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

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

How to choose felt for crafts

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

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

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

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

Material types:

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

patterns

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

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

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

What do you need to work

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

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

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

Felt decorations for children and adults

The most popular accessories are flowers. It can be hair ornaments, brooches. You will need a pattern, felt of the desired shades and decorative elements (rhinestones, beads, beads, satin ribbons). Brooches require a special pin.

The pattern of the flower you like is transferred to felt, the details are cut out, which are sewn or glued together, decorating with decor. The decoration is sewn to clothes, fastened to an elastic band, headband or hairpin.

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

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

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

Bracelets are made from simulated felt.

Accessories

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

Progress:

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

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

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

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

You can make many original home accessories from felt:

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

Baby toys

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

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

Theater on a finger

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

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

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

Patterns of little animals can be drawn independently or taken ready-made, the main thing is to observe the proportions. The size of the wolf and piglets depends on who will be the actor, and on whose hands the figures will be put on. The pattern is transferred to felt, 2 parts are cut out, a muzzle is drawn or embroidered on the front side. Then the edges of the parts are sewn, while sewing the tail and ears.

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

Book

For children from one year old, an educational book is suitable. It is made according to the same principle as the theater, but all the figures are made flat. The theme of the book will be prompted by the imagination of the parents and the manifest interests of the child. It can be the sea with its inhabitants, seasons, plants and animals, large and small geometric shapes, alphabet, counting, etc.

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

goodies

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

To make felt ice cream, you will need:

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

Step by step work:

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

This job is easy for beginners.

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

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

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

New Year crafts

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

New Year's simple crafts:

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

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

volume ball

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

Herringbone

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

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

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

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

Felt is considered one of the unique and favorite materials used by craftswomen and needlewomen. For those who love to create products with their own hands, spending a minimum of time on it, felt is the most suitable material. At the same time, crafts from it are original and beautiful.

To date, you can find many detailed descriptions, master classes, ideas for inspiration on the topic of felt needlework, or using their creative abilities, craftswomen make real masterpieces.

Feature of felt

The difference between felt (which can be natural, synthetic composition, or a mixture of artificial and natural fibers) from other fabrics is that when working it is similar to the process of working with paper, that is, you can do anything with it: glue, cut, sew (due to its fibrous structure).

Felt products

In addition, felt is ideally combined and combined with any fabric, decor, accessories, due to this, do-it-yourself felt crafts are so bright and interesting.

It is used in a variety of handicrafts:

• In the manufacture of toys: figurines, Christmas decorations, voluminous applications, etc. It is easy to work with felt, so even a beginner can handle it;
• In scrapbooking;
• With the help of felt, they create covers for books, diaries, notebooks, and it also serves as a decoration for photo frames, postcards;
• As a creative material for collective work with children. Its multi-colored, bright coloring will appeal to every child;
• It will be a great handmade gift for any celebration and holiday: New Year, Easter, Valentine's Day, March 8, Christmas and Shrovetide. According to the available master classes, you can create: flowers, valentine hearts, Easter eggs, Christmas decorations;
• Felt is used for sewing accessories in the interior of the room, useful little things in everyday life: as coasters, hot napkins, holders for towels, curtains, wallets, bags, cosmetic bags, key holders, needle cases, cases for scissors;
• Developing felt crafts for children: mobiles for a crib, development books, small rugs, figured products in the form of numbers, letters, vegetables, fruits, animals, felt cubes, finger toys (puppet theater), calendars.

This is not a complete list of what can be made from felt.

Let's analyze a couple of ideas, mk, to create your own hand made product. To get started, consider instructions for beginners on how to make crafts from felt with children.

Felt flowers

An adult with a small child will be able to personally make a gift for mom, grandmother, teacher for a women's holiday, for example, felt flowers.

To do this, use a ready-made, printed pattern. Paper parts are transferred to the material and cut out. Then they are glued or sewn according to the pattern.

Thus, you can create a bouquet of large flowers, and from small ones create a beautiful brooch, hairpin, flowers on a hoop.

Such a product can be made on a pin, decorating it with braid, half-beads, a bow and other decorative elements.

Children can use felt to do homework at school or kindergarten, for various events, or simply to develop creative skills. The child can participate in the process of creating a future product: come up with a craft, choose a particular shade, discuss and add details.

You can entrust the kid with more responsible work: circle the template, glue the elements, cut out the part.

For example, children can sew a full-fledged synthetic winterizer toy or figure themselves using a pattern that is freely available on special Internet resources for photo crafts from felt or use their own imagination by drawing on a piece of paper.

Christmas tree toy

For an older child, crafts that he can sew himself will be interesting, for example, let's take a toy for the Christmas tree.

Circles of the same shape are made from felt, they are connected in the center, attached to a ball, or on a cone figure made of foam, glue circles of green felt, you get a small Christmas tree, decorating it with the same figures of fairy-tale characters - Santa Claus, a snowman, Santa Claus with deer .

Felt heart

You can give a friend or loved one for Valentine's Day an original valentine in the form of a heart made of felt. The cut-out patterns of crafts made of felt are sewn together, stuffed with filler.

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The resulting hearts are decorated and presented in a beautiful package or in a basket.

Easter craft

For Easter, a topiary, Easter eggs, flower pots and many more decorations and accessories can serve as a cute present. To make a planter, the selected pot is trimmed with green felt material in the form of grass, then a fence and flowers are glued.

And a chicken with chickens, a rabbit or eggs of different colors are planted in a pot.

Felt owls

Owls made of felt are of great interest, which can be both an ordinary toy and as a key holder, key chain, case, stand, making, if desired, a whole family of owls.

Felt books

Many mothers of needlewomen sew books on educational topics. Such a book is fixed on rings, ribbons, and the sheets are decorated with numbers, letters, animals, vegetables, fruits, pockets with fillers, decorative elements, buttons, buttons, laces.

It is possible to create a lot of products from this material using these schemes and templates for crafts from felt on this site.

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Photo crafts from felt

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You can make anything out of felt! This beautiful material is perfect for making a wide variety of gifts with your own hands. It will be an ideal material for experienced craftswomen and beginner needlewomen. Moreover, it is with felt that it is easiest to start introducing children to handicraft. This fabric does not crumble in the process of work, perfectly holds its shape and is surprisingly pleasant to the touch. You can make a lot of interesting products from it - jewelry and toys, covers and bags, flowers and letters. Now about all this in a little more detail.

Toys

Warm and soft, felt toys will always be a gift suitable for any occasion and for any addressee. Adults enjoy them just as much as children. They are great for a birthday. For example, you can sew a little owl with your own hands, attach a carabiner or cell phone clasp to it and present it as a keychain for your phone or keys.

If a pin is sewn to the inside of an owl, it will turn into a funny brooch. Another unusual idea is to attach a frame lined with the same fabric to the toy and make an organizer out of it for storing elastic bands and hairpins.

You can sew your own felt owl using this pattern (the picture is enlarged).

All the details must be transferred to paper, then the paper pattern should be transferred to the felt and the details sewn to each other in sequence. For the filling of an owl, a synthetic winterizer, holofiber or just ordinary cereals are suitable.

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The heart is the simplest and most famous form of toy, and a child can easily make it. Felt hearts are decorated with embroidery, beaded beads, the first letter of the name. It turns out a romantic and tender valentine as a gift for Valentine's Day. Such hearts can also become a delicate decoration for the wedding hall.

For Easter, you can sew an egg with your own hands and embroider it with sequins, beads, rhinestones or just melange or metallic threads. Such a souvenir will look great in a box, the bottom of which is covered with sisal or paper shavings. You can also sew rabbits, chickens or gingerbread men as Easter decorations.

In the hands of a craftswoman, felt can easily turn into wonderful New Year's gifts - Christmas trees embroidered with multi-colored buttons, funny snowmen with funny embroidered faces, and even festive garlands. Ribbons or a decorative cord are sewn to the top of the product and hung on a Christmas tree. To make such a toy with your own hands, it takes very little time and no special skills, but each craftswoman gets her own, individual. If you make it a rule to give a loved one only 1 hand-sewn felt toy for every Christmas, then in a few years he will have a real author's collection, which over time will surely become a family value and a source of pride.

Flowers

Violets and daisies, peonies and asters, dahlias, roses, tulips and various fantasy flowers can be made from felt. If you sew a stem and leaves to them, you get a decorative composition in a vase or pot. Flowers without stems are suitable for hairpins, elastic bands, bracelets. They can also become an elegant decoration for any hat or a bright brooch for a dress or coat. They keep their shape perfectly and always look spectacular. There are several ways to make them yourself.
1. Using a flat template, which must first be cut out of paper. Petals of different shapes, sizes and shades are sewn on top of each other in folds and give the product the necessary volume. A bead, a button or just a felt circle is sewn or glued in the center. Below are some suitable templates:

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2. This is how a rose is made: the fabric is laid in several layers in a square on which a spiral is drawn. The spiral is cut with scissors. Then it is folded in a circle and every 2-3 turns is fixed with a thread. The result is such wonderful roses. If the edges of the spiral are cut not with a straight line, but with waves, then the flower will look even more interesting due to the uneven edge.

3. The third manufacturing method is folding the fabric with “pounds”: twice in half, after which such a petal is sewn to the base around the corner. Funtikami can make a chrysanthemum or aster. If there is a lot of fabric available, then from it you can create not just a single flower, but a real flower ball. To do this, the petals must be sewn or glued to any round base, for example, a foam ball.

Decorations

You can turn a flower into an elegant brooch or an elegant hair band in a matter of minutes. Any fashionista, from young to old, will be delighted with such a gift. It is enough to prepare strong elastic bands, a fastener for a hairpin, a headband or an elastic bandage in advance. However, the decoration can be created entirely from felt, for example, a flower bracelet.

Letters and numbers

The idea of ​​making felt letters and numbers came to us from European craftswomen. Such toys make the acquaintance of kids with the world pleasant and warm, and therefore enjoy well-deserved popularity among needlewomen. You can create a whole alphabet or, conversely, limit yourself to only the letters of the child's name. Velcro can be sewn to the back of the letters and attached to a decorative panel, or you can stick a magnetic tape and turn the letters into fridge magnets.
They are made large and small, plain and multi-colored, with and without applications. They are safe for the child and pleasant to the touch.

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Cases

A felt case is a cozy and gentle protection for your phone, tablet or glasses. Embroidery or applique will help to make it truly exclusive. For example, you can embroider brand letters or the owner's name. Sewing such a product with your own hands is very simple, just make a pattern by taking measurements from the gadget. It is better to take the material thicker (about 4 mm.). For beauty, you can cut out a fastener from the same fabric to the cover and sew Velcro on the end.
The idea can be complicated by making an application on the front side in the form of a muzzle of a fox, owl or wolf. Such a thing looks bright and unusual, so the gift is guaranteed to attract attention and be remembered by everyone.

Other products

You can also sew beautiful wallets, organizers for storing things and even bags from felt. It is much more convenient to store pens, pencils or felt-tip pens in a cozy felt organizer with pockets for pens, which is rolled up and fastened with Velcro or other fastener.

In interior decor, felt is used to make decorations for seasonal wreaths and decorative pillows. Such a soft pillow, decorated with a funny application, will perfectly fit into any nursery.

Use felt more often! Sew a panda-shaped cover, an owl-shaped pillow, a fox hat, a butterfly brooch, a funny mug cover for your loved one, a panel with bright letters, interior decorations for any season, fridge magnets in the form of fruits or cupcakes with your own hands. In each experiment, this material will become your indispensable assistant and help you realize the most daring and original gift ideas.

Felt is a unique material that is widely used in needlework. Its rather dense structure allows to produce a wide variety of products. Having tried at least once to make crafts from felt with your own hands, it is impossible to stop. This activity is very exciting, I want to create again and again.

So where do you start? What felt products are the easiest to make and what can be done with children? For beginners, we advise you to choose the simplest schemes for creating hairpins, brooches, bags. Felt patterns can be easily made by yourself. Pay attention to the master class containing step-by-step pictures and templates, so it will be easier to understand the sequence of actions.

You can buy felt for making felt crafts in special craft stores. Choose beautiful and bright materials with your children; using felt, crafts will turn out to be original, very unusual.

1. Felt of different density. For bulky crafts made of felt and toys, choose a thinner material. It can be sewn without any difficulty and subsequently filled with holofiber or padding polyester.
2. Threads. Choose colors that best match the tone of the felt or contrasting shades.
3. Needles. Take several different needles, they will be needed to work with felt of different density.
4. Pencil. It will be necessary for cutting the material.
5. Awl. This auxiliary tool will help you make small and neat holes in the felt.
6. Scissors. Use sharp and large.
7. Glue gun. It is useful for beginner needlewomen.
8. Elements for decoration. All kinds of pebbles, buttons, fasteners and beads will help to give felt crafts a special look.

So, let's get to work. Let's start with children's felt crafts.

Crafts for kids

A variety of toys that develop books, which are created with their own hands, turn out to be special and arouse great interest among kids.

Make unique easy felt crafts for kids, every day you will improve your acquired skills!

letters

Soft letters made of felt can be used first for playing with the baby, and later for learning. Use simple patterns, carefully cutting out the outlines of each letter of the alphabet. After the work with the scissors is completed, you can proceed as the longest stage - sewing together the parts of the letters.

Patterns of letters:

Fascinating activities with children can be carried out using fabric books. Making books from felt is not as laborious as it might seem at first glance.

Brooches

A bright brooch draws attention to your outfit, so many women carefully select this accessory for a particular look. Make a felt brooch with the step-by-step instructions below, and you will see that it is quite possible to create them yourself using materials at hand.

Snail patterns (click on the picture, it will enlarge and then download it):

If you have an old zipper and felting wool on hand, they will come in handy for making a felt brooch. The stylish finish of the accessory is a unique detail of your image.

Ideas for inspiration:

Handbags

An original felt bag will complement the elegant look of every girl. A small and bright accessory is easy to make yourself. We have prepared for you a master class that demonstrates step by step how to create a felt bag. For work, you will need to take not only felt, but also cotton fabric, which will be used to create an applique and a pen.

It is worth noting that a bag made of felt can be detailed with buttons, embroidery (ornament). Focus on the accessory with the use of metal elements.

Food

Even food made of felt looks realistic, almost any vegetable or fruit can be imitated thanks to a special material finishing technique. Undoubtedly, such work will be interesting for children, involve them in this process.

Our step-by-step instructions with photos will help you create a "delicious dish". Surprise your loved ones with an unusual craft, the felt food “cooked” by you will be perceived as a real masterpiece.

Hairpins

Romantic felt hair clips will decorate any little girl's hairstyle. Graceful roses of a rich pink and red hue will look great in your hair.

You will spend a minimum of time on making hairpins with floral motifs and will delight your child with an excellent hand-made gift.

A few more ideas:

Mobile phone cases

Today, a felt phone case is a unique accessory. But there is no need to purchase it if you have some felt and step by step instructions on hand.

We present you the original design of a children's cover with the well-known Om Nom. Below are instructions for creating a case for glasses or pens with a cute dog and a bunny, a small owl can also be attached. The craft turns out lively, bright.

This case is designed for phone size: 12.5 cm by 6.5 cm. To download the manual in large size, click on the picture and only then click save.

Let's create an unusual glasses case and a fashionable felt phone case together, you will definitely succeed!

More ideas:

Additionally, felt key chains can be made.

Owl pattern:

Pattern for keychains (first click on the picture, and then save):

More keychain options:

Needle beds

For a needlewoman, even a needle bed should be special! We suggest you make it from soft felt. As a result of a simple but exciting work, you will get an unusual felt pincushion that will store all of your needles.

Fantasize, detail crafts, you may want to give some to a friend, sister or mother.

Decorations

Delicate, romantic and elegant earrings and necklaces can be made not only from metal. We invite you to learn how wonderful felt decorations are created. This craft will be a great gift for mom on a child's birthday.

Schemes and interesting ideas

Below we attach diagrams that will help you in needlework. Engage in the manufacture of products with the children, it will be a lot of fun. For convenience, you can enlarge the diagram to the desired size, which will make your work easier.

Today, felt is one of the most popular materials for needlework. There is nothing to be surprised here: felt has a huge number of advantages that make it simply irreplaceable.

• Felt refers to non-woven materials, so it does not crumble at all. It is easy and pleasant to work with it - that is why it is one of the best materials for children's crafts. As soon as the baby learns to cut paper figures with scissors, you can proceed to felt.
• Felt does not have a front and back side. In any case, your product will turn out elegant.
• Working with felt in many ways resembles working with paper - just like paper, it can be cut with ordinary scissors, stitched, glued.
• Felt is pleasant to the touch, has a bright color palette - it is interesting to make from it for both adults and children.
• Felt goes well with a wide variety of materials - beads, beads, fabric, embroidery threads, yarn, braid, lace, buttons, etc.
• And finally, felt is universal - it can be used to make jewelry, shoes, clothes, toys, handbags and wallets, holiday decor elements, various household and interior items - pillows, needle cases, children's mobiles ...

The only "minus" of felt is its relatively high price. But, believe me, the pleasure of working with this amazing material is worth it!

Types of felt

In craft stores, you can buy sheet felt individually or in sets that resemble colored paper sets.

The composition of felt is:

• Pure wool is one of the most expensive; usually painted in rather restrained shades. Very pleasant to the touch environmentally friendly material with good antibacterial properties; It is used most often for sewing children's clothes and toys. Woolen felt has a drawback - it requires careful care, as it can easily be deformed during washing and ironing.
• Semi-woolen - with the addition of synthetic fibers (acrylic or viscose). It is painted in bright colors, it can be of different thickness. Suitable for sewing clothes, making toys, decorations, appliqués, etc.
• Synthetic is the most affordable felt. In its composition - 100% acrylic, viscose or polyester. Clothes are not sewn from such felt, but it is quite suitable for a variety of children's crafts, applications and other things. The advantages of synthetic felt include juicy and bright colors, strength and wear resistance. The disadvantages are some "creakiness" that is unpleasant to the touch and relative transparency (which can be overcome by using several layers of material instead of one).

In addition, felt differs in thickness (thick, semi-thin, thin) and in appearance (smooth or fleecy).

Before buying felt, you should ask yourself a couple of questions:

• Will the finished product come into contact with human skin (and especially with the skin of a child)?
• How will the finished product be used (will it quietly stand on a shelf, will it become a favorite toy of a little fidget or an element of his own clothes - and, accordingly, will be washed often)?

The answers will help you choose the right material and get the most out of your work and the result.

Application of felt

Felt, as mentioned above, is universal. Therefore, it is simply impossible to list all the options for its use. I'll try to name the most important ones.

Decorations

From felt, you can make unusual jewelry for little and adult fashionistas without much effort and serious handicraft skills. Hairpins and hair bands, bracelets, brooches, beads, decor for bags, hats, shoes can come in a variety of styles - from classic to boho, from rock to shabby chic.

Clothing and accessories

Hats, berets, jackets are sewn from pure wool felt (often handmade). Semi-woolen felt is suitable for creating baby booties and slippers.

Semi-thin and thin felt can be used for bright decorative appliqués that will give ordinary clothes such a hand-made touch that is fashionable today.

Interior decor

Felt is an excellent material for creating rugs and coasters, decorating sofa cushions and photo frames.

If you need to decorate your house for the holiday - felt is at your service! Christmas toys, Easter decorations, birthday or wedding garlands, and even decorative bouquets - all this can be made from felt.

Toys

The possibilities of felt in the field of creating children's toys are truly endless. These are voluminous figures stuffed with synthetic winterizer or holofiber, and developing rugs and soft books, and bright sets of letters and numbers, and mobiles for the little ones.

crafts with children

Felt is indispensable as the first material for children's creativity. Not requiring special skills, bright, safe, durable, it provides great opportunities for creating applications, various homemade gifts for relatives and friends.