Large Felt Board Tutorial

February 10, 2016

I love felt crafts! Our smaller felt board has been one of my favorite DIY’s for the kids!
Every time I shared pictures of it, people commented on how they were wanting to make one.
So I thought I would put together a Large Felt Board Tutorial
so you can see how easy and doable this project really is!
The best part of this project is that it’s both art and fun for the kids’ room!
If you’ve been thinking about making one… go for it!
If you have a sewing machine you can easily sew the blue and green felt together,
or to make this project EVEN easier, just do green! You need three things to get started:
Canvas, Felt and a staple gun!
Try to grab your canvas when it’s on sale or with a coupon. The Craft stores I shop at always have them.
I got this one at Michael’s for 40 percent off and then 25 percent off my total order!
So plan ahead and grab those canvases if you have this project in mind. FELTBOARD-ATHOMEWITHNATALIE1

FELT BOARD SUPPLIES:
Canvas
You can use any size you want!
Just make sure to get enough felt to cover and wrap around edges.

Staple Gun
Heavy duty but no need to go crazy! Grab a basic one from a craft store or home depot!

Felt
I get felt off the bolt. and when I make the pieces I suggest Michael’s or JoAnns felt. NOT Hobby Lobby’s.
They just feel like bad quality to me.
Here are the dimesions I used for this project.
(I had a yard of each color but that is WAY more than you need.)
Blue felt Dimensions: 37.5in x 23 in
Green Felt Dimensions: 30.5 in x 37.5 in
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STEPS:
1. Lay out felt so that blue and green overlap slightly. You can do straight across, or add hills!
Have fun with this part! It doesn’t have to be perfect….as spoken by my 7 year old to me haha.
2. Run the two through your sewing machine. Skip this part if you are doing one color felt!
3. Unwrap your canvas and arrange felt on it, turn over on floor.
4. Pull tight and staple gun around edges of canvas. Do a nice fold in the corners to make it smooth.
trim any extra felt off the back. (but don’t cut where you sewed them together!)
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And you are done!
You can hang it up on the wall or leave it leaning against the wall.
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This is where we are putting the felt board right now… in the girls’ room! 
The kids play in both rooms..and this was a good size wall for it.
I like having it up… and might end up hanging it with a
couple nails, so that I can pull it down when it’s time to play with it, and then put it back up.
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The first felt board I made was damaged during our move, so a new and improved one was on my to do list!
We decided to put a littleeeeee hill on this one so we could put Elsa’s Castle on it.
A frozen theme of felt board pieces is our next project!
I already have the felt for it and have doodled up some of the patterns on card stock.
I’ll be sure to share it with all of you!
If you want to know how I made these, most I freehanded…
but a lot I end up doodling on card stock paper, cutting out, and pinning to the felt.
It makes it easy to cut out the exact shape you want!
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Every time I walk by it, it makes me smile! Sienna was little when I made most
of these felt pieces, so it’s been fun seeing Micah experience them.
He really appreciates the fire truck and stop light more than my girls ever did. haha.
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The original road I made fit the size of our old felt board, which was a little shorter and wider.
But the great part about felt is that it really works well together!
I just folded the longer road a little bit around the edges of the canvas.
I can’t wait to make more pieces for our new board!
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Tag me on INSTAGRAM if you end up making one and share it!
I love seeing everyone’s felt creations… have fun crafting and be sure to sign up for my bog posts
and newsletter so you don’t miss out on the Frozen Theme Felt Board Set!
If you are looking for some inspiration on what to make for your felt board…
check out this old post where I shared all the pieces I made for the kids.
Have FUN!


  • Olivia
    February 10, 2016 at 6:57 pm

    This is such a cute idea!!! And so cost effective too!
    -Olivia
    Miss Olivia Says

  • Petra P.
    February 11, 2016 at 4:12 am

    Great idea! How do you attach pieces to the canvas?

    • natalie
      February 11, 2016 at 1:47 pm

      felt works great with felt! We just place them on and they stick! The larger ones need a little arranging but they go on easy enough. I’ll try to do a video showing us using it in action. :)

  • Veronica
    February 11, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    What is the size of your canvas, Natalie?? Love how big it is!! And where did you get it?? Thanks a bunches! Love all your projects, Mama! :) xo

    • natalie
      February 11, 2016 at 9:21 pm

      I got my canvas from Michael’s and I believe it is 24×30!

  • Lauren
    February 11, 2016 at 3:41 pm

    So did you just buy the felt accessories separate or did you make those too? If so, how did you do it?

    • natalie
      February 11, 2016 at 9:23 pm

      yes I made the felt pieces! I’ll try to do a tutorial on those… when I make the frozen theme set I’m going to try to photograph the process!

  • Laura @ Laura Radniecki
    February 12, 2016 at 1:37 pm

    I saw a version of this when I was looking up kid-friendly nativity scenes around Christmas time! I’m expecting our first baby so I was planning ahead for when our little guy is old enough to want to play with a nativity scene, and we can start talking about the story of Jesus.

    I love the idea of making other scenes too! There’s so much you could do. Loved your old post with the ice cream cones too! So cute.

    I’ve read that felt sticks to felt but I’ve never really tried it. You confirmed it with your answer to someone’s question above.

    Can’t wait to make my own!

  • beth
    March 21, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Do you plan to post your templates? I love the look of yours more than any I have seen.
    Thanks

    • natalie
      March 22, 2016 at 7:53 am

      I planned to but then lost my templates! I’m making more though and going to scan them in right away. :)

    • natalie
      March 22, 2016 at 7:53 am

      I planned to but then lost my templates! I’m making more though and going to scan them in right away. :)

  • Jody
    August 22, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    I got a felt Christmas tree and ornaments but the ornaments just fell off. Do you think it was the quality of the felt? It has kept me from making one.

    • natalie
      August 23, 2016 at 9:38 pm

      That might be it! I’ll tell you the best felt I’ve found was at michael’s. I love hobby lobby but their felt isn’t the best. So it depends on what kind you get!