Felt chickens and eggs

Time needed: 1 hour | Age: 6 and over (adult supervision required) | Difficulty: 

• sheets of felt foam
• leaves of adhesive fabric
• adhesive fabric ribbons
• hank of matt-finish embroidery thread
• needles
• decorative buttons
• fabric glue
• cotton
• scissors
• black marker pen
• template (downloadable pdf) ▶

• Cut the egg template to shape and trace the outline on one half of a sheet of felt foam.
• Fold the sheet in half and cut around the outline to obtain two identical shapes.
• Cut several lengths of adhesive fabric ribbon into bands and stick them onto one of the shapes.
• Place the two shapes back to back and sew them together leaving a thumb-width gap in the seam.
• Stuff the egg lightly with cotton wool.
• Finish sewing the seam.
• Stick decorative buttons to the bands using fabric glue.

• Cut the chicken template to shape and trace the outline on one half of a sheet of felt foam. Fold the sheet in half and cut around the outline to obtain two identical chicken body shapes.
• Cut out the two wing shapes from a sheet of adhesive fabric and glue them onto both halves of the body.
• Cut out a beak-shaped piece of felt foam.
• Sew a pearl onto each half of the body where the eye goes.
• Place the two body shapes back to back and sew them together leaving a thumb-width gap in the seam.
• Pad the body out with cotton wool between the two halves.
• Sew the beak on and finish the seam, letting the pearl sewing thread trail outside for use as a hanger.