Felt Animal Stuffies — November 27, 2023

Felt Treetop Pocket Pals

Felt Animal Stuffies — November 27, 2023

Felt Treetop Pocket Pals

Intermediate

60min +

What’s cuter than a felt stuffie? A mini version, of course! Krista has created some adorable felt animal pocket pals, and today we’re sharing the tutorial so you can make them on your own.

These treetop pocket pals are a great beginner/intermediate felt project. If you’re brand-new to hand-stitching, we recommend checking out our embroidery guide first and starting with some simpler beginner projects. Otherwise, scroll down to download the pattern and tutorial for these felt animal pocket pals.

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Pocket Pals

Our felt pocket pals include a tiny koala, red panda, and sloth — each with their own little leaf to hang out in. These treetop friends make such cute gifts for the little ones in your life. Or you can always keep them for yourself!

As you will see in our instructions, we highly recommend cutting these felt animal patterns by hand since the pieces are so tiny. Everything we used for this project is linked below. And you can find the full photo tutorial and step-by-step instructions in the downloads below. If you have any questions, just ask!

Crafting Tip: New to crafting felt animal stuffies and want to learn more? Take our mini course, 8 Easy Steps to Create Any Felt Stuffie.

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How to Make Felt Animal Pocket Pals

Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the animal patterns on the right hand side at the top of this post.
Cut out felt pieces according to the pattern using scissors. Note: It is highly recommended you take the time to cut this project by hand because the Cricut Maker will have a hard time cutting the small pieces accurately. The machine would work better if you choose to do a paper version.
Whip stitch the details onto the heads using one strand of matching embroidery floss.
Backstitch on the mouths using 2 strands of black floss.

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Tools

Cricut Maker (optional, but is not recommended)
Detail Scissors (recommended)
Craft Scissors
Embroidery Needle
Straight Pins
Stuffing Tool

Materials

Lia Griffith’s Wool Blend Felt — Hazelnut, Terracotta, Paprika, White, Vanilla, Bark Brown,Fern,Juniper, Moss, Black, and Marble
Embroidery Floss — Light Brown (434), Medium Mahogany (301), Medium Copper (920), Snow White (B5200), Off White, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown (938),Very Light Avocado Green (471), Avocado Green (469), Dark Hunter Green (3345), Black (310), and Light Steel Grey (318)
Lia Griffith Stuffie Puff
Fabric Pen — Dritz Disappearing Ink

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20 Comments

Whitney January 24, 2024 at 10:39am

Hi Lia! When attaching the ears to the Kola & Red Panda, the instructions say to put between the head pieces, blanket stitch together. I understand how to use the blanket stitch when using it around the edge, but how do I blanket stitch when I get to the ear?

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1. Lia January 24, 2024 at 12:52pm
  
  @Whitney
  
  Yes, there is a way to do that with three layers. I would make the full stitch on the front side, so you can see those top threads, but continue as if the ear is not even there.
  Have you watched this skill course yet? It is super helpful! https://liagriffith.com/craft-academy/8-steps-to-create-any-felt-stuffie/
  
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cinzia August 23, 2023 at 9:23pm

Just checking if I purchase this pattern do I receive the patterns AND tutorials for ALL three of the animals or will I need to purchase these separately .

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1. Lia August 23, 2023 at 10:45pm
  
  @cinzia
  
  All of the files in this post count for one project download.
  
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Nina August 22, 2021 at 9:38am

Do you allow people to sell their creations made with your patterns? These are adorable.

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1. Lia August 23, 2021 at 8:49am
  
  @Nina
  
  Thank you! Right now we have a separate licensing program for crepe paper flowers. Eventually we will have one for our felt projects!
  
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Ashley June 17, 2021 at 5:32pm

Hey Lia! The Pattern is missing the tail for the red panda 🙁

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1. Lia June 17, 2021 at 6:41pm
  
  @Ashley
  
  Hi! I just checked, and I see it on both the PDF and SVG.
  
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Sandra March 16, 2021 at 9:52am

Such cute little creatures! I just thought that I would let you know that the pdf files for the patterns are called “Felt Bunny Ear Cactus” 🙂 I was so confused when I printed them – but I got it figured out. I am so happy I found you and your website! I can’t wait for more 3D Forest Animals…. like what we live with here in the Pacific Northwest…….. Cougar, Bobcat, Opossum, Roosevelt Elk, Coyote, Chipmunk. Wuuld also love the Skunk and some others created in 3D.

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1. Lia March 16, 2021 at 1:43pm
  
  @Sandra
  
  Thanks Sandra! We updated the title on the PDF template 🙂
  
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Kelley January 2, 2021 at 8:47am

I am glad I found that it ISN’T free in the comments. Thanks everyone.

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1. Lia January 2, 2021 at 10:29am
  
  @Kelley
  
  Hi there! If a project is free, we usually call it out in the title and in the post. The downloads will also be marked as free, so you know it’s a free project. Here is the link to all of our freebies: https://liagriffith.com/craft/freebies/
  
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Cecelia January 2, 2021 at 12:55am

I joined as I homeschool my 9 year old who has autism. We love to craft together and I think your subscription is well worth it. You get so many patterns. We made all our decorations for our Christmas tree. It’s his birthday on the 5th of January. He decided we should turn the Christmas tree into a birthday tree. He loves sloths so will definitely be making this little sloth to go on the tree and a few of your penguin ones to. Just need to find some space themed ones now. Thankyou for your hard work x

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1. Lia January 2, 2021 at 1:24pm
  
  @Cecelia
  
  Oh I love this so much!! Happy early birthday to your kiddo 🙂
  
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Disha October 29, 2020 at 7:30pm

Hi, I was wondering if I could buy SVG of a single project ?

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1. Lia October 30, 2020 at 8:22am
  
  @Disha
  
  Hi! Unfortunately we don’t have the capability to sell single downloads. You can always sign up for a monthly membership to try us out and download the projects you want!
  
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Maggie September 22, 2020 at 6:06pm

I can’t believe I have to pay for a template
This sucks

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1. Lia September 22, 2020 at 6:53pm
  
  @Maggie
  
  Hi, Maggie! We work really hard on our templates and put a lot of time and care into all of our projects. It takes us several days to design a template, make the project, and create a photo tutorial for it. We’re also a small business, so we hope you understand why we would charge for our work. We do have hundreds of free projects on our site, which you can find under freebies.
  
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Arline April 2, 2020 at 9:16pm

These are SOOooooCUTE!!!

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1. Lia April 3, 2020 at 12:05pm
  
  @Arline
  
  Thanks Arline! 🙂
  
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