How to Make Felt Animals

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Buy some felt and stuffing.

   Obviously if you want to build a felt animal you’re going to need some felt.
   
   Poly-fill stuffing is most common, but you can also buy cotton or even bead if you would prefer to work with that material.Stuffing is important to give your animal some structure.
   
   You can buy both these materials at an arts and crafts store.
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   Step 2: Download your pattern piece.

   There are many pattern pieces that you can find out on the Internet.
   
   Pattern pieces are traced onto the felt and then cut out so that you have all the component pieces of your felt animal.
   
   You can also try creating your own pattern piece.
   
   If you want to make a simple animal like a snake your can use four very elongated football shaped pieces.
   
   Make sure all your football shaped pattern pieces are the same size.
   
   Measure the width of each piece at its midline to figure out how wide your snake is going to be.
   
   Take that number and multiple it by four to get the circumference of your snake.
   
   Use this information accordingly as you make the body.
   
   You'll want the length of the snake to be four times larger than the circumference of the snake.
   
   Make sure you have enough felt! That's the idea behind making pattern pieces.
   
   You can add eyes and a tongue with extra fabric.
   
   Remember to leave 1/4 of an inch extra room in the pattern piece for sewing purposes. , If you don’t already have these supplies you can buy them at an arts and crafts store too.
   
   You can use a sewing machine if you have one available, but felt is easy to work with.
   
   You can just use a needle and thread.
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   Step 3: Gather your scissors

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   Step 4: stitching

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   Step 5: and sewing supplies.

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