Cute DIY Felt Elephant Pattern [Easy and Free]
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If you're looking for an easy sewing project that can also be a fun activity for kids, then the cute felt elephant pattern is perfect for you! This felt elephant toy is not only adorable, but it's also a free pattern that you can easily download. With this elephant sewing pattern, you can create your own little felt elephants in no time! It's a great way for kids to learn some sewing basics, as all you need is a simple running stitch to put the pieces together. The soft felt material and the simple design make it an ideal project for beginners. Whether you want to make a cute elephant for yourself or create a handmade gift for someone special, this felt elephant pattern will surely bring joy and happiness. So gather your materials, download the free pattern, and start sewing your way to a herd of adorable felt elephants today!
Happy felt animal crafting!
If you want to enlarge the stuffed animal family, you can sew the unicorn and the mouse animal patterns. You can also find help with teaching kids hand sewing by visiting Tips for Sewing with Kids and Materials & Tools for Hand Sewing with Kids.
Tips for Making Felt Elephant Pattern
Follow the detailed instructions and sew this easy elephant softie. It is stitched entirely by hand, using a running stitch and backstitch. These stitches are basic hand sewing stitches that are great to learn and know. Looking for help with embroidery stitches? Visit the post 9 hand embroidery stitches for felt to learn more. You'll need to prepare felt sheets, scissors, a needle, and thread and sew this easy felt elephant.
Tips for Hand Sewing with Felt
TIP for sewing with felt: Explore the felt sewing tips to help you while sewing felt. In this comprehensive guide, you learn what types of felt exist, what’s the best needle and thread for felt, how to trace on felt, and how to cut felt shapes.
TIP for holding pieces in place for sewing: Felt pieces can be pinned to the body shape to hold them in place until they are stitched.
Another option is to place a tiny dab of instant dry fabric glue on the reverse side of felt shapes and position them on the elephant’s body. I use Beacon Fabri-Tac glue for my felt crafts. Ensure you don’t place glue where you need to sew. It happens to me occasionally, and getting the needle through the dry glue gets really difficult.
TIP felt glue: Have you wondered what is the best felt glue? Find the findings of a test comparing 8 different glue for felt.
TIP felt scissors: Curious what are the best scissors to cut felt? Learn the secrets of the best scissors for cutting perfect felt shapes in Felt cutting made easy.
TIP for cutting felt: If you like to learn tips on cutting out felt pieces, you can read my post about 6 techniques for cutting felt shapes.
Materials & Supplies for Felt Elephant Softie
Felt Elephant Free PDF Pattern - to download the file, subscribe to the FunClothCrafts newsletter. In the newsletter, you will find a password to the subscriber's Free Downloads Vault.
felt (find great felt at Benzie Design or find more buying options in the Types of Felt section of How to Sew Felt blog post): felt colors based on your choice (grey and white if you want to follow my colors)
embroidery thread: grey and black
small or embroidery scissors (KAI 5 1/2 inch Embroidery Scissors are the ones I use)
a glue that works on felt (Beacon Fabri-Tac glue works well, and Aleene’s tacky glue for kids)
stuffing (Poly-Fil Fiber Fill is great, or polyester filling from an old pillow)
How to Sew Free Felt Elephant Pattern?
Download the free template, follow the easy steps and photos of this tutorial, and learn how to make the elephant plush from my elephant pattern.
Use the free stuffed elephant template to cut out all pattern pieces from felt. Visit the section above (Materials & Supplies for Felt Elephant Softie) to learn how to download the free felt pattern.
Glue toes to the elephant’s feet. Aleene’s tacky glue is great, non-toxic glue for felt.
Position the trunk to elephant body using the template. The photo below shows you how to do it. Then, I hold the trunk and elephant body in my fingers, or you could use a tiny dab of glue.
Sew the upper part of the trunk with a running stitch. You could also embroider it with whip stitch, if you prefer not to see the stitches.
Use the elephant’s template to trace the eyes and mouth. I used a bigger needle and made holes in the eyes and mouth lines on the template. Then, place the elephant’s front body below the template. You can do so against light to see where the felt elephant's body is positioned. Lastly, use a pencil to mark the eyes and mouth through the holes in the template.
Next, embroider the mouth and eyes with a backstitch. I used three strands of embroidery thread.
Join the front and back body parts with a running stitch close to the edge. Bear in mind that you need to keep an opening for the stuffing.
In this step, fill the elephant with stuffing.
Close the opening with running stitch.
If you want to add a tail to the back of the elephant, you can use six strands of embroidery floss. Get the embroidery floss through felt using a needle (don’t make a knot). Then, take the ends of the floss and make a knot.
Split the two pieces of embroidery floss into three strands (each strand will have four strands). Now, braid the floss and make a knot at the end. This way, you’ll make the elephant’s tail.
Now that you have sewn your adorable elephant softie, will you make an elephant family? You could print the pattern smaller to make a baby elephant. The small elephant version of this felt elephant sewing pattern will also make a cute felt elephant ornament.
Step 1 - Cut felt pieces
Step 2 - Glue toes to feet
Step 3 - Position the trunk using the felt elephant template
Step 4 - Sew the trunk to elephant body
Step 5 - Trace the eyes and mouth to the body. Mark them with a pencil using little holes in the template.
Step 5 - Eyes and mouth traced to felt using a pencil.
Step 6 - Embroidery the eyes and mouth with backstitch.
Step 7 - Sew running stitch close to the edge, leave an opening for stuffing.
Step 8 - Fill the elephant with stuffing
Step 9 - Close the opening with running stitch
Step 10 - Use embroidery floss to make the tail
Step 11 - Make a knot first, then split the embroidery floss into three equal strands and braid it. Make another knot at the end of the tail.
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Cute Felt Elephant Sewing Pattern Conclusions
The Cute Felt Elephant Sewing Pattern is perfect for anyone who loves crafting adorable stuffed animals. This pattern provides everything you need to craft an elephant made of felt. The step-by-step photos in the elephant tutorial ensure that even beginner sewers can successfully complete this project. The felt baby elephant sewing pattern is not only the cutest but also a great way to create a unique and personalized soft toy. Made with love, this plush toy is sure to become a cherished keepsake or gift. Whether you are a seasoned crafter or just starting out, this stuffie or softie pattern is a fun and enjoyable sewing project. Try making this adorable felt elephant, and get ready to be amazed by your creativity.
Be sure to visit this website for free embroidery and sewing tips and tricks to help you out as you stitch my patterns. Explore my free felt patterns if you want to sew more felt crafts.
Let’s craft together!
XO, Anna
