Birds from felt with their own hands

Quite often, in classes with children in school, on labor lessons from felt sew nice colored birds. The main advantage of such hand-made articles is that for the creation of such a bird it is not necessary to have a pattern in the child. From this article you will learn how to make birds from felt and how to make your own hands a good pattern.

Why exactly felt

Felt is suitable for children's creativity for several reasons. Firstly, this material has a huge palette of colors and shades. Secondly, when cutting, it does not crumble. And thirdly, it is relatively inexpensive. The felt is produced in rolls and sheets measuring thirty by forty centimeters. The thickness of felt varies from one to five millimeters. Also it is hard and soft. For flat toys and letters, a hard felt of a thickness from a millimeter to three is suitable. And for volumetric toys it is better to take a soft felt with a thickness of one to three millimeters. Thick felt is suitable for making bags, purses and slippers.

The most simple birds from felt. Pattern

To make a simple bird of felt, you do not need much time and materials. Take a felt of different colors, padding, two small buttons, thread and needle. To make a pattern for a bird, take a paper and a pencil. First draw a simple bird on paper and cut it out. Then in the same way make a pattern from the paper for the wing in the form of a red heart.

Attach the patterns to the felt and circle them with chalk or pencil. Cut out. You will need 2 large pieces for a bird of felt and 2 small for a wing. Also make a small beak out of felt. Then sew two large parts, do not forget to put a little stuffing from the sintepon or fluff in the birdie. When you sew large parts, do not forget about a small beak. It must also be sewn to the bird. Then sew to the bird's wings and paws-eyes. The product is ready!

Round bird of felt with bead-legs

For the bird itself, take a felt with a thickness of 1-2 millimeters, thread, needle, scissors, ropes, two beads. For the decor, take the beads and sequins. You do not need much effort to create this bird of felt. Patterns with their own hands are quite simple. Just draw either directly on the felt, or on paper two circles. One is large (this is the body of a bird), and the other is small (this is the eye of a bird, to which then you will sew a paillette). For the beak and tail, you need two triangles of felt. One must be large (this is the tail), and the other small (this is the beak). Also prepare two ropes. Tie one end of each knot at their ends and thread them through the beads.

First, you need to zadekorirovat paillettes and beads large mugs of felt. Then sew or glue small circles to where the eyes of a bird of felt, whose photo you can see in this article, will be. Then sew two large circles, not forgetting to insert in them rope with beads and two triangles. Beak and tail with ropes, if desired, can be glued. So it will be stronger. Such birds from felt can decorate any interior! And what to do for the New Year?

Birds made of felt. Patterns on the tree

If you want to decorate a Christmas tree with birds made of felt, then, most likely, you will have to make a lot of toys. Therefore, the pattern should be as simple as possible and consist of two to three parts. For example, the birds of felt that are depicted in the photo below are made of two large parts and eight small ones (six for wings and two for eyes). If you have a simple felt, first cut out the big details and sew them wings and eyes. And only then stitch. If you have a self-adhesive felt, you can first sew two large parts, fill them with down, and then glue the wings and circles for the peephole. Make eyes from beads or beads.

From these birds you can make not only a beautiful decoration on the Christmas tree, but also a children's mobile phone. Some needlewomen make even curtains of them. For fast production of birds it is better to take self-adhesive felt. Do not forget to sew to the birdies thin ropes, so they can be hung on the tree. In addition, if you take a hard and thick felt, then such birds will last much longer.

We improvise! Appliques made of felt

And now tell you about the most interesting. Try to first draw a bird or any other animal on paper. Then cut it into pieces, attach them to the felt and cut. Take the base, carved in the shape of a bird, and glue the components to it. The bird is ready! The eye can be made from beads. Such birds from felt can be used not only in children's creativity. They can decorate bags and clothes. In addition, with similar birds you can make postcards and even books if you want.

What will be needed to create a more complex model

To create such variants, you will need curly scissors with wavy edges. First draw a bird and its components on paper and cut out. Then attach all parts to the felt, circle with a pencil or chalk and cut. Your curly scissors must be very sharp, otherwise you can spoil the felt.

Then sew all the parts and decorate. For decor you can use all the same sequins, beads and embroidery. To create a peephole, take small beads of black color or beads. Beak make a small triangle of black felt. You can stuff such a toy with either fluff, or scraps of old felt, or an artificial filler. You can also take an old sintepon for this purpose. For a base under the eyes, cut out small circles. The bird is ready!