Easy for elementary school kids! A cute collection of felt mascot-making ideas
Handmade felt mascots are surprisingly easy to make! These cute mascots are great to craft with kids and make perfect gifts for someone special.
From lucky daruma and donuts to popular characters, the fun lies in creating your favorite designs.
In this article, we’ll share tips for making mascots from a single sheet of felt—simple enough for elementary school children to try.
Give it a go and create a one-of-a-kind mascot filled with the warmth of something handmade!
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Easy for elementary school kids! Cute felt mascot crafting ideas (21–30)
protective daruma
A felt daruma amulet that’s perfect for cheering on family and friends.
Because the daruma has a simple shape, even children can make it easily! Make the body, the face, and the lettering separately.
If embroidery feels like a hassle, you can write directly with a pen instead.
Try creating a daruma full of originality with your preferred expression and colors! Sew on an elastic band or ribbon to turn it into a keychain.
It’s sure to delight a friend who’s preparing for exams!
Smile Flower
This is a felt mascot of a Smile Flower that soothes the heart with its beaming face.
A Smile Flower is a character with a face at the center of a flower, often used as a motif for various plushies and accessories.
Smile Flowers are especially recommended as good-luck charms to give as gifts! They’re sure to brighten the recipient’s mood and gently give them a little push forward.
Try making one for a friend who’s working hard at studying or sports!
Easy for Elementary School Kids! A Cute Collection of Felt Mascot Craft Ideas (31–40)
squirrel
Squirrels are adorable animals that stuff their cheeks with nuts.
In Japan, you can only see wild squirrels in certain places, which makes them all the more popular since they’re such a rare sight.
Let’s try making a squirrel mascot out of felt! A squirrel’s most distinctive feature is its big, fluffy tail.
A tail that’s as large as, or even larger than, its body is just so cute! If you use felt to capture the way the tail gets thicker toward the tip, you’re sure to end up with a lovely creation!
Koala’s March
Let’s try making everyone’s favorite snack, Koala’s March, out of felt! Koala’s March isn’t just delicious—it also delights us with its designs.
Don’t many of you always check the picture before taking a bite? According to the official website, there are 365 different Koala’s March designs in total.
There are even regional koalas and message koalas holding slips of paper with words on them! Once you’ve made the base with beige felt, use a brown permanent marker to draw your favorite design on it!
strawberry
Let’s try making cute, delicious-looking strawberries out of felt! There are lots of products with fruit motifs, but strawberries are among the most popular.
Their small, bright-red berries are just irresistibly cute.
Felt strawberry mascots are easy to make and are great even for beginners at crafts! The strawberry motif isn’t just perfect for mascots—it works wonderfully for accessories too.
Just add earring findings or attach a hair elastic, and you can create your own handmade accessories!
bear
Thanks to the influence of characters like Winnie-the-Pooh and Rilakkuma, many people love bear characters, don’t they? For those people, a felt bear mascot is highly recommended.
You can certainly cut felt into a bear shape, sew the pieces together, and stuff them with cotton, but the best method is to start with a pattern.
When you make it from a pattern, it turns out more like a proper plush toy.
It does take more effort, but the satisfaction of creating something yourself is incomparable.
Give making your own original bear mascot a try!
rice ball
Its plump, rounded shape is so cute! This is an onigiri (rice ball) mascot made from felt.
Food-themed motifs are popular with many people regardless of gender or age.
Plus, the design is very simple, so the making process is relatively easy.
If you have white and black felt, you can make it—perfect for your first try at making felt mascots! Once you get used to making the standard onigiri with nori (seaweed), you can try designs like pickled plum (umeboshi) or tempura shrimp (tenmusu) too!