Kitchen play sets are popular for kids of all ages. Mixing up their favorite dishes appeals to kids and keeps them entertained for hours. Whether the kids play alone or the entire family joins in on the cooking fun, it is an ideal rainy day activity. Homemade felt food adds a personal touch to the dramatic play activities, offering a warm and whimsical appeal. These felt cookies offer a reusable sweet treat for the kitchen play set.
Materials for the Felt Food
The materials for the felt cookies are inexpensive and readily available at craft stores. The supplies needed include:
- Felt in tan and brown
- Embroidery thread
- Stuffing
- Needle
Basic Steps the Felt Cookies
A round object such as the bottom of a jar creates a simple template for cutting out the felt cookie pieces.
- Trace the circle onto the felt. Each cookie requires two identical circles, one for the top and one for the bottom. Making different sizes of the felt cookies adds to the variety of the end result.
- Cut out each of the cookies.
- Place two matching pieces together. Use a simple straight stitch or back stitch around the edge to hold the pieces together. Leave at least a one inch gap in the cookie's edge for the stuffing.
- Fill the cookie with a small amount of the stuffing to create depth to it.
- Finish stitching the cookie shut to hold the stuffing inside.
Variations on the Felt Food Cookies
Other options allow further customization for the felt cookies.
- Sprinkled cookies: Embroidery thread creates sprinkles on the homemade felt cookies. Before sewing the two pieces of cookies together, make short straight stitches on one side of the cookie. This creates the sprinkles. Sew the two pieces together as usual.
- Frosted cookies: Cut out a piece of white felt to resemble icing for the cookie. Add stitched sprinkles to the icing if desired. Stitch the icing to one of the cookie pieces. Sew the two pieces together as usual.
- Shaped cookies: The circle is a common shape for cookies. To add more customization, cut out cookies of various shapes to resemble cut out sugar cookies. This may include various geometric or holiday shapes.
- No Sew Version: If the stitching aspect of the felt cookie project is intimidating, a no sew version is available. Use a thin line of hot glue to hold the two pieces of felt together instead of sewing. Add sprinkles by gluing small pieces of felt on top or drawing them with markers.
- Flat cookies: For an even easier option, simply cut out the circles and use them as flat felt cookies.
The custom felt cookies add a soft and fun element to a child's collection of toy food. There are many possibilities for creating and embellishing these cookies. They store easily in a plastic bag and stand up well to kids playing with them. The soft fabric won't hurt little teeth when young children try to take a bite of their toy cookies. These fun felt cookies add a special touch to any collection of toy food.
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