Today we are adding to our collection of felt animals with these mini bear friends! Krista is at it again with her uber adorable illustrations, and these bears are no exception. Below you will find the mini bear template that you can use to customize and embellish in any way that you like. Krista made three variations of the mini bear friends to give examples, but you can create as many friends as you want!
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Tools
- Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo 4 (optional)
- Detail Scissors
- Embroidery Needles
- Clover Applique Sewing Pins
- Stuffing Tool or Chopstick
- Needle Threader (optional)
- Low Temp Glue Gun
Materials
- Lia Griffith’s Wool Blend Felt — White, Cream, Black, Almond, Navy, Ruby, Robin’s Egg, and Sunshine
- Embroidery Floss — DMC 746, 310, 3864, 823,
- Polyester Fiber Fill — Lia Griffith Stuffie Puff
To make this project you will need felt, embroidery floss, and poly-fill. Print the PDF template below to use as a guide for cutting your felt, or use the SVG file if using your Cricut Maker. Each bear uses the same template for the body and head, and then you can create variations from there. Krista made a sweet panda bear with buttons, along with a precious brown bear with a purse and mushroom, and a pretty in pink bear with a cute flower behind her ear! Crafting the mini bear friends means using a combination of sewing and gluing. Both the head and the body are stuffed with poly-fill/stuffie puff, and these parts should be sewn shut with a blanket stitch. Be sure to sew the arms and legs into the body while you are stitching it up. While you are sewing the head, you will sew the ears in using the same technique as the arms and legs. The smaller pieces like the eyes, nose, and collars can be attached using hot glue (I definitely would not want to try sewing those pieces on!). Follow the step-by-step photo tutorial below to guide you through the sewing process, or print the extra instructions download with your membership.
If you are interested in making even more mini felt animals, check out our mini felt frog and our adorable kitties. I would love to see your creations, so please share your photos with me if you feel so inclined! Email them in to hello@liagriffith.com, tag me in your Instagram photos, or use the hashtag #DIYDreamingWithLia. I love sharing some of my favorites on Facebook. Until next time! ~ Lia
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14 Comments
I love your patterns so much! I don’t know if you take suggestions but a larger version of the panda bear would be so cool, or maybe a wolf! Thank you so much for making these patterns so accessible!! <3
Thank you for the suggestions Kate! We love hearing what projects our members would like to see and try to add them in to our collections 🙂
Hoping you can add these cuties to your list of projects to convert to SVG. Thanks!
The SVG has been uploaded 🙂
Wow! Thank you!
I’ve just started to stitch up one of these little bears, but I’m not sure exactly how to do the blanket stitch. I’ve done the head and face so far, but my stitching isn’t very neat around the ears. Any chance you could give a little close up tutorial and/or pics of how you’ve sewn them up??
It is hard to show, but you start with the ear sandwiched between the 2 head pieces. You poke the needle through all 3 layers, then come back up just through the ear, staying close to the edge, then finishing the stitch to move onto the next. A great example on how to do this is in our Felt Fox Video. Hope that helps!
Thank you! I didn’t realise there were videos as well. These are awesome and I’ll hopefully be able to make up a few for next year’s Christmas shoeboxes!!! Thank you for sharing your creations.
Hi there!
All of the little critters are adorable!
I’m trying to figure out though what thickness I should purchase from Felt on the Fly.
They have 1mm, 1.5mm etc.
Thanks for your help! and the cuteness 😉
Thanks so much! 1mm works best for most of our projects.
Definitely going to make these. So cute!!! Debbie
So glad you like them, Debbie!
attach a tube of the dress color on the back and you have beautiful finger dolls. Or don’t stuff the bodies and leave the dress seam open for your fingers.
Nice teddies 🙂 my nieces and nephews will love them
Yes, both great ideas!