45 Free Felt Animal Patterns
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If you love crafting with felt, you'll love these 45 free felt animal patterns. Whether you're looking to make a cute stuffed felt animal for yourself or as a gift for someone special, these patterns have got you covered. From woodland creatures like foxes, bears, and owls to tiny felt animals like mice and rabbits, there's something here for everyone. Get inspired by the endless possibilities and choose your favorite pattern to create your adorable felt animal. Many of these free animal patterns include detailed tutorials that help you learn how to make felt animals. So download your favorite felt animal sewing pattern, grab your felt scissors, sewing needles, and lots of felt, and get ready to create many cute felt animals.
My favorite free patterns for felt animals in this round-up post are:
Felt Elephant Free Pattern
Felt Animal DIY Flower Kitty
DIY Bird Free Felt Animal Pattern
Felt Bunny Doll Free Pattern
DIY Felt Beluga Whale with Free Pattern
What are yours? Leave the answer in the comments.
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Make Felt Animals with These Free Felt Patterns
If you love crafting and working with felt, you're in luck! Find a wide selection of free animal felt patterns in this round-up post, which can help you create adorable felt animals. The options are endless, from elephants to birds, penguins to pandas, and even ocean animals. Felt animals can be great for various purposes, such as home decorations, baby mobiles, or even fun toys for kids. Choose your favorite felt animal pattern and sew some cute felt animals!
Felt Elephant Free Pattern
With this easy felt elephant sewing pattern, you can create your little felt elephants in no time! 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.
Flora - The Felt Bird Free Pattern
This cute little felt bird pattern from Shiny Happy World is such a delight to sew. You practice three embroidery stitches: backstitch, lazy daisy, and French knot. It's an easy sewing project with embroidery details.
DIY Felt Shark with Free Pattern
I really like the simplicity of this DIY felt shark. It comes with a free printable pattern and beautiful photos. Follow the easy sewing tutorial and make your Shane (that's what the shark is called).
Monkey Felt Animal Felt Pattern
Sew this adorable monkey felt animal with the free felt pattern. Follow the animal tutorial, learn several embroidery stitches, and sew the cute monkey felt animal.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Little Dear
Image: Shiny Happy World
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
5. Fuzzy the Felt Mouse Free Pattern
This simple mouse felt pattern inspired by a drawing is an easy free pattern even for kids to sew. You can use this free sewing pattern for mouse softie to hand sew with your kid and teach them hand sewing basics.
6. Free Felt Peace Dove Pattern
I find this felt peace dove pattern so beautiful. It's sewn using the running stitch, so it should be easy to make.
7. Little Felt Panda
Sew this simple little felt panda pattern following the instructions from Sew a Softie. It is easy enough to sew with your kids. My son would love this felt panda softie.
8. Little Felt Bunny DIY with Free Pattern
This little bunny free pattern is a cute tiny felt animal. You can sew your felt bunny for Easter but also as a woodland critter addition.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Sew a Softie
Image: Bella Dia
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
9. Free Unicorn Softie Pattern
Find a lovely free sewing pattern for a white unicorn felt toy. You'll need to use blanket stitch and backstitch for this cutie.
10. DIY Koala Plushie Felt Craft
This cute koala plushie animal pattern is a fun felt sewing project. I think that it's going to be a really nice pocket critter.
11. Felt Animal DIY Flower Kitty
What a lovely project presented at Benzie Design! This free flower kitty pattern is so cute with its dress and flowers. I like the idea of using cotton pipe cleaners to move the arms and legs into a position.
12. Simple Penguin Softie with a Free Pattern
If you're looking for a simple sewing pattern, then this tutorial, including a YouTube video for the easy little penguin softie, is right for you. You can sew this pattern with your kids so that they learn how to sew their little felt friend.
Image: Felt with Love Designs
Image: Benzie Design
Image: Frugal Mom Eh!
Image: Sew a Softie
13. DIY Unicorn Felt Toy
One of my free felt animal templates is a felt unicorn softie pattern that you can make. My daughter made them with friends, and they were all very happy with their cute DIY felt unicorn.
14. DIY Felt Beluga Whale with Free Pattern
If you like whales, you'll love this cute, dreamy felt beluga whale free pattern. This pattern is a part of a larger bundle of arctic felt animals that you can buy. Definitely check it out!
15. Felt Bunny Tutorial
This felt bunny pattern is so cute, ready to jump in puddles with his rain boots and umbrella. If you want to learn how to give movement to your DIY felt animals, definitely check this pattern out.
16. Mouse Felt Toy with Free Pattern
It’s an easy hand-sewing project that you can complete using the free Miss Felt Designs mouse pattern. I hope you enjoy this super quick and easy tutorial.
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Image: Benzie Design
Image: The Yellow Birdhouse
Image: Miss Felt Designs
17. Free Animal Pattern for Mini Penguin Softie
Felt with Love Designs shares free stuffed animal pattern for felt penguins. These felt penguins can also be used as felt ornaments.
18. Free Dala Horse Animal Pattern
Benzie Designs shares a free pattern for dala horse animal. Dala horses are a symbol of Sweden and originated as brightly painted wooden horses.
19. Llama DIY Felt Animal Pattern
You can make this easy and fast llama felt ornament in white color. It's a cute gift for anybody who likes llamas. It’s a simple animal pattern that doesn’t require much sewing.
20. DIY Bird Free Felt Animal Pattern
I like this simple to sew DIY bird ornament that can look so lovely as a decoration. Find beauty in the simplicity of this bird free pattern.
Image: Felt with Love Designs
Image: Wild Olive
Image: Benzie Design
Image: Sew a Softie
21. Free Felt Animal Pattern for Cute Turtles
Adorable little felt turtles that you can sew using the free pattern. This is a really easy felt sewing project. You use basic embroidery stitches to hand sew this turtle.
22. Felt Ocean Animals Free Pattern
This is an easy beginner sewing project where you sew adorable felt ocean animals. Free printable felt animal ocean template included in the post. You can sew stuffed toy felt fish, felt whale and felt starfish. The pattern uses a basic running stitch and backstitch.
23. Free Axolotl Sewing Pattern
Using this free template, you can make the axolotl felt animal. The tutorial explains how to sew the axolotl on the sewing machine; however, sewing by hand is also possible.
24. Stuffed Felt Alpaca
I'm amazed by this pattern! You'll learn so much sewing this felt alpaca toy pattern. This felt animal is three-dimensional and comes with a pom-pom halter and colorful felt blanket. Alpaca is an animal from Latin America similar to a llama.
Image: Kata Golda
Image: Plant the Tulips
Image: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
Image: Benzie Design
25. Felt Seahorse Tutorial With Template
You can make this lovely plush animal toy with the felt seahorse tutorial and free template. What a cute felt sea animal pattern!
26. Woodland Animal Finger Puppets with Free Template
My finger puppet woodland animal set pattern is a simple felt pattern for anyone who would like to try making finger puppets. You could also fill them with stuffing and make little ornaments.
27. How to Make Felt Dinosaur with Free Pattern
Learn how to make this felt stuffed dinosaur with the free pattern and video tutorial from Miss Felt Designs.
28. Free Felt Chicken Pattern
You can sew the little chickens with free patterns from Shiny Happy World. What a lovely craft to make for Easter! These little hens are so simple to make.
29. Cute Felt Lion with Free Pattern
This easy sewing pattern provides all the instructions and free templates needed to create your very own felt lion. The felt lion pattern can be used to make a cute plushie or an ornament, perfect for decorating your home or gifting to a loved one.
Image: Easy Peasy and Fun
Image: Miss Felt Designs
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Image: Shiny Happy World
More DIY Free Felt Animal Patterns
Find 15 more lovely DIY free felt animal patterns. I really like the tiny cat pattern and the animal patterns from Downeast Thunder Farm. If you want to sew some Thanksgiving craft, don't miss the felt turkey pattern. And definitely check out the Felt Bunny Doll Pattern; it's so adorable.
30. Free Felt Turkey Pattern
The free turkey felt sewing pattern is a lovely Thanksgiving craft. The tutorial gives explanations and photos. I like the way Delilah uses the pins to help while sewing.
31. Felt Bee Free Template
You can sew the felt bee plushie after downloading the free felt bee PDF pattern. It's such a cute felt animal craft.
32. Felt Pocket Sloth
Find the tutorial for a little felt pocket sloth. To download the template, you need to download the image. The original website, where the pattern was made, no longer exists.
33. Felt Bunny Doll Free Pattern
Create the adorable bunny felt doll with the printable PDF bunny doll free pattern. The free printable sewing pattern includes the template and instructions to make a 12-inch bunny with a dress.
34. Felt Mini Teddy Bears
The next free felt animal pattern is the family of felt teddy bears that come in two sizes. It's an easy bear project to make simple toys.
35. Felt Racoon with Free Pattern
Download the free printable pattern, follow the video, and make the woodland felt raccoon animal.
36. Felt Reindeer Animal Pattern
Find a cute little reindeer felt pattern with YouTube video instructions. This free pattern can also be used as a Christmas ornament.
37. Free Tiny Cat Felt Pattern
A tiny cat with a free sewing pattern is a cute, tiny felt friend you can make. It's a quick and simple sewing project. You kids will love carrying around this tiny felt stuffed animal.
38. How to Make a Felt Ladybug
This felt ladybug free pattern is part of the ABC felt animal series. These are easy no-sew felt animal patterns that you can make for your kids. They can be used as a homeschooling learning tool.
39. Free Felt Animal Ornaments: Deer, Polar Bear, and Penguin Felt Animals
Cutesy Crafts shares three little felt animal ornaments for a deer, polar bear, and penguin. These are really cute felt animal patterns.
40. - 45. Felt Stuffed Animal Patterns from Downeast Thunder Farm
Susan shares many free felt animal patterns for insects, birds, critters, and sea life. Definitely visit her website for real-looking felt animals. Here are some of the free patterns I liked:
Summary of Free Felt Animal Patterns
If you are a fan of felt crafts and love animals, then you will definitely enjoy creating your own felt animals with this free patterns from this round-up post. I collected and reviewed 45 free felt animal patterns for you to download and use. These patterns enable you to create adorable and cuddly stuffed animals using felt. Whether you are interested in making a tiny felt friend or a whole collection of felt woodland creatures, there is a sewing pattern out here for you. Sewing felt animals is a fun and enjoyable hobby that allows you to unleash your creativity and love for animals. Not only are these felt animals super cute, but they are also easy to sew, making them a perfect project for beginners and experienced crafters alike. So enjoy this felt animal collection, I selected for you.
If you want more inspiration for your felt crafting, head over to my Pinterest board Free Felt Patterns!
Be sure to visit more on this website for embroidery and sewing tips and tricks to help you out as you stitch my patterns. For free felt patterns, visit my Freebies page.
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XO, Anna
