Here’s a woodland felt scene that I made for my daughter’s birthday. This is simply a red felt background with moveable pieces. It started as a memory game, then a felt board, but since I’m having a hard time controlling the clutter around here, I wanted something that could roll up and be put away on a shelf. Here are the templates:
The felt mat is made from two contrasting pieces of wool felt 9 1/2″ x 30″ and sewn with a ribbon in between the layers. I sewed some extra stitching around the figures and sewed the background together, but since felt glues easily, you could do this project without a sewing machine. You could even make these shapes from paper for a rainy day coloring project.
A quick note about felt: Always use wool felt or a good quality wool blend. I buy my large pieces at a big box fabric store by the yard. The smaller colored pieces I order from various places. You can’t always get a wide selection of colors by the yard. If you have a dressmaker’s fabric store, they will also have wool used for suiting that would work well, but might be more expensive. Acrylic felt will fall apart, so if you care about your project, use wool!
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That is adorable. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Your projects and ideas are so inspirational to our family. Thank you !
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okay i just loooove all you make it mondays! thank you!
How wonderful, thank you. x
Happy Birthday to you daughter. Today is my birthday too.
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A lovely idea for a gift! I hope your daughter had a good birthday.
I love it! Thank you for sharing. This is definitely going on my to-do list 🙂
Awww – so sweet! I’m sure your daughter will have many hours of fun with her woodland felt friends.
This is just darling. Thanks for the templates too. I haven’t worked very much with felt, so I appreciate the tips.
This is SO cute! What a lucky girl! I’ll be linking.
Thank you so much for sharing! This is totally adorable and definitely a project “do-able” for most skill levels. Love your site.