Simple Free Felt Bunny Pattern for Kids - Red Ted Art

Today, I share a super simple free felt bunny pattern, that you or the kids can have a go at making! We made these little cuties as a set of pocket buddies a while back – and there is a felt bunny (here today), felt teddy and felt squirrel you can check out. They all come in their own little pocket bed, for extra cuteness. This is a great beginner sewing project! Though below, I also have some links to other free bunny patterns etc for more advance sewers.

Cute Felt Softies Free Rabbit Pattern - how to teach kids to sew

We first made these bunnies back in Februar 2016!

So this is a post that has had LOTS of inspiration from LOTS of places. We made these little cute felt softies bunny after two guest posts here on Red Ted Art – we recently had some felt heart brooches and a felt heart mobile.. both just too cute. As big bunny lovers in our house, I wanted to have a go at some felt bunny brooches.

When Pip Squeak came come, she said, can we make little felt softies instead? I agreed, especially since, I have been eyeing up these “Tin Can Pets” for aaaaaages.. ad wanted to make something similar with the kids:

More info from Larrisa Holland

Sewing our little Cute Felt Softies Bunny, also prompted me to write this post about Teaching kids to Sew! Take a look and hopefully you will find it helpful! So I came up with a super simple felt bunny pattern to share with you here today!

Isn’t this little felt bunny pattern adorable? It is super simple and the kids will love it. What I love about it, is that it sparked a lot of interest from my kids. As mentioned, we also made some Felt Bunny Brooches afterwards… that winter, my kids also made a set of Felt Pet Ornaments for me for Christmas (they would make nice backpack charms too) AND a couple of years later, they turned the same concept into adorable Felt Bookmarks as a gift to me. SO SWEET!

Make little Felt Bunnies – Supplies Needed:

Small pieces of felt for the bunny in desired colors
One larger piece (in our case approx 15cm x 5cm) for the bunny bed
Our simple felt softie bunny pattern
Contrasting embroidery thread
A little glue
Ribbon (optional)
Lace/ decorative ribbon (optional)

And of course your FREE Rabbit Sewing Pattern (add $0 at checkout).

How to Sew Cute Felt Softies with this Free Felt Bunny Pattern for Kids

NOTE: my daughter and I made these after school on a dark dark dark Friday afternoon.. I wanted to catch the sewing process.. but it means the photos are a little dark than usual – so I apologise for the quality!!!!!

We used a running stitch for this simple project. It is great for hand eye co-ordination. But you can try out any of these basic hand stitches for kids! Especially if you print out the pattern in “double size”, then you could even give the blanket stitch a go!

how to sew a felt softy with kids. Adorable little bunny craft for Easter

Cute out all your pieces… in hindsight…. if you are sewing with kids, you MAY want to make one piece of your bunny include all the arms, legs and ears.. this gives the final felts softy a different “feel”, but it is easier to sew. I have included this “easier” version as an option in the printable!

Alternatively, make sure they are a little “longer”, so you can “tuck” more of your arms, legs and ears into your seams!

sewing with kids - make adorable little bunny felt softies

Using a simple running stitch start sewing around your bunny.

Leave a little opening on the side.

For your stuffing to go into. Then sew shut.

Sewing projects for kids - felt softie bunnies

Glue on your eyes, nose and heart! (Again, if very keen, you can give things like a French Knot a go!).

How to Sew an Easy Felt Bunny Softie. A super cute sewing project for kids

Then make a simple bed out of rectangular piece of felt. Sew up the side, across the top and down the other side again. If necessary, add a few stitches to keep your lace in place.

I sewed the little bed for the felt softy bunny, as Pip Squeak had run out of sewing steam. I think that is totally fine – as kids should ENJOY sewing and it is a crucial part of teaching kids to sew… so let the kids to as much or little as they wont, but keep them interested!

Isn’t this little bunny craft it the cutest?

That night.. when I went to bed… I found this little “shrine” to bunny!! 🙂 clearly someone is very very happy about her sewing project!

The next day, Red Ted asked if we could sew another little felt softie.. and we made a little Felt Softy Bear!! Check it out here for more felt softies free patterns: