How to Make a Felt Doll

Preschoolers and elementary school kids love any activity that involves glue and scissors. Here's a great doll-making craft that includes fabric and felt. Here's how.

Things You'll Need

  • Felt
  • Fabric remnants
  • Glue
  • Cardboard
  • Pen
  • Yarn

Instructions

  1. How to Make a Felt Doll

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      Help your child draw the shape of a person onto a square of felt. The doll should be about as big as an adult hand, to make it big enough to play with. Make sure to draw it simply--a head, two arms slightly away from a torso, two legs slightly apart.

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      Have your child glue the felt to a piece of cardboard. Cut out the doll with the cardboard backing intact.

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      Let your child glue on yarn scraps for hair. They can also draw a face on the doll with a marker or pen.

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      Have your child pick out some of their favorite fabric pieces. Put the doll on different pieces of fabric and use a pen to trace around the doll and onto the fabric. Cut out the outfits.

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      Let the child dress the felt doll with the outfits. The fabric will stick to the felt. Keep the doll and the outfits in a zip-lock bag or shoebox.

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