Craft Your Own Adorable Felt Mouse: A Fun and Easy DIY Project

Discover how to craft an adorable felt mouse craft with our easy step-by-step guide. Perfect for kids and adults, this fun DIY project adds a charming touch to any playtime or decor. Customize your felt mouse with various colors and sizes for endless creative possibilities!

Felt Mouse

Felt mouse craft with template

Are you looking for a delightful and creative project that’s perfect for both kids and adults? Look no further! Our Felt Mouse Craft is a fun and easy DIY activity that will bring a touch of charm to any playtime or decor. This felt mouse is the perfect solution whether you want to create a cute toy for imaginative play or unique decoration. In this post, we’ll guide you through each step to help you craft your very own adorable felt mouse.

Get your materials ready and let’s dive into this fun-filled project! Want to try more felt crafts be sure to check out these:

Supplies

  • Felt fabric
  • A pencil or marker
  • A pair of scissors
  • A needle
  • Matching thread
  • Cotton

How to Make a Felt Mouse

Mouse template pieces cut out in felt fabric
  • Select your desired color of felt fabric for the base patterns, outer ears, and the upper legs of the mouse. Use a fabric marker to trace the provided patterns on the selected felt fabrics and cut them out nicely using scissors.
Mouse body with eyes, nose, and whiskers drawn onto it with sharpie
  • Use a marker to draw the eyes, nose and whiskers of the mouse. 
Mouse body with eyes, nose, and whiskers stitched on
  • Work satin stitches to fill the marked eyes, nose and whiskers.
Felt mouse ears with pink inside and matching thread and needle
  • Place the inner ear cutouts on the outer ear cutouts.
Felt mouse ear pieces stitched together
  • Use thread matching with the inner ear parts to stitch them with the outer ears. Work appliqué stitches.
Felt mouse body and ears with matching thread
  • Place the base cutout on a flat surface and then place the ear patterns on the top side of it. Slightly overlap the narrow ends of the ears with the top side of the base.
Felt mouse body and ears with thread showing the stitching
  • Place the front body pattern on top of the base pattern, keeping the ear patterns between the 2 base layers.
  • Work flat blanket stitches around the sides. Work appliqué stitches when crossing the ear parts.
Felt mouse body and ears with thread showing the stitching
  • Once the stitching reaches a side (either left or right), place the upper leg on that side (inwards) and place the tail’s inner edge between the base layers.
Felt mouse body, ears, legs, and tail with thread showing the stitching
  • Stitch along to join the upper leg and tail with the base patterns.  Place the bottom legs along the bottom side of the base layers and stitch them with the bases.
Felt mouse with cotton being stuffed inside
  • Stuff the felt mouse with cotton through the other side, before stitching the 2nd upper leg.
Finished felt mouse craft
  • Once you are done stuffing, stitch the opening to secure the stuffing. Tie a knot or 2 and cut off the extra thread.

Tips and Tricks

  • If you have a younger child who is not yet comfortable using a needle, this craft provides a great opportunity to teach your child how to safely use a needle. Adult supervision is recommended! 
  • You could print out the template in different sizes to create a variety of mice or even take some creative liberty with the face you put on your mouse!

More Ideas

  • You could make a darling game or story out of these felt mice with a little imagination! It would be a fun activity to make a mouse-sized world by setting up or making a little mouse house, furniture, vehicle etc. 
  • Make some tiny mouse clothes to really make your fuzzy little friend come to life!
  • For another fun mouse craft, check out this Cute Mouse Bookmark from our blog!
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Felt Mouse

Felt Mouse

Below you will find clear step-by-step instructions that will help you to make the cutest little felt mouse! Feel free to get creative and add additional accessories or change up the colors of your mouse. This is a really fun way for you and your kids to get creative together! These felt mice come together so quickly that you could easily make a whole nest of mice in a single afternoon!

Materials

  • Felt fabric
  • A pencil or marker
  • A pair of scissors
  • A needle
  • Matching thread
  • Cotton

Instructions

    • Select your desired color of felt fabric for the base patterns, outer ears, and the upper legs of the mouse. Use a fabric marker to trace the provided patterns on the selected felt fabrics and cut them out nicely using scissors.
    • Use a marker to draw the eyes, nose and whiskers of the mouse. 
    • Work satin stitches to fill the marked eyes, nose and whiskers.
    • Place the inner ear cutouts on the outer ear cutouts.
    • Use thread matching with the inner ear parts to stitch them with the outer ears. Work appliqué stitches.
    • Place the base cutout on a flat surface and then place the ear patterns on the top side of it. Slightly overlap the narrow ends of the ears with the top side of the base.
    • Place the front body pattern on top of the base pattern, keeping the ear patterns between the 2 base layers.
    • Work flat blanket stitches around the sides. Work appliqué stitches when crossing the ear parts.
    • Once the stitching reaches a side (either left or right), place the upper leg on that side (inwards) and place the tail’s inner edge between the base layers.
    • Stitch along to join the upper leg and tail with the base patterns.  Place the bottom legs along the bottom side of the base layers and stitch them with the bases.
    • Stuff the felt mouse with cotton through the other side, before stitching the 2nd upper leg.
    • Once you are done stuffing, stitch the opening to secure the stuffing. Tie a knot or 2 and cut off the extra thread.

    Notes

    • If you have a younger child who is not yet comfortable using a needle, this craft provides a great opportunity to teach your child how to safely use a needle. Adult supervision is recommended! 
    • You could print out the template in different sizes to create a variety of mice or even take some creative liberty with the face you put on your mouse!

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