for small cubs to make and give to their big bear mums and dads!
you will need:
- felt in assorted colours, including black and red
- a piece of ribbon, about 15cm in length
- PVA glue
- a black felt pen
- a pinch of stuffing or cotton wool
- pins
Download and print out the template – FeltBearTemplate.jpg. Cut out the pieces, pin onto the felt, and cut carefully around the shapes (parental help needed here). You should have one front, one back, two ears and one nose for each bear – and they have one heart to share!
Start with the big bear. Glue around the edge of one body piece, sticking the ears just inside. Add a tiny pinch of stuffing in the tummy (tip: only a VERY tiny pinch or you’ll never get it all closed up!).
Loop your piece of ribbon then glue it into place (with a dollop behind, in the middle and at the front of the loop). Then press the front body piece gently into place. Keep pressing around the edges while it begins to dry.
Do the same with your little bear, with an even tinier pinch of stuffing – but no ribbon this time.
Put glue over half the back of the little bear.
Place the little bear snuggling up to the big bear. Stick down the red heart at a jaunty angle, add the black felt noses and draw on the eyes with pen.
Perfect!
What lucky person will you be giving yours to???
Aaah so cute! Love that it is all glued! Much easier!
Maggy
SO pleased you like! Yup, too much stitching makes for risk of grumpiness…
These look gorgeous. Think mine’s a bit young to make one himself, but maybe with a bit of help 🙂
Thank you so much for saying so!
Yes, it might be a case of all hands on deck and see what happens… the cutting IS a bit fiddly – maybe he can just give the instructions (and take the credit)???
Very sweet bears, may have to try this hopefully less messy then the food dye experiments we attempted today
Thank you!
What lucky children you have, doing all this arty crafty stuff! What were you up to with the food dye? Sounds like my kind of fun…
So cute!
Hello Mary, thanks so much for saying so!
It’s so sweet! I do a lot of crafting with felt but because I sew it I hadn’t thought of doing it with my toddler, you’ve inspired me to get the glue out and get him involved!
Hello Jennifer, thank you so much for getting in touch! What a lovely idea, to adapt your talents and do something together.
I’ve been looking at your site too: what fantastic stuff! I’ll be calling by often.