Our granddaughter, Chloe Shiloah, will soon celebrate her 1st birthday. Since she is a leap-year baby, her birthday will be celebrated March 1st. I made her a basket of felt toys full of brightly colored, softies for her little hands.There are affiliate links in this post. That means if you buy something from that link, I will earn a small commission, but it won’t cost you anything additional.
Basket of Felt Toys
SUPPLIES:
- felt in various colors
- embroidery floss in colors of choice
- embroidery needle
- fabric scissors and embroidery scissors
- needle and thread
- buttons or embellishments (optional)
- small amounts of fiberfill
- small basket
Simple shapes
A few of these felt toys are made using patterns from the links below. The other pieces are just common shapes that are easily recognizable and simple in design.
Chloe is fascinated by our schnauzer, Raider. One of her first words was dog. She even tries saying, “Raider.” This sweet Softie Scotty pattern from Jenny Harris @Allsorts works as a schnauzer too, and because I think it is so cute, I plan making one (or many) for myself. For safety, be sure to secure buttons and supervise children or omit buttons and embroider eyes.
Felt Toy Pattern links
Another pattern from Jenny @Allsorts is her cute Bounding Bunny pattern. Her project is for an adorable, tiny pin, but I enlarged the pattern to make it just the right size for baby hands.
The star pattern (see collage below) is from Jenny as well. Other shapes, I drew myself.
Embellish with embroidery stitches
Draw or print out your patterns, cut felt shapes and stitch using embroidery floss and the blanket stitch. Stuff with fiberfill; embellish as desired. I used French Knots and Lazy Daisies.
Simple toys that help with identifying shapes, colors and words.
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Beautiful, I loved your kit!
Absolutely incredibly adorable! What sweet, sweet gifts! 🙂 Tammy
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Precious and brightly colored toys for a sweet one year old. Your photos are outstanding. That little dog is the cutest!
Just adorable! Happy birthday to Chloe.
Just simply the cutest little toys ever! Your creativity and ingenuity never cease to amaze me. I love my visits here!
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i love these. just so cute. thanks mom.
How lovely! I have made a few of these from Jenny's patterns. Love the array of colors–so cheery:-) And we're celebrating our Lydia's birthday on the 1st too–but 9, such a big girl.
I absolutely love this basket of little animals…my granddaughters would have wanted one each when they were little. I may just steal this idea sometime in the future…thank you 🙂
Oh, how sweet! The felt animals are all adorable but I especially like the doggie. Great job, and happy birthday to your precious grand!
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These are adorable!
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How sweet these are! What baby could resist such darling toys…especially when they're crafted in love!
These came out so beautiful The colors are just beautiful. She's going to love these.. Such talent you have!
Your talents never cease to amaze me! what an adorable present, my favorite is the little dog.
I just love these toys!!
How lucky Chloe is
I'd like a basket like this one for my coming birthday (next week)
That basket (first picture) is so full of joy. So colourful with the simple toys.
how lovely! Such a nice basket of sweetness!
What a lovely idea! Beautiful child safe toys. And your stitching is so neat 🙂
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Simply adorable! What a great idea:)
Lorraine, the toys are adorable! You are so creative and talented. How cute is that? Chloe saying 'dog' first. I love that.
Blessings and love,
Debbie
What a basket full of fun! Chloe will love them all!
ahh…she will love those! I love that lil bunny!
Such a sweet gift, all of the shapes are adorable! My fav is the dog too:@)
I just love these, especially with all the bright colors you used. I know Chloe will enjoy playing with these
These are all so beautiful and sure to bring a lot of fun play time for little Chloe!
These are so adorable. I am sure Chloe will have so much fun with them. Beautiful stitching, Lorraine. xo
I LOVE these! They are just darling…such a good idea! Might make some of these up for those new grandbabies that are coming..
Lorraine- Those are just darling! You did a wonderful job with them. She is going to just LOVE them! x Diana