Felt fruit and vegetables are very fun and easy to make. You don’t need a sewing machine or anything fancy.
I started making felt food when I was preparing my Kaylee Frye Firefly cosplay, specifically strawberries.
In addition to making accessories for costumes, kids can use pretend food in many ways. Like setting up a grocery shop, pretending to be a farmer, having a pretend picnic or tea party, even having a pretend food fight. Using felt to make pretend food is a fun craft, many patterns and techniques are easy for kids to help with too.
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I made quite a few creations from the patterns and tutorials above, along the way adding in some of my ideas and alterations as well. It was a lot of fun making them, but the best part is seeing the happy smiles as I hand them off.
The great thing about felt is that it's pretty sturdy, easy to sew, easily fixed, and soft.
I made apples, pears, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, bananas, and one very unfortunate pineapple.
I put velcro on a few strawberries and spots on the plant so you can 'pick' the strawberries.
Pattern I used for the strawberry plant: A beautiful Mess - DIY Plantable Felt Garden Box
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