Crafts: Felt
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Rolled Felt Loopy (And Not So Loopy) Flowers Mirror Craft For Kids
This week at Crafting A Future, while some of the girls used their egg carton flowers to decorate mirrors, others ditched the egg carton flowers alltogether and made these sweet rolled felt flowers to decorate their mirrors. This would be a perfect little project for a Bat Mitzvah, or a birthday party, and hey even…
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Woven Recycled Bleach Bottle Basket
You can use a recycled bleach bottle to make a really fun woven basket. And when you add a little felt liner, your recycled bottle basket suddenly becomes really amazingly cute. If I do say so myself. Now, I must admit, I made this basket over two years ago, and for some reason never quite…
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A No-Sew Felt Afikomen Bag That’s Really An Envelope!
Here’s a great passover craft to do with the kids! Add some fun to your Passover table this year with this no-sew felt afikomen bag, that’s really an envelope! And this project is really simple enough that slightly older kids could do much of it themselves, while younger ones can help plan the design. I…
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A Treasure Chest Gift Box From Recycled Plastic Containers!
Recycle those plastic containers that often hold sprouts or other fruits and vegetables, and make adorable gift boxes in just a few steps! I came up with this idea because we’ve been eating lots of sprouts lately, including soy bean sprouts (among others) that come in plastic containers like these. And of course I just…
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Enhance Your Felt Flowers With Crocheted Edging! (And Dress Up Your Fall Table…)
With large flowers being all the rage as fashion accessories, I thought it was time to dress up the fall table too! Can’t you imagine a long table with a flower like this at each place setting? I originally set out to make napkin rings, but then I realized that one really needn’t bother…..just…
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How To Make Felt Flowers For A Mixed Bouquet: Tutorial!
Fabric flowers are everywhere these days, and for good reason! They’re so simple to make, and you almost can’t go wrong if you’ve got a few simple tricks up your sleeve. And on top of that, if you use felt, (even inexpensive acrylic craft felt like I’ve used here), it’s so easy to cut and…
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Make A Mixed Felt Flower Bouquet. You’ll Love It!
A Spring bouquet in the Fall? Why not? I do believe that it’s Spring in some parts of the world? And festive color is great any time of the year, right? Last year around this time I made a felt rose bud bouquet, here, one of my all time most popular posts, and given its…
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Adventures In Needle Felting Part 1: How To Felt With Wool Yarn
Isn’t this fun? I’m happy to say that I’ve had this idea (or something similar) in my head for a few years now, and it’s finally made its way into the physical world! I treated myself to the basic supplies for needle felting on a trip to the US a full year ago, and today…
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Make A Felt Birthday Chair Slipcover!
What can you do with some pom-poms, felt yardage, and sequin trim, that can create happy memories for your family for years to come? Wouldn’t you like to have some ready-made decorations on hand, to honor birthdays or other important milestones? Have you ever had a guest who suddenly announces that today is her birthday?…
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A Felt Bean Bag For Alphabeans Alphabet Game!
Yesterday I promised that today I would post my packaging idea for the Alphabeans Alphabet Game I introduced yesterday, (post here) so here it is! A felt bean-shaped bag, with colorful beans on the outside, which will safely hold our alphabet beans. Sewing (I’ve just started learning) is certainly opening up a whole new range…
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Get Organized With Zippered Felt Pouches To Hold The Little Stuff!
Wouldn’t you love to get organized? Have a cute way to store all your tiny sewing supplies or crochet hooks? Make a bunch of these zippered felt pouches and you’ll be hooked. With their flat bottom they can stand up nicely on a shelf or in a deep drawer. Make them any size and and…