Handmade felt toys: simple and cute ideas

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[Handmade Toy] How to Make Anpanman Felt Balls

Here’s a felt ball idea! First, prepare your favorite felt and cut out 12 pentagons.

Sew them together with the right sides facing inward, turn it right side out, stuff it with cotton, and stitch it closed—that’s it! If you use felt in various colors, you’ll get a colorful ball, and it’s also a great idea to sew on characters kids love onto the pentagon pieces.

Classics might be Anpanman or Pokémon.

Animals or vehicles would surely be adorable, too!

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doctor play set

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A doctor playset made from felt is a craft that nurtures interest in social roles through pretend play.

Recreate various medical tools in felt—such as a flashlight, stethoscope, thermometer, and forceps—and stuff each piece with cotton to give it a three-dimensional feel.

Add a syringe and a doctor’s bag to complete a realistic set.

Making each part detachable with hook-and-loop tape or snap buttons expands the ways to play.

By freely customizing colors and shapes, you can create a one-of-a-kind doctor kit that can be enjoyed for make-believe after it’s finished.

It also offers a chance to learn the names and uses of tools, making it a highly practical craft that fosters imagination and conversational skills as an educational activity.

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No-sew felt puppet

[Toothbrushing Instruction] Easy! No-sew Felt Puppet / 100-Yen Shop DIY / Felt Puppet

Recommended for craft beginners too! Here are ideas for felt puppets you can make without sewing.

If you’re making puppets by hand, beginners might feel it seems “difficult” or “a lot of work.” However, by using felt, you don’t have to worry about fraying edges, and it’s easy to make! What you’ll need: felt, double-sided tape, a glue gun, scissors, paper, clips, and a pencil.

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Let’s play with dice made from fabric or felt! You’ll need fabric or felt in various colors, stuffing, a bell, needle and thread, scissors, and a template.

Make the six faces of the die in different bright colors, and add patterns like animals or other motifs to each face.

If you put a bell inside, it will make a cute jingling sound when you roll the die! If you make four dice with the same patterns, you can enjoy a matching picture game or a stacking balance game as well.

A rabbit plush made from fleece

[100-Yen Handmade] Easy Palm-Sized Bunny Plushie Made from Fleece

Using fleece fabric that looks and feels soft, let’s make a palm-sized stuffed bunny.

The key is how you construct the body: cut the fabric into the shape you want, embroider the facial expression, sew the pieces together, then stuff them with cotton and shape as you go.

The way you stuff it will change the overall roundness and softness, so it’s a good idea to focus on this to create your own unique bunny.

After that, attach parts like the hands, feet, and ears, and finish it so it looks like a bunny, and you’re done.

It can also be fun to change the fabric color and the shapes of the parts to add originality.

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Dice Unit

[Felt Puzzle] How to Make a Dice Unit

A recommended felt craft that incorporates a playful element: a dice unit.

Prepare pieces with holes punched in the felt, then connect each one front-to-back to form a cube.

The soft texture of felt makes it easy to handle and safe to work with, which is another plus.

By increasing the number of connected pieces, you can link as many dice as you like, expanding the ways you can play.

Using different colors on the front and back lets you visually enjoy the variations in how they connect.

Once completed, it can be taken apart and reassembled like a puzzle, adding an educational aspect.

You can design it freely, making it a great idea for a summer vacation independent study project.

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Glove theater

[Glove Theater/Lunchbox Bus] The process of making childcare items out of felt

The glove theater is a popular craft you can enjoy while engaging with children.

Here, we’ll introduce how to make a bento bus that can hold lots of toppings.

First, sew together the base of the bus, then use felt to make ingredients like strawberries, carrots, and shrimp.

Stuffing them with cotton will give them a plump, three-dimensional look for a visually fun finish.

Adding eyes and mouths made from felt or beads to each food piece gives them more character and makes them more approachable, helping capture children’s interest.

Attaching the parts as if they’re riding on the bus lets you stage them as passengers, so you can create stories and play with them.

It’s a delightful item that combines both crafting and play.

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