We love camping in the great outdoors so making this DIY Felt Campfire was a must. This felt campfire is an easy project to create with the tutorial and free pattern that I am sharing today. It should take less than three hours to make and your kids are sure to love it as much as mine do!
We have been enjoying the cooler weather and getting totally crafty this season. If you love crafting with the kids you should check out our felt monster finger puppets or felt owie owls too!
We absolutely love camping as a family and I am always looking for fun ways to bring camping home during the winter months! Our twin boys are going to have so much fun with this DIY Felt Campfire set! I can’t wait to see their little faces on Christmas morning!
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How to make a DIY Felt Campfire:
First you will need to print out our pattern. Here is the free fire pattern 1 and 2, log pattern and marshmallow pattern. Next cut out all of your pieces of felt using the pattern as a template. You will need: 3 brown sheets of felt, 1 tan sheet of felt, 3 red sheets of felt, 2 orange sheets of felt, 2 yellow sheets of felt, 2 white sheets of felt, poly fil and two wooden dowels. I used various scraps of grey felt and flannel (about 4″x4″) to create bean bag sized rocks around our fire too (pattern for the rocks not included).
How to create felt marshmallows:
1. Sew the short edges of the white large rectangle together.
2. Sew the long edges and the top of the small rectangle together.
3. Do this again for the two other rectangles.
4. Sew the solid circle to the end of one of the large tubes to create a cylinder.
5. Repeat for the second marshmallow.
5. Repeat for the second marshmallow.
Now let’s create a pocket for the wooden dowel to go into the marshmallow.
6. Sew the small tube into the center of a circle with a hole cut into it. I stitched this part by hand.
7. Repeat for the second marshmallow.
It should look something like this.
8. Now sew the circle with the small tube attached to the base cylinder.
9. Right sides facing, leaving a small 1″ hole for inverting.
10. Repeat with the second marshmallow.
9. Right sides facing, leaving a small 1″ hole for inverting.
10. Repeat with the second marshmallow.
11. Invert the marshmallows and fill with stuffing.
12. Sew the little hole closed and insert the wooden dowels to complete the marshmallows.
Whew. That’s the hardest part of the project all done. Yay!
How to create a felt fire:
1. Start by layering the yellow, orange and red felt pieces from the pattern.
2. Sew one of each colour on top of each other. Do this twice so that you have a fire front and back.
3. Sew the front and back together leaving the bottom open.
4. Now sew the oval bottom to the edges of the fire. Leave a 2″ hole for inverting.
5. Invert, fill the fire with stuffing and sew the hole closed.
How to create the felt logs:
1. Finally sew the three brown pieces of felt into tubes, sew the circular tan pieces to either end of each log {leave a 1.5″ hole for inverting}, invert, fill with stuffing and sew closed.
2. Add bean bag sized grey rocks if desired.
All done!
An awesome DIY Felt Campfire would definitely be a hit with your little one!
It is a fairly inexpensive project to create too.
The felt, stuffing and dowels cost under $10 at our local dollar store.
More of my crafting essentials for kid crafts:
- We love using these Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints to add bright color to all of our projects.
- These paint brushes are ideal for most craft surfaces and a great price!
- This art supplies kit is our favorite because it has everything we needed to get started.
- This rolling storage cart helps to keep our craft supplies organized.
If you make one of these felt campfires will you let me know?
I would love to see it!
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