How To Make Play Food Chicken Legs, Fish and Burger Patties Out Of Felt

Felt Chicken Nuggets (pattern not included)

Guest post by Shelly Hill
 
For the past 2 years I have been making a variety of play food items out of craft felt for my little grand daughters kitchen play set. All little girls love to have a variety of food items to use with their sets and this three piece set works up quickly.
All three of these food items are made from your standard craft felt and the pieces are hand sewn together using blanket stitches and whip stitches. You can make all three of the pieces in just one afternoon.

Materials Needed For The Project:
1 Sheet of Felt in each of these colors: dark brown, vanilla and tan.
Embroidery Floss: dark brown, vanilla and tan
Poly Fiber Fill Stuffing (about 1/4 of a bag)
Sharp Fabric Scissors, Embroidery Needle and Measuring Tape
Paper Template (to use as your pattern)

Patterns: one 3" diameter circle (for burger), fish shape that is hand drawn that measures 4" long by 2" wide at it's widest point, chicken drumstick that is hand drawn that measures 5" long by 2 1/4" wide at it's widest point.

Hamburger Patty: Use your 3" diameter circle pattern and cut two circles from dark brown felt. Cut a strip that measures 3/8" wide by 10" long from dark brown felt. Using two strands of dark brown embroidery floss, blanket stitch the strip to one of the circles. Once it has been attached, blanket stitch the other edge of the strip to the second circle. Right before you finish stitch it on, insert some fiber fill stuffing and then finish your stitching to close it up. Fasten off your stitching and hide ends of floss inside the patty.

Fish Fillet: Use your hand drawn fish pattern and cut two of the shapes out of vanilla colored felt. Cut a strip that measures 1/4" by the circumference of your fish from vanilla felt. Using two strands of vanilla colored embroidery floss, blanket stitch the strip to one of your fish shapes. Once it has been attached, blanket stitch the other edge of the strip to the second shape. Right before you finish your stitching, insert some fiber fill stuffing and then finish up your stitching to close it off.

Chicken Drumstick: Use your hand drawn chicken leg pattern and cut two of the shapes from tan colored felt. Cut 1 1/2" of the bone end of your pattern off and then use that piece to cut two bone sections from vanilla colored felt. Using two strands of vanilla colored felt, hand sew on the bone section onto the top of the leg pattern using tiny whip stitches. You will repeat this for the other shape. Once those have been attached, use two strands of tan embroidery floss and whip stitch both of the chicken leg pieces together but right before you are done, insert in some fiber fill stuffing and then finish your stitching.

Tips: You always want to hide the ends of your floss inside the piece so that they are not visible and no knots are showing. Don't pull your hand stitches too tightly or the felt will bunch up. If the pieces should get dirty with use, they can be hand washed in a little bit of mild detergent.

About the Author: Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who enjoys crafting, sewing, quilting and scrapbooking. You can visit Shelly's online craft blog called Passionate About Crafting at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com for free craft project ideas and tips. You can find a photo of this completed project on her blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2011/01/play-food-free-pattern-for-felt-fish.html.

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