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Supplies Needed: - Yellow textile felt 3-4 mm thick - stiff red felt scrap for beak - 3 yellow feathers - red checked ribbon - thin wire - flower button - 2 black seed beads - yellow sewing thread - fabric or textile glue - artist chalk for the cheeks Felt Crafts - Sewing Crafts - Spring and Easter Crafts - Felt Chick You can sew this chick and use it in different ways: 1. Create a set of these as egg warmers. Egg warmers are decorative and practical. After boiling an egg, place the egg inside of this felt figure to cover it and keep it hot until breakfast. 2. Another example would be to create a doll out of the pattern. Sew as written in the instructions below, stuff slightly and sew the bottom closed. It can be used to decorate Easter baskets.  3. This tip came from the HGTV crafts board. Create these figures for kindergarten kids to use as hand puppets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions: 1. Print out the pattern to a size that you would like to use. This chick measures 13 cm tall. 2. Transfer and cut the pieces out of the felt. You will need two body pieces. The body is made using the soft felt and the beak using the stiff felt. 3. Pin and sew the body pieces together. Leave the bottom open. Enclose the feathers between the two layers while sewing. You will need one on each side and one at the top. 4. Use textile glue to glue the beak onto the chick. 5. Sew on the seed bead eyes and the button. 6. Tie a piece of ribbon into a simple bow and glue on to the chick. How to make a simple bow 7. Brush on rosy cheeks using artist chalks. How to make templates tutorial Here you will find more examples of these felt animals: Felt Hen     Felt Easter Bunny Free Craft Pattern: Felt Chick Pattern           Spring and Easter fabric and textile crafts More all occasion fabric crafts, patchwork crafts and sewing crafts Fall fabric and sewing crafts Find Christmas fabric and sewing crafts Craft Patterns and Templates Craft Tutorials Tips and tricks for paper crafts, card making, etc... Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter     Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.craftideas.info     All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of the owners of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication.     Felt Hen