This is a simple sewing project. The project features stuffed felt animals for Easter: a chick and a bunny. It also includes a pattern for making felt eggs and a cracked eggshell for the chick. Beginning sewers will use the overcast (whip) stitch to assemble the animals and eggs, while more experienced sewers can improvise with stitches and embellishments of their own choosing.
You can make the chick and bunny in the colors shown, or get wild with bright colors and printed felt!
Related crafts: See Aunt Annie's other easy Needle and Thread Crafts.
Choose the animal, chick or bunny, that you want to make. Download and print the pattern for it. You can also make stuffed felt eggs or a cracked eggshell to go with you stuffed Easter animals. See the Tips section for how to make the eggs.
Patterns are Adobe PDF files. Thee Adobe Reader is available for free.
All of Aunt Annie's project patterns are designed to be printed on standard letter-size paper (8.5"x11" or A4). When printing from Adobe Reader, you may need to select Auto-Rotate and Center or Choose paper source by PDF page size to ensure the best fit.
Cut out each paper pattern piece on its black outline. Each pattern piece is labeled with its part name and the number of felt pieces that need to be cut using the pattern.
Pin each pattern onto a piece of felt; for the stuffing pattern, pin to batting. Use two layers when two pieces need to be cut. Cut around the patterns.
Of course, you can use any colors of felt you like!
Use an overcast stitch (also called whip stitch) to attach the felt decorations. A straight (running) stitch is fine, too. For how to make overcast stitches and stitching practice, see the Sewing Cards craft project.
Use the black marker to draw black dots for eye pupils and a mouth for the bunny. The chick's wings and comb and the bunny's ears will be attached to the body later.
Tip: Try to make your stitches nearly invisible by using small stitches and thread in a matching color.
Put the two pieces of batting between the body front and back. Be sure that all layers are stacked evenly and the batting doesn't stick out anywhere. Pin the layers together.
Stitch around the outside edge with overcast stitches.
Tip: Be sure to make evenly spaced stitches of the same size. Use embroidery floss in a contrasting color for these stitches—or, if you don't want people to see your stitches, use a matching color.
Use an overcast stitch to attach the bunny's ears to the back of the head. Position the ears about ¼ of their length below the top of the bunny's head. Also use an overcast stitch to attach the chick's wings to the body front and the comb to the top of the head.
Tip: For both the ears and wings, be sure to stitch through only the top layer of felt.
Craft extra: Make some stuffed felt eggs to go with your bunny and chick or a cracked eggshell for the chick. See the Tips section for more details.
That's it! Your stuffed felt chick and
bunny are complete!