt penguins can also be used as felt ornaments.
**18. Free Dala Horse Animal Pattern**
Benzie Designs shares afree pattern for dala horse animal. Dala horses are a symbol of Sweden and originated as brightly painted wooden horses.
**19. Llama DIY Felt Animal Pattern**
You can make thiseasy and fast llama felt ornament in white color. It's a cute gift for anybody who likes llamas. It’s a simple animal pattern that doesn’t require much sewing.
**20. DIY Bird Free Felt Animal Pattern**
I like this simple to sewDIY bird ornament that can look so lovely as a decoration. Find beauty in the simplicity of this bird free pattern.
Image: Felt with Love Designs
Image: Wild Olive
Image: Benzie Design
Image: Sew a Softie
**21. Free Felt Animal Pattern for Cute Turtles**
Adorable little felt turtles that you can sew using the free pattern. This is a really easy felt sewing project. You use basic embroidery stitches to hand sew this turtle.
**22. Felt Ocean Animals Free Pattern**
This is an easy beginner sewing project where you sew adorablefelt ocean animals. Free printable felt animal ocean template included in the post. You can sew stuffed toy felt fish, felt whales and felt starfish. The pattern uses a basic running stitch and backstitch.
**23. Free Axolotl Sewing Pattern**
Using this free template, you can make theaxolotl felt animal. The tutorial explains how to sew the axolotl on the sewing machine; however, sewing by hand is also possible.
**24. Stuffed Felt Alpaca**
I'm amazed by this pattern! You'll learn so much sewing thisfelt alpaca toy pattern. This felt animal is three-dimensional and comes with a pom-pom halter and colorful felt blanket. Alpaca is an animal from Latin America similar to a llama.
Image: Kata Golda
Image: Plant the Tulips
Image: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
Image: Benzie Design
**25. Felt Seahorse Tutorial With Template**
You can make this lovely plush animal toy with thefelt seahorse tutorial and free template. What a cute felt sea animal pattern!
**26. Woodland Animal Finger Puppets with Free Template**
My finger puppet woodland animal set pattern is a simple felt pattern for anyone who would like to try making finger puppets. You could also fill them with stuffing and make little ornaments.
**27. How to Make Felt Dinosaur with Free Pattern**
Learn how to make this felt stuffed dinosaur with the free pattern and video tutorial from Miss Felt Designs.
**28. Free Felt Chicken Pattern**
You can sew thelittle chickens with free patterns fromShiny Happy World. What a lovely craft to make for Easter! These little hens are so simple to make.
**29. Cute Felt Lion with Free Pattern**
This easy sewing pattern provides all the instructions and free templates needed to create your very own felt lion. The felt lion pattern can be used to make a cute plushie or an ornament, perfect for decorating your home or gifting to a loved one.
Image: Easy Peasy and Fun
Image: Miss Felt Designs
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Shiny Happy World
**More DIY Free Felt Animal Patterns**
Find 15 more lovely DIY free felt animal patterns. I really like the tiny cat pattern and the animal patterns from Downeast Thunder Farm. If you want to sew some Thanksgiving craft, don't miss the felt turkey pattern. And definitely check out the Felt Bunny Doll Pattern; it's so adorable.
**30. Free Felt Turkey Pattern**
The free turkey felt sewing pattern is a lovely Thanksgiving craft. The tutorial gives explanations and photos. I like the way Delilah uses the pins to help while sewing.
**31. Felt Bee Free Template**
You can sew the felt bee plushie after downloading thefree felt bee PDF pattern. It's such a cute felt animal craft.
**32. Felt Pocket Sloth**
Find the tutorial for alittle felt pocket sloth. To download the template, you need to download the image. The original website, where the pattern was made, no longer exists.
**33. Felt Bunny Doll Free Pattern**
Create the adorable bunny felt doll with theprintable PDF bunny doll free pattern. The free printable sewing pattern includes the template and instructions to make a 12-inch bunny with a dress.
**34. Felt Mini Teddy Bears**
The next free felt animal pattern is thefamily of felt teddy bears that come in two sizes. It's an easy bear project to make simple toys.
**35. Felt Racoon with Free Pattern**
Download the free printable pattern, follow the video, and make the woodland felt raccoon animal.
**36. Felt Reindeer Animal Pattern**
Find acute little reindeer felt pattern with YouTube video instructions. This free pattern can also be used as a Christmas ornament.
**37. Free Tiny Cat Felt Pattern**
Atiny cat with a free sewing pattern is a cute, tiny felt friend you can make. It's a quick and simple sewing project. You kids will love carrying around this tiny felt stuffed animal.
**38. How to Make a Felt Ladybug**
Thisfelt ladybug free pattern is part of the ABC felt animal series. These are easy no-sew felt animal patterns that you can make for your kids. They can be used as a homeschooling learning tool.
**39. Free Felt Animal Ornaments: Deer, Polar Bear, and Penguin Felt Animals**
Cutesy Crafts shares three little felt animal ornaments for a deer, polar bear, and penguin. These are really cute felt animal patterns.
**40. - 45. Felt Stuffed Animal Patterns from Downeast Thunder Farm**
Susan shares many free felt animal patterns for insects, birds, critters, and sea life. Definitely visit her website for real-looking felt animals. Here are some of the free patterns I liked:
**The Humble Hairy Woodpecker Pattern**
**The Delightful Spotted Owl – Free Pattern**
**The Winsome Wood Duck with Free Template**
**The Great American Bison** **- Free Animal Pattern**
**The Wondrous Sperm Whale**
**The Gentle Gray Whale Free Pattern**
**The Beautiful Buckeye Butterfly**
Summary of Free Felt Animal Patterns
If you are a fan of felt crafts and love animals, then you will definitely enjoy creating your own felt animals with these free patterns from this round-up post. I collected and reviewed 45 free felt animal patterns for you to download and use. These patterns enable you to create adorable and cuddly stuffed animals using felt. Whether you are interested in making a tiny felt friend or a whole collection of felt woodland creatures, there is a sewing pattern out here for you. Sewing felt animals is a fun and enjoyable hobby that allows you to unleash your creativity and love for animals. Not only are these felt animals super cute, but they are also easy to sew, making them a perfect project for beginners and experienced crafters alike. So enjoy this felt animal collection, I selected for you.
If you want more inspiration for your felt crafting, head over to myPinterest board Free Felt Patterns
Be sure to visit more on this website. For free felt patterns, visit her Freebies page.
**If you are searching for more free felt patterns, explore:**
**50 easy and fun free felt patterns**,
**35 free felt finger puppet patterns**,
**28 free felt ornament patterns**

.For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE

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**Teaching Fun with Felt**
**Boards & Patterns**
**DIY felt board for kids**
**DIY felt board for kids with printable templates**
Felt boards are a wonderful toy/tool that can be used for storytime or independent play, its benefits attested by parents and teachers alike. Considering that these felt boards have been well-loved and well-used at home, I don't doubt its merits. They were up at all times in my classrooms and at home, for when the kids needed some quiet time. And sometimes when I needed them quiet for a bit.
*The simpler the toy, the more complex the play*, I remember reading somewhere.
These felt boards are easy for parents to make at home with just a few readily available materials. A 20x32 inch foam board cut in two makes two good-sized felt boards for small hands, 20x16 inch each. Felt fabric is usually under $2/yard, and being quite a wide bolt, a quarter of a yard is more than enough for covering the foam board; and small pre-cut 9x12 inch or so rectangular felt pieces are available in various colors for making the shapes.
**Items Needed: Felt fabric in various colors, foam board, glue, scissors, tape, sandpaper (optional)**
Measure and cut a large piece of felt fabric to cover a foam board, fold the edges and glue/tape the felt fabric to the foam board
Cut out small felt pieces in various shapes for the play; optionally glue on a piece of sandpaper at the back of these so the pieces stick better on the felt board
Can also cut out pictures of favorite things from magazines and pin it onto the felt fabric and cut around to make the felt pieces to play with
Let children use their imagination and make creatures, machines, and things with these pre-cut felt pieces, or even tell a story
I went with a double color - blue and green with a horizon - so blue can represent the sky or ocean, with green being land or forest/jungle... Ana chose teal blue with green, whereas Oggie liked the more royal bright blue with the green for his board. But a solid single color felt fabric covering the foam board would be fine too.
Initially, geometric shaped felt pieces in various colors worked well for Og - a square or rectangle with a triangle on top became a house or a barn, a rectangle with two circles at the bottom edge became a car... and as he got comfortable with arranging/rearranging the felt pieces, animal shapes like penguin, pig, lion etc. came about from other pieces I had pre-cut and kept handy.
The kids each have their own felt board, with plenty of felt pieces to play with, along with some googly eyes and maybe even some yarn. The sand paper at the back helps hold the pieces - *stick* firmly - onto the felt board if they pick up the board and tilt it. But, even without the sandpaper, felt pieces stay put when flat on a work table. And can be easily picked up and moved around to change the scene/story.
Hang it on the wall at a level convenient for kids. I simply inserted two screws in the top two corners of the board.
Position the felt scene elements on top of the backgrounds!
**DIY felt board town for kids tutorial**
Below are the PDF files of the various scene elements. You may print these files out on paper and then cut them out to make templates for your own felt scene elements!
**Animals-Boat**
**Barn-Tractor**
**Bus-Car**
**Church-House**
**Sky Elements**
More Felt scene elements
**Shape City Templates**
**What Else Sticks to Felt Board**
While a classic felt board uses felt pieces cut in various shapes, you can stick other materials to felt/flannel boards.
Some people say that the best combination is felt pieces on a flannel board.
Our tutorial shows you how to use transfer paper to put pictures on felt pieces, but here are three alternatives…
Print colored pictures on white paper, cut them out, laminate them, and glue a piece of sandpaper, felt or velcro to the back.
Cut shapes and figures out of colored felt.
Use PellonÂ® interfacing (but NOT the iron-on type)… it’s available at most fabric and sewing stores. You can trace pictures on to the interfacing and then cut out the shapes and color them.
**Free Printable Felt Board Art Scenes** **& Story Patterns**
To teach emergent readers, preschool educators use felt boards to illustrate books and tell stories. Here are **free printable felt board patterns**, stencils and felt board reading lesson **templates** from First Palette. First Palette has free printable stencils and templates of shapes, animals, nature, leaves and trees, flowers, numbers, letters, people, clothing, cars, transportation, food--any pattern you need for any preschool unit!
DLTK Coloring has over 50 free printable felt board stencils. Templates include geometric shapes, animal outlines, solar system, seasons, weather, holiday, snowflake patterns, food and other preschool theme shapes.
Childcare Land has over 150 **free felt board themes**. Each theme has free printable felt board patterns, stencils, templates and activities. A helpful teaching video demonstrates how to use each lesson. Each kit has free printable stories. Pattern themes include months, animals, holiday patterns, seasonal, weather, children's literature, clothing, body parts, food, transportation, toys and games. Use free printable felt board patterns for science, social studies, reading, writing and math lessons.
Making Learning Fun has a gigantic assortment of **free printable felt board patterns**. This site features complete children's book themed felt board patterns: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?, Cat in the Hat, Clifford, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fables and more.
Sunday School teachers used a similar tool called Flannel-Graph.
To make felt board pieces, print stencils and cut out patterns. Trace pattern outlines on felt. Or trace templates on flannel. Cut out felt board shapes. As you tell a story, add felt pieces to the story board to illustrate. Used as patterns to cut fabric shapes for Halloween costumes, craft appliques, paint stencils, cookie cutter templates for baking or playdoh.
For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE
Themed Boards In Alphabetical Order
**Apple Tree Felt Board**
**Bill Grogan’s Goat Felt Board**
**Birthday Felt Board**
**Brown Bear Felt Board**
**Bunnies in the Grass Felt Board**
**Cat in the Hat Color Felt Board**
**Cat in the Hat Shape Felt Board**
**Chicka Chicka 123 Paint Stick Felt Board**
**Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Paint Stick Felt Board**
**Clifford’s First Christmas Felt Board**
**Community Helpers Felt Board**
**Cookie’s Week Felt Board**
**Cowboy 10 Mustangs Felt Board**
**Cowboy Colored Bandana Felt Board**
**Cowgirl Rosie Felt Board**
**Dog’s Colorful Day Felt Board**
**Emergency Medical Care Felt Board**
**First Day of Winter Felt Board**
**Fish in the Sea Name Recognition Felt Board**
**Five Hotdogs Felt Board**
**Fox in a Box Felt Board**
**Frog on a Brown Log Felt Board**
**Glad Monster Sad Monster**

**Graduation Felt Board**
**Greedy Python Felt Board**
**Go Away Big Green Monster Felt Board**

**Handa Felt Board**
**Henny Penny Felt Board**
**Hickety Plickety My Black Hen Felt Board**
**Hot Pepper Felt Board**
**Ice Cream Felt Board**
**Ice Cream Felt Patterning Felt Board**
**Itsy Bitsy Spider Felt Board**
**Jacket I Wear in the Snow Felt Board**
**Ladybug and Body Part Felt Board**
**Ladybug Felt Board**
**Ladybug, Ladybug Fly Away Home Felt Board**
**Ladybug Spot Count Felt Board**
**Little Old Lady Felt Board**
**Little White Duck Felt Board**
**Llama Llama Misses Mama**
**Mary Had A Little Lamb Felt Board**
**Mexico Rhyme with Felt Board**
**Mother’s Day Felt Board**
**Mouse Count Felt Board**

**Mr. Gumpy's Outing**
**Mr. Seahorse Felt Board**
**Mrs. Wishy Washy Felt Board**
**My Body Felt Board**

**The Napping House**
**Nativity Felt Board**
**New Years Shape Felt Board**
**Nurse Shapes Felt Board**
**Old Monster Felt Board**

**Old Mother Hubbard Felt Board**

**Olympic Theme Felt Board**
**Peter Rabbit Felt Board**
**Pinata Felt Board**

**Polar Bear Polar Bear Felt Board**
**Put Me in the Zoo Felt Board**
**S-A-N-T-A Felt Board**
**Santa Wears a Red Suit Felt Board**
**Sarah Ella Gets Dressed Felt Board**
**Seals on the Bus Felt Board**
**Sheep Felt Board**
**Slippery Fish Felt Board**
**Steers at the Auction Felt Board**
**Sunflower Felt Board**
**Ten Apples Up on Top Felt Board**
**Ten Red Apples Felt Board**
**T-E-X-A-S Felt Board**
**Also, many of the** **paper crafts** **on the site make great felt board templates. The kids get a real kick out of seeing their art projects on the felt board.**
**To make a paper sheet into a felt board character**, cut out a small piece of felt or coarse sandpaper and tape or glue it on the back of each character. The sandpaper or felt will allow the characters to stick on your felt board. You can also laminate or cover with clear contact paper to make it longer lasting.
For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE
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Teaching Math
With Felt
**Teaching math with felt is** **a highly engaging, tactile, and visual approach for early learners, fostering skills in counting, addition, subtraction, and sorting**.
Utilizing felt boards, kids interact with colorful shapes, animals, or numbers to make abstract concepts concrete. Activities often include interactive games like removing felt items to simulate subtraction.
**Key Felt Math Activities & Ideas:**
**Counting and Cardinality:** Create felt apples, flowers, or animals (e.g., ladybugs, penguins) and have children count them onto a tree, pot, or board.
**Addition & Subtraction**: Use a felt board for story-based math, such as starting with 10 apples on a tree and subtracting them as they are "picked," as shown by Buggy and Buddy. "Raindrop Roll and Remove" involves removing felt raindrops with dice.
**Ten Frames**: Utilize felt for ten-frames with various shapes (e.g., ducks, pumpkins) for base-ten understanding and number recognition, notes this Amazon listing.
**Number Recognition & Sorting**: Use numbered felt hands for sorting, sequencing, and skip counting, as described by Chalk Academy.
**Shapes and Patterns**: Sort felt shapes by color, size, or type to introduce geometry and patterning.
**Multiplication & Division**: Use felt counters to create equal groups for early multiplication and division exercises.
**Benefits:**
**Tactile Learning:** Soft, durable materials are easy for small hands to manipulate.
**Interactive and Portable:** Ideal for quiet time or learning centers in classrooms.
**Visual Representation:** Helps children visually understand "more than," "less than," and equality.
**Customizable:** Pieces can be created to match interests (e.g., dinosaurs, animals)
**Creating a Felt Math Center**
**Felt Board**: A simple piece of felt glued to cardboard acts as the base.
**Loose Parts**: Create felt sets like dinosaurs, fish, or ghosts, allowing children to move them around freely for open-ended play.
**Games**: Use a die to determine how many felt items to add or remove from a scene (e.g., "Roll and Remove" raindrops).
Felt math is suitable for toddlers through kindergarteners, helping them develop critical thinking while fostering a fun and interactive learning environment.
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**Using felt numbers**
**Printable Numbers 0-9:**
**Free Number Outlines**
Beyond their visual appeal, felt numbers offer a range of educational benefits, particularly in early childhood development:
**Hands-On Learning:** Manipulating felt numbers allows children to explore and interact with numerical concepts, promoting hands-on learning that enhances their comprehension and retention.
**Numeracy Skills:** Felt numbers help develop essential numeracy skills, such as counting, recognizing numerical symbols, and understanding the concept of quantity.
**Mathematical Operations:** As children play with felt numbers, they can experiment with basic mathematical operations like addition, subtraction, and even simple multiplication and division.
**Problem-Solving and Logic:** Felt numbers can be used to create math-related puzzles and activities that encourage critical thinking and logical reasoning.
**Language Development:** When paired with storytelling and interactive play, felt numbers contribute to language development as children describe their creations and communicate mathematical ideas.
**The Crafting Process**
Crafting felt numbers can be a delightful and rewarding experience. Here's a simple guide to creating your own felt numbers:
**Gather Materials:** Obtain colorful felt sheets, scissors, fabric glue, and any additional materials you'd like to use for embellishments (e.g., buttons, sequins).
**Design and Cut:** Sketch the number shapes on the felt sheets and cut them out carefully. You can create different sizes and colors to add variety to your collection.
**Embellish (Optional):** Get creative by adding embellishments like googly eyes or fabric paint to give your felt numbers unique personalities.
**Play and Learn:** Once your felt numbers are ready, invite children to explore and play with them. Create games, puzzles, and activities to engage and challenge young learners.
**The Joy of Learning**
**with Felt Numbers**
**The joy of learning with felt numbers lies in the freedom to explore and create, fostering an environment where mistakes are part of the process and learning is a joyful adventure**. As children play with these lovable characters, they develop a positive association with mathematics, building a strong foundation for future learning.
**Felt numbers also serve as powerful tools for educators and parents, allowing them to incorporate fun and interactive math lessons into their teaching strategies**. By transforming traditional math exercises into playful activities, educators can inspire a love for learning and instill confidence in young learners.
**Conclusion**
Felt numbers are more than just fabric cut-outs; they are catalysts for learning, sparking curiosity and joy in the world of mathematics. Through their tactile appeal and imaginative potential, felt numbers create a positive and engaging learning experience for children, promoting numeracy skills and problem-solving abilities. Whether as educational tools in classrooms or as playtime companions at home, felt numbers offer a gateway to a world where learning becomes an exciting journey of discovery. So, let's embrace the magic of felt numbers and set young minds on a path of creative exploration and mathematical wonder.
**Felt Numbers provide an interactive way for children to learn critical math skills through playful engagement with textiles.**
This hands-on approach allows young learners to manipulate felt shapes and numbers, thereby enhancing their understanding of numerical concepts. Children can identify numbers, counting them as they explore the colorful felt representations. As they play with Felt Numbers, they not only recognize numbers but also develop fine motor skills. This combination of education and play makes learning a delightful experience.
In addition, using Felt Numbers helps children understand mathematical relationships. They can group the felt pieces, creating sets of numbers, which teaches valuable skills like addition and subtraction.
But it’s not just about the basics; **Felt Numbers can be used for more complex concepts like patterns and sequencing.** Because the tactile nature of felt allows children to visualize math in an engaging way, they are likely to retain these concepts longer.
So, Felt Numbers serve as a versatile educational tool, adapting to different stages of a child's learning journey.
**Finally, incorporating Felt Numbers into daily play can encourage collaboration and communication among peers.** Children will often share their findings and exhibit enthusiasm when exploring math together. This fosters teamwork skills while also creating a fun environment for learning. Furthermore, parents can participate in the process, encouraging their children to explain their reasoning, which deepens understanding. With Felt Numbers, you’re not just teaching mathematics; you’re building a foundation for critical thinking and collaboration that will benefit children throughout their academic careers.
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**Night Sky Felt Play and Math Games**
For the letter N we learned all about the night sky. I made this easy night sky felt play set, and all of the kids enjoyed using it in different ways.
I chose to make two small sets instead of one large set to hang on the wall. Either way would work for these activities. I went with the small set so that I could use it as a busy bag later. We will be taking a family road trip this summer, and I hope to make a few busy bags to take along for the ride.
For each set I used one sheet of black felt and half a sheet of yellow felt. I made one moon and various big and little stars for each set.
**Ideas for Play**
1. ***PRETEND PLAY***-Our first activity with the felt play set was open-ended play. Each child interacted with the set differently, and watching them helped give me more ideas to extend our learning.
2. ***SORTING***-Tinker and I are learning “big and little.” Together we sorted the stars by size.
3. ***PATTERNING***-Lovey and Big Buddy are learning to copy and create patterns. One day I made a pattern for them to copy, and they made the same pattern. Then they spent some time trying to create their own patterns.
4. ***COUNTING & COMPARING***–To practice counting and one-to-one correspondence we rolled a number cube and then added that many stars to our night sky. After the kids played a bit with their own boards we started comparing the two numbers. We talked about words like more, greater, fewer, less, equal, and the same. I don’t expect them to learn all of these words yet, but we are incorporating them into our discussions so that they begin to become familiar with the vocabulary.
5. **ADDITION**-You could also roll two different number cubes and add the stars to the night sky to find the sum. We did not do this activity, but it would be a great extension for kids who are ready.
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**Felt Shapes Sorting for Toddlers**
This simple felt shapes sorting activity for toddlers is a fun and easy way for toddlers to explore shapes and get creative. The colors and soft fabric also provide a sensory experience kids will love.
**As always we love to pair up our activities with books and we love these books about shapes and colors.**
Felt counting and sorting activities are interactive, sensory-rich methods for teaching young children early math skills, fine motor skills, and categorization. Using felt shapes, animals, or items, children can sort by color, size, or shape and count during play or in structured stories like "5 Colorful Balloons".
**Felt Sorting Activities**
**Color Sorting:** Use felt mats or bowls to sort colored felt shapes, pom-poms, or scraps.
**Shape Sorting:** Cut simple shapes (circles, squares, triangles) from felt for toddlers to categorize.
**Size Sorting:** Sort small, medium, and large felt items to understand relative size.
**Felt Counting Activities**
**Felt Board Rhymes:** Use felt sets to act out counting songs, such as "Five Colorful Balloons" (counting down) or "Fluffy Chick Count Up" (counting up) YouTube video.
**Number Story Sets:** Use thematic sets (e.g., dinosaurs, bugs) to pair physical counting with stories, such as Flannel Board Fun's Dinosaur Stomp Set.
**Number Matching:** Create felt numbers and have children match the corresponding number of felt items to the numeral.
This video demonstrates a fun counting rhyme using felt shapes:
Flannel Board Fun-YouTube • Mar 7, 2025
**Benefits of Felt Learning Tools**
Sensory Experience: Soft texture invites engagement.
Durable & Safe: Typically made from non-toxic, machine-washable material.
Cognitive Development: Promotes early math concepts, pattern recognition, and problem-solving.
Fine Motor Skills: Moving, placing, and manipulating small felt pieces strengthens little hands.
**Common Felt Sets & Themes**
Dinosaur Stomp/Storytime
Five Colorful Fish
Halloween Ghosts
Beginners Counting Set (Numbers and Animals)
**Felt shapes** are perfect for early learning activities: they are durable, easy to handle, and practically mess-free! This activity is easy to set up and can be delivered during quiet time, or one-on-one time, with minimal guidance.
**Here are the two materials needed for this activity.**
**Materials**
**1. Various colors of felt - we like** **these ones.**
2. **Felt board** **or tray**
**Instructions**
**Cut simple shapes from the felt, large enough for toddler’s fingers to handle easily. If you prefer you can buy** **pre-cut felt shapes like these ones.**
**The shapes can be sorted on a** **felt board,** **or on a plastic tray lined with a piece of felt as we have done here.**
**You can provide a prompt by placing a series of shapes on the felt tray. For example, place a blue square, triangle and circle at the top of the tray.**
**Talk about the shapes and colors as your child chooses the pieces and adds them to the tray.**
**Encourage your toddler to sort the felt cut outs by color.**
Now it’s time to create! Applying felt shapes randomly to the felt tray is a great activity for exercising creative skills along with fine motor skills.
This is a process art activity so there is no right or wrong way to create the shapes. .
Talk about the process as your toddler builds and creates.
I love the green triangle you chose for the roof of the house.
Let’s count the circles you lined up at the bottom of your picture.
I see you are starting with a brown square. What shape will you add next?
**Dinosaur Shapes Match**
Dinosaur Shapes Match enables children to match shapes to the dinosaurs. This is a great way for children to create dinosaur pictures using different shapes.
**Dinosaur Shapes Set1**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set2**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set3**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set4**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set5**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set6**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set7**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set8**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set9**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set10**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set11**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set12**
Make Your Own Weather Feltboard
**@abbyglassenbergdesign**
One of the fun concepts kids need to learn is about the weather! This board makes teaching and learning this concept easy and fun! Find the tutorial **here**
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**Learning about Animals and Their Homes- Habitats**
Using a felt board to teach habitats provides a tactile, visual way for children to match animals to their homes (e.g., camel to desert, whale to ocean). Create habitats using colored felt backgrounds (blue for water, yellow for sand, green for forest) and add felt animals that children can sort, move, and place, reinforcing environmental science concepts.
Here is how to use a felt board for habitat education:
**1. Set Up Different Habitat Scenes**
Create backgrounds: Use large pieces of felt to represent different environments on your board, such as a blue ocean, green forest, white Arctic, or yellow desert.
Add interactive elements: Cut out felt shapes like trees, clouds, caves, and suns, allowing children to build the landscape, as explained in this YouTube video.
**2. Interactive Learning Activities**
**Match Animals to Habitats:** Create felt animal pieces and have children place them in the correct environment (e.g., polar bear in the Arctic, camel in the desert).
**"What's Missing?" Game:** Create a habitat (like a forest) and ask children to identify which animal doesn't belong or which animal is missing, say Educato's Reference Desk and Pinterest.
**Storytelling and Dramatic Play:** Use the felt pieces to tell stories about an animal's day in its home, encouraging children to use voices and move the pieces to describe their actions, says Super Simple.
**Sorting Activity:** Use different colored felt pieces to represent land, water, and air, and have children sort various animal shapes onto the appropriate background, according to this Facebook post.
**3. Enhancing the Learning Experience**
**Use Visual Aids**: Read books about habitats, such as *Animal Habitats: The Best Home of All*, and use the felt board to recreate the scenes from the story.
**Add Sensory Elements:** Incorporate materials other than felt, like glitter for ice, velcro for sticking, or rough fabric to represent bark.
**Group Activities:** Divide children into small groups, providing each group with a different habitat to explore and present to the class, suggests EduRef.org and Monterey Bay Aquarium.
**4. DIY Felt Board Tips**
**Create the board:** Use a large picture frame (with plastic instead of glass) and cover the backing with a neutral-colored felt, say this TikTok video and Kailan Carr.
**Organization**: Organize the animals and habitats by type in different buckets or Ziplocs for easy storage and reuse, note this YouTube video.
Small-World
Habitats Play Mats
When I saw this idea from one of the master naturalists who works with the nature center, I took a bunch of pictures and had to make one of my own. It is a simple project to help little ones learn who lives where in nature.
The play mat is made of felt. It is simply what leftover from other projects. I sewed the scene onto the large piece of green felt including the sky with clouds, a pond and shore, and a large tree as part of the forest.

The rest is up to the kids. The images are all pre-painted wood pieces from various crafts stores. We enjoy checking out the selection in any store we are in and add to our menagerie.

The forest section includes additional trees, a bear, an owl and bird in the sky.
The prairie portion has a flower, insects and a bunny.
The wetlands include a duck, fish, salamander, and turtle.
The woman who gave me the idea actually had the outlines of each piece Sharpied onto the play mat more like a puzzle, but I wanted to leave it a little more creative by allowing the kids to decide where things should go.
When we are finished, all the pieces go into the large pocket on the back
And the entire mat trifolds closed and is easily stored.
It is held closed with a simple button and elastic system.
It is a really fun piece we enjoy at home and with our friends at nature class and preschool.
**Templates**
**African Savanna Diorama**
**Dinosaur Diorama**
**Diorama Plants and Trees**
**Polar Habitat Diorama**
**Rainforest Diorama**
**Coral Reef Diorama**
**Under the Sea Templates for Felt and Paper Crafting**
I designed these as felt board play critters for my girls, but they could easily be created with paper for card making and scrapbooking.
*The templates I created are at the bottom of the post. If you use them to make items that you plan on selling, or if you post the templates on your own blog, please give credit where credit is due!
**Materials:**
Scissors
Colored felt (or paper)
Smallish buttons for eyes
Glue (I used a glue gun)
Optional: embroidery floss and needle, beads
**Sea Turtle:**
1. Cut out shapes and gather embroidery floss, scissors and buttons.
2. Glue shell pattern to shell (if you plan on embroidering the edges, only make a small glue dot in the middle, as pulling a needle through hardened glue isn't fun)
3. Sew button eye to white circle
4. Glue head tail, and all flippers to shell.
5. Glue entire turtle to felt (for sturdiness if this is for a child's felt board) and cut out
**Crab:**
1. Cut out shapes and gather embroidery floss, scissors and buttons.
2. Sew buttons onto the whites of the eyes.
3. Glue the feet and pinchers to the body of the crab.
4. Decorative embroidery (if you want)
5. Glue eyes onto crab body.
6. Glue the entire crab onto a separate piece of felt for sturdiness. And cut it out.
**Treasure Chest:**
1. Cut out shapes from felt/paper and gather beads
2. Glue bottom and top of chest to the base.
3. Assemble the 'hardware' of the chest and glue.
4. Sew bead 'jewels' to randomly cut felt pieces.
5. Glue the jewels and gold to the opening between the top and the bottom of the chest.
**Sea Star:**

1. Cut out shapes and gather embroidery floss and beads (optional)
2. Embroider top piece of starfish. Add beads to the center.
3. Glue top to the bottom piece.
If you really want it to be sturdy, you can add another bottom layer - good for if it is a kid's felt board toy.
**Dolphin:**
1. Cut out shapes, gather buttons and floss.
2. Sew button to white eye circle.
3. Embroider the dolphin's body (optional)
4. Glue eyes onto dolphins.
If you really want it to be sturdy, you can add another bottom layer - good for if it is a kid's felt board toy.
**Sand Castle:**
1. Cut out shapes.
2. Embroider door. Glue onto castle base 1
3. Embroider the entire castle. Glue onto castle base 2
**Templates**
Just click on the links below to see it full size, do a 'print preview' to make sure it fits - you might need to adjust portrait/landscape settings and scale %, depending on image - and then print.
**Dolphin and Sea Star**
**Turtle crab and sand castle**
**Treasure chest**
**Tips for cutting felt.**
Felt is really hard to cut even as an adult, so make sure you have **really sharp scissors.** If you are trying to cut intricate designs, then iron on some freezer paper to the rear. it gives the felt stability making it easier to cut and you can remove it and reuse it as a pattern.
**DIY Felt Board Patterns for Animal Play**
*Creating the Felt Board*
Materials Needed:
large panel of felt (I used white as a base; some people do half-blue and half-green so that their board always has grass and a sky. It’s up to you!)
foam presentation board
I read off a few different ideas, but what I ended up doing was purchasing a large panel of felt and a foam board, and attaching the felt to the board with staples. I double-double checked, and the staples don’t poke through. This board is nice, because it’s portable and hide-able! When London and I are done playing with it, I slide it behind the couch.
*Creating the Templates*
I wanted the animals to be simple enough so that I did not have to spend forever creating them. I started by drawing the following animal pictures:

What I did next was due to reading this post about how to easily cut and make felt shapes. I would view the blog if you want more specific instructions, but basically you trace your shape onto freezer paper, cut it out and iron it onto the felt, and then cut out the felt. It’s much easier to cut out clean lines with the paper attached than it is otherwise.
**Materials Needed:**
Freezer Paper
Pencil, pen, or marker (I used pencil)
Template to trace from
Now, for the template I’m attaching, you can simply trace the template as every shape is included on the template (so skip step 2 below). However, if you are like me and like drawing your own pictures, you will need to follow all steps.
**If you would like my templates, you can access them here:** **Farm and Jungle p1**, **Farm and Jungle p2, and** **Farm and Jungle p3**. The templates will print as three pages that are meant to overlap.
Instructions:
Lay the freezer paper on top of your template. Trace each shape wholly onto the side that is rough, not waxy.
After you have traced the entire shape (like a cow), trace the individual parts (like hooves, the nose, the tail) that will be cut out on a separate color of felt. I also labeled the parts based on which animal it was coming from (for example, “horse nose”).
Repeat for each animal.
Disclaimer: I scanned these from the freezer paper, and tried to re-align the templates on my computer. As this was my first time doing this type of craft, I wasn’t very wise about placement on the freezer paper. I focused more on conserving space than creating a template that can be shared.
***Making the Animals***
Materials Needed:
Felt, two colors for each animal. The color choices are up to you! I tried re-using the same colors for multiple animals (for example, the cat, sheep, and elephant all used the same
grey felt).
Iron
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Fine-tip sharpie or marker
Instructions:
Cut out the templates from the freezer paper. This does not need to be exact or along the lines unless you want to conserve felt. Personally, I didn’t want to take the time to cut each shape individually multiple times.
Organize the shapes by felt color. As you can see below, I placed the main pig body with the bunny ears, nose, and tail, and the cow nose and ears all on pink felt.
Iron the freezer paper shapes waxy-side down onto the color of felt you desire!
Cut out the main body shape of the animal.

Cut out the smaller pieces (like hooves, ears, the tail, and the nose) for that same animal.
Hot glue (or Tacky Glue) the smaller pieces onto the main body shape.

You can use a Sharpie or fabric paint to draw on any accents like eyes or nostrils!

**NOTE**:I repeated steps 5-7 for each individual animal, but you could choose to do step 5 for all animals at once, then step 6, and then step 7, if you prefer. I found it simpler to keep the smaller pieces organized if I cut them out and glued them on immediately.
**Now Play!!**
We have played with these quite a few times. I think she enjoys how easy they are to move and hold! Probably someday I’ll make a farm or trees or something so that the background is more entertaining, but for now they have been perfect! She’s only 17 months old, so she doesn’t quite understand how to place them on the board without them falling off, but she really has enjoyed learning her animal sounds.
For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE
**More Felt Based Playful Learning**
Making felt boards for science is an easy, low-cost (under $20) project to create interactive displays for topics like the solar system, life cycles, or anatomy. Use a framed canvas, cardboard, or corkboard covered with light blue or black felt, securing the fabric with hot glue or a staple gun. Create interactive shapes using felt scraps, Velcro, or glitter iron-on for detailed pieces.
**Science Felt Board Ideas**
**Solar System**: Use a dark blue or black felt background to arrange planets, sun, and stars.
**Anatomy:** Create a body outline with removable organs (heart, lungs, stomach) to learn anatomy.
**Weather**/**Seasons:**Create a tree that changes with the seasons or weather patterns (sun, clouds, rain).
**Nature**: From fascinating animals to beautiful plants, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
**Quick Assembly Steps**
**Select Base:** Use a framed cork board, canvas, foamboard, or heavy cardboard.
**Cover:** Apply a large piece of felt, pulling it taut.
**Secure:** Use spray adhesive or a staple gun to attach the felt to the back of the board.
**Create Pieces:** Cut out shapes for science topics using felt scraps, which naturally adhere to the felt background.
For added functionality, use hook-and-loop tape (Velcro) for heavier pieces or to make them more secure during use.
**Solar System Felt Board Craft For Kids!**
Alphabet Printable- An Uppercase Letter Template
for Kids
**Printable Numbers 0-9: Free Number Outlines for Kids**
**Tree Template- Free Printable**
Easy Felt for Younger Kids

DIY Felt Board for Story Retelling - Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten — **Teaching Fun with Felt**
**Boards & Patterns**
**DIY felt board for kids**
**DIY felt board for kids with printable templates**
Felt boards are a wonderful toy/tool that can be used for storytime or independent play, its benefits attested by parents and teachers alike. Considering that these felt boards have been well-loved and well-used at home, I don't doubt its merits. They were up at all times in my classrooms and at home, for when the kids needed some quiet time. And sometimes when I needed them quiet for a bit.
*The simpler the toy, the more complex the play*, I remember reading somewhere.
These felt boards are easy for parents to make at home with just a few readily available materials. A 20x32 inch foam board cut in two makes two good-sized felt boards for small hands, 20x16 inch each. Felt fabric is usually under $2/yard, and being quite a wide bolt, a quarter of a yard is more than enough for covering the foam board; and small pre-cut 9x12 inch or so rectangular felt pieces are available in various colors for making the shapes.
**Items Needed: Felt fabric in various colors, foam board, glue, scissors, tape, sandpaper (optional)**
Measure and cut a large piece of felt fabric to cover a foam board, fold the edges and glue/tape the felt fabric to the foam board
Cut out small felt pieces in various shapes for the play; optionally glue on a piece of sandpaper at the back of these so the pieces stick better on the felt board
Can also cut out pictures of favorite things from magazines and pin it onto the felt fabric and cut around to make the felt pieces to play with
Let children use their imagination and make creatures, machines, and things with these pre-cut felt pieces, or even tell a story
I went with a double color - blue and green with a horizon - so blue can represent the sky or ocean, with green being land or forest/jungle... Ana chose teal blue with green, whereas Oggie liked the more royal bright blue with the green for his board. But a solid single color felt fabric covering the foam board would be fine too.
Initially, geometric shaped felt pieces in various colors worked well for Og - a square or rectangle with a triangle on top became a house or a barn, a rectangle with two circles at the bottom edge became a car... and as he got comfortable with arranging/rearranging the felt pieces, animal shapes like penguin, pig, lion etc. came about from other pieces I had pre-cut and kept handy.
The kids each have their own felt board, with plenty of felt pieces to play with, along with some googly eyes and maybe even some yarn. The sand paper at the back helps hold the pieces - *stick* firmly - onto the felt board if they pick up the board and tilt it. But, even without the sandpaper, felt pieces stay put when flat on a work table. And can be easily picked up and moved around to change the scene/story.
Hang it on the wall at a level convenient for kids. I simply inserted two screws in the top two corners of the board.
Position the felt scene elements on top of the backgrounds!
**DIY felt board town for kids tutorial**
Below are the PDF files of the various scene elements. You may print these files out on paper and then cut them out to make templates for your own felt scene elements!
**Animals-Boat**
**Barn-Tractor**
**Bus-Car**
**Church-House**
**Sky Elements**
More Felt scene elements
**Shape City Templates**
**What Else Sticks to Felt Board**
While a classic felt board uses felt pieces cut in various shapes, you can stick other materials to felt/flannel boards.
Some people say that the best combination is felt pieces on a flannel board.
Our tutorial shows you how to use transfer paper to put pictures on felt pieces, but here are three alternatives…
Print colored pictures on white paper, cut them out, laminate them, and glue a piece of sandpaper, felt or velcro to the back.
Cut shapes and figures out of colored felt.
Use PellonÂ® interfacing (but NOT the iron-on type)… it’s available at most fabric and sewing stores. You can trace pictures on to the interfacing and then cut out the shapes and color them.
**Free Printable Felt Board Art Scenes** **& Story Patterns**
To teach emergent readers, preschool educators use felt boards to illustrate books and tell stories. Here are **free printable felt board patterns**, stencils and felt board reading lesson **templates** from First Palette. First Palette has free printable stencils and templates of shapes, animals, nature, leaves and trees, flowers, numbers, letters, people, clothing, cars, transportation, food--any pattern you need for any preschool unit!
DLTK Coloring has over 50 free printable felt board stencils. Templates include geometric shapes, animal outlines, solar system, seasons, weather, holiday, snowflake patterns, food and other preschool theme shapes.
Childcare Land has over 150 **free felt board themes**. Each theme has free printable felt board patterns, stencils, templates and activities. A helpful teaching video demonstrates how to use each lesson. Each kit has free printable stories. Pattern themes include months, animals, holiday patterns, seasonal, weather, children's literature, clothing, body parts, food, transportation, toys and games. Use free printable felt board patterns for science, social studies, reading, writing and math lessons.
Making Learning Fun has a gigantic assortment of **free printable felt board patterns**. This site features complete children's book themed felt board patterns: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?, Cat in the Hat, Clifford, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fables and more.
Sunday School teachers used a similar tool called Flannel-Graph.
To make felt board pieces, print stencils and cut out patterns. Trace pattern outlines on felt. Or trace templates on flannel. Cut out felt board shapes. As you tell a story, add felt pieces to the story board to illustrate. Used as patterns to cut fabric shapes for Halloween costumes, craft appliques, paint stencils, cookie cutter templates for baking or playdoh.
For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE
Themed Boards In Alphabetical Order
**Apple Tree Felt Board**
**Bill Grogan’s Goat Felt Board**
**Birthday Felt Board**
**Brown Bear Felt Board**
**Bunnies in the Grass Felt Board**
**Cat in the Hat Color Felt Board**
**Cat in the Hat Shape Felt Board**
**Chicka Chicka 123 Paint Stick Felt Board**
**Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Paint Stick Felt Board**
**Clifford’s First Christmas Felt Board**
**Community Helpers Felt Board**
**Cookie’s Week Felt Board**
**Cowboy 10 Mustangs Felt Board**
**Cowboy Colored Bandana Felt Board**
**Cowgirl Rosie Felt Board**
**Dog’s Colorful Day Felt Board**
**Emergency Medical Care Felt Board**
**First Day of Winter Felt Board**
**Fish in the Sea Name Recognition Felt Board**
**Five Hotdogs Felt Board**
**Fox in a Box Felt Board**
**Frog on a Brown Log Felt Board**
**Glad Monster Sad Monster**

**Graduation Felt Board**
**Greedy Python Felt Board**
**Go Away Big Green Monster Felt Board**

**Handa Felt Board**
**Henny Penny Felt Board**
**Hickety Plickety My Black Hen Felt Board**
**Hot Pepper Felt Board**
**Ice Cream Felt Board**
**Ice Cream Felt Patterning Felt Board**
**Itsy Bitsy Spider Felt Board**
**Jacket I Wear in the Snow Felt Board**
**Ladybug and Body Part Felt Board**
**Ladybug Felt Board**
**Ladybug, Ladybug Fly Away Home Felt Board**
**Ladybug Spot Count Felt Board**
**Little Old Lady Felt Board**
**Little White Duck Felt Board**
**Llama Llama Misses Mama**
**Mary Had A Little Lamb Felt Board**
**Mexico Rhyme with Felt Board**
**Mother’s Day Felt Board**
**Mouse Count Felt Board**

**Mr. Gumpy's Outing**
**Mr. Seahorse Felt Board**
**Mrs. Wishy Washy Felt Board**
**My Body Felt Board**

**The Napping House**
**Nativity Felt Board**
**New Years Shape Felt Board**
**Nurse Shapes Felt Board**
**Old Monster Felt Board**

**Old Mother Hubbard Felt Board**

**Olympic Theme Felt Board**
**Peter Rabbit Felt Board**
**Pinata Felt Board**

**Polar Bear Polar Bear Felt Board**
**Put Me in the Zoo Felt Board**
**S-A-N-T-A Felt Board**
**Santa Wears a Red Suit Felt Board**
**Sarah Ella Gets Dressed Felt Board**
**Seals on the Bus Felt Board**
**Sheep Felt Board**
**Slippery Fish Felt Board**
**Steers at the Auction Felt Board**
**Sunflower Felt Board**
**Ten Apples Up on Top Felt Board**
**Ten Red Apples Felt Board**
**T-E-X-A-S Felt Board**
**Also, many of the** **paper crafts** **on the site make great felt board templates. The kids get a real kick out of seeing their art projects on the felt board.**
**To make a paper sheet into a felt board character**, cut out a small piece of felt or coarse sandpaper and tape or glue it on the back of each character. The sandpaper or felt will allow the characters to stick on your felt board. You can also laminate or cover with clear contact paper to make it longer lasting.
For more felt activities for kids
under 5 years CLICK HERE
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Teaching Math
With Felt
**Teaching math with felt is** **a highly engaging, tactile, and visual approach for early learners, fostering skills in counting, addition, subtraction, and sorting**.
Utilizing felt boards, kids interact with colorful shapes, animals, or numbers to make abstract concepts concrete. Activities often include interactive games like removing felt items to simulate subtraction.
**Key Felt Math Activities & Ideas:**
**Counting and Cardinality:** Create felt apples, flowers, or animals (e.g., ladybugs, penguins) and have children count them onto a tree, pot, or board.
**Addition & Subtraction**: Use a felt board for story-based math, such as starting with 10 apples on a tree and subtracting them as they are "picked," as shown by Buggy and Buddy. "Raindrop Roll and Remove" involves removing felt raindrops with dice.
**Ten Frames**: Utilize felt for ten-frames with various shapes (e.g., ducks, pumpkins) for base-ten understanding and number recognition, notes this Amazon listing.
**Number Recognition & Sorting**: Use numbered felt hands for sorting, sequencing, and skip counting, as described by Chalk Academy.
**Shapes and Patterns**: Sort felt shapes by color, size, or type to introduce geometry and patterning.
**Multiplication & Division**: Use felt counters to create equal groups for early multiplication and division exercises.
**Benefits:**
**Tactile Learning:** Soft, durable materials are easy for small hands to manipulate.
**Interactive and Portable:** Ideal for quiet time or learning centers in classrooms.
**Visual Representation:** Helps children visually understand "more than," "less than," and equality.
**Customizable:** Pieces can be created to match interests (e.g., dinosaurs, animals)
**Creating a Felt Math Center**
**Felt Board**: A simple piece of felt glued to cardboard acts as the base.
**Loose Parts**: Create felt sets like dinosaurs, fish, or ghosts, allowing children to move them around freely for open-ended play.
**Games**: Use a die to determine how many felt items to add or remove from a scene (e.g., "Roll and Remove" raindrops).
Felt math is suitable for toddlers through kindergarteners, helping them develop critical thinking while fostering a fun and interactive learning environment.
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**Using felt numbers**
**Printable Numbers 0-9:**
**Free Number Outlines**
Beyond their visual appeal, felt numbers offer a range of educational benefits, particularly in early childhood development:
**Hands-On Learning:** Manipulating felt numbers allows children to explore and interact with numerical concepts, promoting hands-on learning that enhances their comprehension and retention.
**Numeracy Skills:** Felt numbers help develop essential numeracy skills, such as counting, recognizing numerical symbols, and understanding the concept of quantity.
**Mathematical Operations:** As children play with felt numbers, they can experiment with basic mathematical operations like addition, subtraction, and even simple multiplication and division.
**Problem-Solving and Logic:** Felt numbers can be used to create math-related puzzles and activities that encourage critical thinking and logical reasoning.
**Language Development:** When paired with storytelling and interactive play, felt numbers contribute to language development as children describe their creations and communicate mathematical ideas.
**The Crafting Process**
Crafting felt numbers can be a delightful and rewarding experience. Here's a simple guide to creating your own felt numbers:
**Gather Materials:** Obtain colorful felt sheets, scissors, fabric glue, and any additional materials you'd like to use for embellishments (e.g., buttons, sequins).
**Design and Cut:** Sketch the number shapes on the felt sheets and cut them out carefully. You can create different sizes and colors to add variety to your collection.
**Embellish (Optional):** Get creative by adding embellishments like googly eyes or fabric paint to give your felt numbers unique personalities.
**Play and Learn:** Once your felt numbers are ready, invite children to explore and play with them. Create games, puzzles, and activities to engage and challenge young learners.
**The Joy of Learning**
**with Felt Numbers**
**The joy of learning with felt numbers lies in the freedom to explore and create, fostering an environment where mistakes are part of the process and learning is a joyful adventure**. As children play with these lovable characters, they develop a positive association with mathematics, building a strong foundation for future learning.
**Felt numbers also serve as powerful tools for educators and parents, allowing them to incorporate fun and interactive math lessons into their teaching strategies**. By transforming traditional math exercises into playful activities, educators can inspire a love for learning and instill confidence in young learners.
**Conclusion**
Felt numbers are more than just fabric cut-outs; they are catalysts for learning, sparking curiosity and joy in the world of mathematics. Through their tactile appeal and imaginative potential, felt numbers create a positive and engaging learning experience for children, promoting numeracy skills and problem-solving abilities. Whether as educational tools in classrooms or as playtime companions at home, felt numbers offer a gateway to a world where learning becomes an exciting journey of discovery. So, let's embrace the magic of felt numbers and set young minds on a path of creative exploration and mathematical wonder.
**Felt Numbers provide an interactive way for children to learn critical math skills through playful engagement with textiles.**
This hands-on approach allows young learners to manipulate felt shapes and numbers, thereby enhancing their understanding of numerical concepts. Children can identify numbers, counting them as they explore the colorful felt representations. As they play with Felt Numbers, they not only recognize numbers but also develop fine motor skills. This combination of education and play makes learning a delightful experience.
In addition, using Felt Numbers helps children understand mathematical relationships. They can group the felt pieces, creating sets of numbers, which teaches valuable skills like addition and subtraction.
But it’s not just about the basics; **Felt Numbers can be used for more complex concepts like patterns and sequencing.** Because the tactile nature of felt allows children to visualize math in an engaging way, they are likely to retain these concepts longer.
So, Felt Numbers serve as a versatile educational tool, adapting to different stages of a child's learning journey.
**Finally, incorporating Felt Numbers into daily play can encourage collaboration and communication among peers.** Children will often share their findings and exhibit enthusiasm when exploring math together. This fosters teamwork skills while also creating a fun environment for learning. Furthermore, parents can participate in the process, encouraging their children to explain their reasoning, which deepens understanding. With Felt Numbers, you’re not just teaching mathematics; you’re building a foundation for critical thinking and collaboration that will benefit children throughout their academic careers.
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**Night Sky Felt Play and Math Games**
For the letter N we learned all about the night sky. I made this easy night sky felt play set, and all of the kids enjoyed using it in different ways.
I chose to make two small sets instead of one large set to hang on the wall. Either way would work for these activities. I went with the small set so that I could use it as a busy bag later. We will be taking a family road trip this summer, and I hope to make a few busy bags to take along for the ride.
For each set I used one sheet of black felt and half a sheet of yellow felt. I made one moon and various big and little stars for each set.
**Ideas for Play**
1. ***PRETEND PLAY***-Our first activity with the felt play set was open-ended play. Each child interacted with the set differently, and watching them helped give me more ideas to extend our learning.
2. ***SORTING***-Tinker and I are learning “big and little.” Together we sorted the stars by size.
3. ***PATTERNING***-Lovey and Big Buddy are learning to copy and create patterns. One day I made a pattern for them to copy, and they made the same pattern. Then they spent some time trying to create their own patterns.
4. ***COUNTING & COMPARING***–To practice counting and one-to-one correspondence we rolled a number cube and then added that many stars to our night sky. After the kids played a bit with their own boards we started comparing the two numbers. We talked about words like more, greater, fewer, less, equal, and the same. I don’t expect them to learn all of these words yet, but we are incorporating them into our discussions so that they begin to become familiar with the vocabulary.
5. **ADDITION**-You could also roll two different number cubes and add the stars to the night sky to find the sum. We did not do this activity, but it would be a great extension for kids who are ready.
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**Felt Shapes Sorting for Toddlers**
This simple felt shapes sorting activity for toddlers is a fun and easy way for toddlers to explore shapes and get creative. The colors and soft fabric also provide a sensory experience kids will love.
**As always we love to pair up our activities with books and we love these books about shapes and colors.**
Felt counting and sorting activities are interactive, sensory-rich methods for teaching young children early math skills, fine motor skills, and categorization. Using felt shapes, animals, or items, children can sort by color, size, or shape and count during play or in structured stories like "5 Colorful Balloons".
**Felt Sorting Activities**
**Color Sorting:** Use felt mats or bowls to sort colored felt shapes, pom-poms, or scraps.
**Shape Sorting:** Cut simple shapes (circles, squares, triangles) from felt for toddlers to categorize.
**Size Sorting:** Sort small, medium, and large felt items to understand relative size.
**Felt Counting Activities**
**Felt Board Rhymes:** Use felt sets to act out counting songs, such as "Five Colorful Balloons" (counting down) or "Fluffy Chick Count Up" (counting up) YouTube video.
**Number Story Sets:** Use thematic sets (e.g., dinosaurs, bugs) to pair physical counting with stories, such as Flannel Board Fun's Dinosaur Stomp Set.
**Number Matching:** Create felt numbers and have children match the corresponding number of felt items to the numeral.
This video demonstrates a fun counting rhyme using felt shapes:
Flannel Board Fun-YouTube • Mar 7, 2025
**Benefits of Felt Learning Tools**
Sensory Experience: Soft texture invites engagement.
Durable & Safe: Typically made from non-toxic, machine-washable material.
Cognitive Development: Promotes early math concepts, pattern recognition, and problem-solving.
Fine Motor Skills: Moving, placing, and manipulating small felt pieces strengthens little hands.
**Common Felt Sets & Themes**
Dinosaur Stomp/Storytime
Five Colorful Fish
Halloween Ghosts
Beginners Counting Set (Numbers and Animals)
**Felt shapes** are perfect for early learning activities: they are durable, easy to handle, and practically mess-free! This activity is easy to set up and can be delivered during quiet time, or one-on-one time, with minimal guidance.
**Here are the two materials needed for this activity.**
**Materials**
**1. Various colors of felt - we like** **these ones.**
2. **Felt board** **or tray**
**Instructions**
**Cut simple shapes from the felt, large enough for toddler’s fingers to handle easily. If you prefer you can buy** **pre-cut felt shapes like these ones.**
**The shapes can be sorted on a** **felt board,** **or on a plastic tray lined with a piece of felt as we have done here.**
**You can provide a prompt by placing a series of shapes on the felt tray. For example, place a blue square, triangle and circle at the top of the tray.**
**Talk about the shapes and colors as your child chooses the pieces and adds them to the tray.**
**Encourage your toddler to sort the felt cut outs by color.**
Now it’s time to create! Applying felt shapes randomly to the felt tray is a great activity for exercising creative skills along with fine motor skills.
This is a process art activity so there is no right or wrong way to create the shapes. .
Talk about the process as your toddler builds and creates.
I love the green triangle you chose for the roof of the house.
Let’s count the circles you lined up at the bottom of your picture.
I see you are starting with a brown square. What shape will you add next?
**Dinosaur Shapes Match**
Dinosaur Shapes Match enables children to match shapes to the dinosaurs. This is a great way for children to create dinosaur pictures using different shapes.
**Dinosaur Shapes Set1**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set2**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set3**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set4**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set5**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set6**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set7**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set8**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set9**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set10**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set11**
**Dinosaur Shapes Set12**
Make Your Own Weather Feltboard
**@abbyglassenbergdesign**
One of the fun concepts kids need to learn is about the weather! This board makes teaching and learning this concept easy and fun! Find the tutorial **here**
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**Learning about Animals and Their Homes- Habitats**
Using a felt board to teach habitats provides a tactile, visual way for children to match animals to their homes (e.g., camel to desert, whale to ocean). Create habitats using colored felt backgrounds (blue for water, yellow for sand, green for forest) and add felt animals that children can sort, move, and place, reinforcing environmental science concepts.
Here is how to use a felt board for habitat education:
**1. Set Up Different Habitat Scenes**
Create backgrounds: Use large pieces of felt to represent different environments on your board, such as a blue ocean, green forest, white Arctic, or yellow desert.
Add interactive elements: Cut out felt shapes like trees, clouds, caves, and suns, allowing children to build the landscape, as explained in this YouTube video.
**2. Interactive Learning Activities**
**Match Animals to Habitats:** Create felt animal pieces and have children place them in the correct environment (e.g., polar bear in the Arctic, camel in the desert).
**"What's Missing?" Game:** Create a habitat (like a forest) and ask children to identify which animal doesn't belong or which animal is missing, say Educato's Reference Desk and Pinterest.
**Storytelling and Dramatic Play:** Use the felt pieces to tell stories about an animal's day in its home, encouraging children to use voices and move the pieces to describe their actions, says Super Simple.
**Sorting Activity:** Use different colored felt pieces to represent land, water, and air, and have children sort various animal shapes onto the appropriate background, according to this Facebook post.
**3. Enhancing the Learning Experience**
**Use Visual Aids**: Read books about habitats, such as *Animal Habitats: The Best Home of All*, and use the felt board to recreate the scenes from the story.
**Add Sensory Elements:** Incorporate materials other than felt, like glitter for ice, velcro for sticking, or rough fabric to represent bark.
**Group Activities:** Divide children into small groups, providing each group with a different habitat to explore and present to the class, suggests EduRef.org and Monterey Bay Aquarium.
**4. DIY Felt Board Tips**
**Create the board:** Use a large picture frame (with plastic instead of glass) and cover the backing with a neutral-colored felt, say this TikTok video and Kailan Carr.
**Organization**: Organize the animals and habitats by type in different buckets or Ziplocs for easy storage and reuse, note this YouTube video.
Small-World
Habitats Play Mats
When I saw this idea from one of the master naturalists who works with the nature center, I took a bunch of pictures and had to make one of my own. It is a simple project to help little ones learn who lives where in nature.
The play mat is made of felt. It is simply what leftover from other projects. I sewed the scene onto the large piece of green felt including the sky with clouds, a pond and shore, and a large tree as part of the forest.

The rest is up to the kids. The images are all pre-painted wood pieces from various crafts stores. We enjoy checking out the selection in any store we are in and add to our menagerie.

The forest section includes additional trees, a bear, an owl and bird in the sky.
The prairie portion has a flower, insects and a bunny.
The wetlands include a duck, fish, salamander, and turtle.
The woman who gave me the idea actually had the outlines of each piece Sharpied onto the play mat more like a puzzle, but I wanted to leave it a little more creative by allowing the kids to decide where things should go.
When we are finished, all the pieces go into the large pocket on the back
And the entire mat trifolds closed and is easily stored.
It is held closed with a simple button and elastic system.
It is a really fun piece we enjoy at home and with our friends at nature class and preschool.
**Templates**
**African Savanna Diorama**
**Dinosaur Diorama**
**Diorama Plants and Trees**
**Polar Habitat Diorama**
**Rainforest Diorama**
**Coral Reef Diorama**
**Under the Sea Templates for Felt and Paper Crafting**
I designed these as felt board play critters for my girls, but they could easily be created with paper for card making and scrapbooking.
*The templates I created are at the bottom of the post. If you use them to make items that you plan on selling, or if you post the templates on your own blog, please give credit where credit is due!
**Materials:**
Scissors
Colored felt (or paper)
Smallish buttons for eyes
Glue (I used a glue gun)
Optional: embroidery floss and needle, beads
**Sea Turtle:**
1. Cut out shapes and gather embroidery floss, scissors and buttons.
2. Glue shell pattern to shell (if you plan on embroidering the edges, only make a small glue dot in the middle, as pulling a needle through hardened glue isn't fun)
3. Sew button eye to white circle
4. Glue head tail, and all flippers to shell.
5. Glue entire turtle to felt (for sturdiness if this is for a child's felt board) and cut out
**Crab:**
1. Cut out shapes and gather embroidery floss, scissors and buttons.
2. Sew buttons onto the whites of the eyes.
3. Glue the feet and pinchers to the body of the crab.
4. Decorative embroidery (if you want)
5. Glue eyes onto crab body.
6. Glue the entire crab onto a separate piece of felt for sturdiness. And cut it out.
**Treasure Chest:**
1. Cut out shapes from felt/paper and gather beads
2. Glue bottom and top of chest to the base.
3. Assemble the 'hardware' of the chest and glue.
4. Sew bead 'jewels' to randomly cut felt pieces.
5. Glue the jewels and gold to the opening between the top and the bottom of the chest.
**Sea Star:**

1. Cut out shapes and gather embroidery floss and beads (optional)
2. Embroider top piece of starfish. Add beads to the center.
3. Glue top to the bottom piece.
If you really want it to be sturdy, you can add another bottom layer - good for if it is a kid's felt board toy.
**Dolphin:**
1. Cut out shapes, gather buttons and floss.
2. Sew button to white eye circle.
3. Embroider the dolphin's body (optional)
4. Glue eyes onto dolphins.
If you really want it to be sturdy, you can add another bottom layer - good for if it is a kid's felt board toy.
**Sand Castle:**
1. Cut out shapes.
2. Embroider door. Glue onto castle base 1
3. Embroider the entire castle. Glue onto castle base 2
**Templates**
Just click on the links below to see it full size, do a 'print preview' to make sure it fits - you might need to adjust portrait/landscape settings and scale %, depending on image - and then print.
**Dolphin and Sea Star**
**Turtle crab and sand castle**
**Treasure chest**
**Tips for cutting felt.**
Felt is really hard to cut even as an adult, so make sure you have **really sharp scissors.** If you are trying to cut intricate designs, then iron on some freezer paper to the rear. it gives the felt stability making it easier to cut and you can remove it and reuse it as a pattern.
**DIY Felt Board Patterns for Animal Play**
*Creating the Felt Board*
Materials Needed:
large panel of felt (I used white as a base; some people do half-blue and half-green so that their board always has grass and a sky. It’s up to you!)
foam presentation board
I read off a few different ideas, but what I ended up doing was purchasing a large panel of felt and a foam board, and attaching the felt to the board with staples. I double-double checked, and the staples don’t poke through. This board is nice, because it’s portable and hide-able! When London and I are done playing with it, I slide it behind the couch.
*Creating the Templates*
I wanted the animals to be simple enough so that I did not have to spend forever creating them. I started by drawing the following animal pictures:

What I did next was due to reading this post about how to easily cut and make felt shapes. I would view the blog if you want more specific instructions, but basically you trace your shape onto freezer paper, cut it out and iron it onto the felt, and then cut out the felt. It’s much easier to cut out clean lines with the paper attached than it is otherwise.
**Materials Needed:**
Freezer Paper
Pencil, pen, or marker (I used pencil)
Template to trace from
Now, for the template I’m attaching, you can simply trace the template as every shape is included on the template (so skip step 2 below). However, if you are like me and like drawing your own pictures, you will need to follow all steps.
**If you would like my templates, you can access them here:** **Farm and Jungle p1**, **Farm and Jungle p2, and** **Farm and Jungle p3**. The templates will print as three pages that are meant to overlap.
Instructions:
Lay the freezer paper on top of your template. Trace each shape wholly onto the side that is rough, not waxy.
After you have traced the entire shape (like a cow), trace the individual parts (like hooves, the nose, the tail) that will be cut out on a separate color of felt. I also labeled the parts based on which animal it was coming from (for example, “horse nose”).
Repeat for each animal.
Disclaimer: I scanned these from the freezer paper, and tried to re-align the templates on my computer. As this was my first time doing this type of craft, I wasn’t very wise about placement on the freezer paper. I focused more on conserving space than creating a template that can be shared.
***Making the Animals***
Materials Needed:
Felt, two colors for each animal. The color choices are up to you! I tried re-using the same colors for multiple animals (for example, the cat, sheep, and elephant all used the same
grey felt).
Iron
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Fine-tip sharpie or marker
Instructions:
Cut out the templates from the freezer paper. This does not need to be exact or along the lines unless you want to conserve felt. Personally, I didn’t want to take the time to cut each shape individually multiple times.
Organize the shapes by felt color. As you can see below, I placed the main pig body with the bunny ears, nose, and tail, and the cow nose and ears all on pink felt.
Iron the freezer paper shapes waxy-side down onto the color of felt you desire!
Cut out the main body shape of the animal.

Cut out the smaller pieces (like hooves, ears, the tail, and the nose) for that same animal.
Hot glue (or Tacky Glue) the smaller pieces onto the main body shape.

You can use a Sharpie or fabric paint to draw on any accents like eyes or nostrils!

**NOTE**:I repeated steps 5-7 for each individual animal, but you could choose to do step 5 for all animals at once, then step 6, and then step 7, if you prefer. I found it simpler to keep the smaller pieces organized if I cut them out and glued them on immediately.
**Now Play!!**
We have played with these quite a few times. I think she enjoys how easy they are to move and hold! Probably someday I’ll make a farm or trees or something so that the background is more entertaining, but for now they have been perfect! She’s only 17 months old, so she doesn’t quite understand how to place them on the board without them falling off, but she really has enjoyed learning her animal sounds.
For more felt activities for kids
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**More Felt Based Playful Learning**
Making felt boards for science is an easy, low-cost (under $20) project to create interactive displays for topics like the solar system, life cycles, or anatomy. Use a framed canvas, cardboard, or corkboard covered with light blue or black felt, securing the fabric with hot glue or a staple gun. Create interactive shapes using felt scraps, Velcro, or glitter iron-on for detailed pieces.
**Science Felt Board Ideas**
**Solar System**: Use a dark blue or black felt background to arrange planets, sun, and stars.
**Anatomy:** Create a body outline with removable organs (heart, lungs, stomach) to learn anatomy.
**Weather**/**Seasons:**Create a tree that changes with the seasons or weather patterns (sun, clouds, rain).
**Nature**: From fascinating animals to beautiful plants, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
**Quick Assembly Steps**
**Select Base:** Use a framed cork board, canvas, foamboard, or heavy cardboard.
**Cover:** Apply a large piece of felt, pulling it taut.
**Secure:** Use spray adhesive or a staple gun to attach the felt to the back of the board.
**Create Pieces:** Cut out shapes for science topics using felt scraps, which naturally adhere to the felt background.
For added functionality, use hook-and-loop tape (Velcro) for heavier pieces or to make them more secure during use.
**Solar System Felt Board Craft For Kids!**
Alphabet Printable- An Uppercase Letter Template
for Kids
**Printable Numbers 0-9: Free Number Outlines for Kids**
**Tree Template- Free Printable**
Easy Felt for Younger Kids

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Over 300 Templates For felt and Art

I have listed the projects on this page that I found specifically for felt boards. However, the vast majority of these coloring pages are stand alone images that can be colored, cut out and used for the felt board. In particular, I've received positive comments about the Simple Characters and Shapes pages (it includes apples, autumn leaves, snowflakes, triangles, circles, squares, sun, star, etc) so please take a minute to check them out too.

Also, many of the paper crafts and dioramas on the site make great felt board templates. The kids get a real kick out of seeing their art projects on the felt board.

To make a paper sheet into a felt board character, cut out a small piece of felt or coarse sandpaper and tape or glue it on the back of each character. The sandpaper or felt will allow the characters to stick on your felt board. You can also laminate or cover with clear contact paper to make it longer lasting.