This easy step-by-step flower craft tutorial teaches kids and adults how to make no-sew felt flowers. (First published on April 24, 2018; this DIY felt flower post is regularly updated and re-published.)
Here’s an easy, no-sew-felt flower craft for kids or adults to make at home or in the classroom. Use the flower craft tutorial below to make mom a single felt flower on a pipe cleaner, wooden dowel, or twig stem–or give her an entire felt flower bouquet. You can even make a DIY flower crown or a flower lei necklace to go with it if you like. DIY felt flowers make a great gift idea for Mother’s Day, her birthday, or to say I love you to that special someone for an anniversary, Valentine’s Day, or any day of the year.
Felt flowers also make a great gift idea for a teacher or someone that has recently lost a loved one. So, scroll down to learn how to make felt flower crafts and give them to Mom, Grandma, Nana, a favorite teacher, your wife or girlfriend, or someone you love to brighten their day! You might also enjoy this list of gifts kids can make for parents, grandparents, friends, and teachers.
Easy Felt Flower Crafts for Kids and Adults
This simple felt flower DIY tutorial shares how to arrange flowers on a twig stem, pipe cleaner, or wooden dowel. But unlike real fresh flowers, a felt flower bouquet makes a lovely floral centerpiece that can last all year. So make felt flowers to cure the winter blues. Or recruit the kids to make this spring flower craft idea for Mother’s Day, her birthday, or teacher appreciation week. You might also enjoy the other flower arts and crafts on this list of flower art projects for kids or adults.
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How to Make Felt Flowers and Felt Flower Bouquets
Making flowers out of felt is fun for kids, teens, and adults. And the felt flower craft tutorial below shares how to use felt and pom-poms to make a flower arrangement with felt on pipe cleaners, wooden dowels, or twig stems. So, before you get started, read through the step-by-step instructions and decide on the craft materials you want to use to make your felt flower craft or bouquet.
If you use twigs to make the stem for each felt flower, start this flower craft project by going on a nature hunt to collect thin bare branches or twigs. If you are assisting children, Invite them outside on a scavenger hunt in search of twigs, sticks, and small bare branches that would make great flower stems. Alternatively, you can use a wooden dowel or pipe cleaners to make this easy flower craft.
If you choose to use pipe cleaners instead of twigs, it is best to twist two pipe cleaners or chenille stems together so that they are sturdy enough to stand with a felt flower attached to the top. Choose from the options below to decide how you will make the no-sew felt flowers for this craft project.
Four Easy No-Sew Methods to Make DIY Flowers Out of Felt
First, choose one of the four methods to make felt flowers listed below. Next, collect the flower craft supplies you need in the next section. And finally, begin the felt flowers DIY tutorial at the step listed for your chosen no sew method or technique.
- Download and print the flower pattern or patterns you would like to use HERE—> Printable Flower Outline Templates. (Begin felt flowers DIY tutorial at step 1.)
- Draw simple flowers to make felt flower templates. (Begin felt flowers DIY tutorial at step 2.)
- Use a flower cookie cutter. (Begin felt flowers DIY tutorial at step 3.)
- Order pre-cut felt flowers HERE. (Begin the felt flowers DIY tutorial at step 5 if using the pre-cut felt flowers)
**NOTE: The flower cookie cutter is about 4 inches in diameter, and the pre-cut flowers range from 1 inch to 2 inches in diameter. Our printable felt flower pattern templates are approximately 3 inches in diameter.
Easy Felt Flowers Craft Supplies
Depending on the chosen method of making felt flowers, you will need different craft supplies. Collect the materials needed from the options on the list below:
- Choose one of the following felt flower craft options:
- Printable flower outline templates
- flower cookie cutters
- Or purchase pre-cut felt flowers for crafts–> HERE.
- Cardstock (not needed if using flower cookie cutters or pre-cut felt flowers)
- Felt (not needed if using pre-cut felt flowers)
- Disappearing ink pen (not needed if using pre-cut felt flowers)
- Sewing scissors or precision scissors (sharp scissors make cutting felt a lot easier but are not needed if using pre-cut felt flowers)
- Choose one of the following flower stem options:
- Thin bare branches, sticks, or twigs
- Pipe cleaners
- Wooden dowels painted green
- Pruning shears (if using twig stems)
- Pom-poms
- Glue gun with glue sticks or glue dots
- Vase (optional)
- Ribbon (optional)
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Felt Flowers DIY Video Tutorial
The step-by-step flower craft video tutorial below shows how to make felt flowers on twig stems, but it can also be used with any of the other flower craft methods described in the DIY instructions written below.
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DIY Felt Flowers Step-by-Step Tutorial
This tutorial describes four different techniques you can use to make felt flowers and felt flower bouquets. First, choose one of the four options listed above. Next, gather the flower craft supplies needed for the method you choose. And finally, begin at the felt flowers DIY tutorial step directed below.
1. Download and print the printable flower pattern template (optional).
- Skip this step if you are using flower cookie cutters or pre-cut felt flowers.
- Download our free printable flower template and print it on heavyweight cardstock.
- Regular printer paper can also be used, but cardstock is better for making strong flower templates that are super easy to trace multiple times.
2. Cut the flower templates from the flower pattern printable.
- Skip this step if you are using pre-cut flowers or flower cookie cutters.
- Start by cutting the flower templates you’d like to use from the flower outline pattern printable. (Please use regular craft scissors to cut the cardstock. Cutting paper dulls sewing scissors.)
- Use one flower pattern to make a bunch of the same flowers or one of each flower–up to you!
- Please note: Some flower outlines and templates are easier for children to cut out than others. So choose the simple flower outlines if you are helping toddlers or preschoolers make felt flower crafts.
- Alternatively, you can draw a simple flower outline onto heavyweight cardstock and cut them out to make a DIY flower template for your felt flower bouquet.
3. Trace the flower template or flower cookie cutter with disappearing ink on felt.
- Skip this step if you are using pre-cut felt flowers or another faux flower of choice.
- Trace flower pattern templates or flower cookie cutters with disappearing ink. Yes, disappearing ink disappears even on white felt! The ink can be washed away with water or disappear in about 24 hours.
- **WARNING: Do not trace your flowers and leave them to cut out the next day, or you may not have anything left to trace–lol!!
4. Cut flowers out of felt.
- Skip this step if using pre-cut felt flowers or another fake flower of choice.
- Use scissors to cut the felt flowers. But please be aware that felt can be tricky to cut. Make it easy on yourself with sewing scissors or small sharp craft scissors.
5. Make pipe cleaner, wooden dowel, or twig stems for felt flowers.
- First, choose the craft supplies you want to use to make flower stems, then follow the step-by-step instructions for either of the three DIY flower stem-making methods below.
use pruning sheers to trim twigs for felt flowers:
- Use pruning shears to trim thin bare branches and twigs to the desired height.
- Measure the height by standing the twigs next to a vase before you cut them.
- Trim both ends for a clean look.
How to use pipe cleaners to make flower stems:
- Twist two pipe cleaners (chenille stems) together to make a stem sturdy enough to attach a felt flower.
- Measure the height next to the flower vase and either continue to twist them together to make the flower stem shorter or trim it with craft scissors (not sewing scissors) if needed.
How to use a wooden dowel to make a flower stem:
- Paint a thin wooden dowel with green acrylic paint and allow it to dry. (optional)
- Measure the height next to the flower vase and use pruning sheers to trim it if needed.
6. Glue a felt flower and pom-pom onto the DIY twig, pipe cleaner, or wooden dowel flower stem.
- Fold the flower in half to cut a small hole in the middle of the felt flower.
- Thread the tip of a twig, pipe cleaner, or wooden dowel through the small hole in the flower.
- Glue the pom-pom onto the twig tip and the felt flower to secure it in place.
7. Place the felt flowers in a vase or tie a colorful ribbon around a single felt flower or a felt flower bouquet.
- Place your gorgeous felt flowers in a vase (as shown in the photographs in this post), or tie a ribbon around them to create a handheld bouquet.
- Single flowers in a vase, with a ribbon around it or with felt leaves glued to the stem, also look lovely. (You can see a photo of my daughter holding a single felt flower above and in the photograph below.)
- Optional: Use your felt scraps and extra pompoms as a colorful vase filler!
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Felt Flower Craft Gift idea
Single flowers and handheld bouquets made out of felt are fun and easy gift ideas that kids, teens, and adults can make for Mom, Grandma, Nana, or a favorite teacher. Give mom (or grandma) a single flower or a whole bouquet for Mother’s Day, make one for her on an anniversary or Valentine’s Day, or say I love you any day of the year!
Another fantastic gift idea for mom is this handprint art jewelry dish or anything from this beautiful collection of homemade gift ideas kids can make.
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Taylor says
Signed up to get your printable template and of course, clicking on the link just makes it go in an endless circle wanting my email address. Lovely click bait. Thanks.
nell says
Hi Taylor, It’s actually quite a simple process, not an endless circle, and, you will get access to every template we have!! I think a few clicks to have access to such an amazing resource for FREE is well worth it! Besides, you don’t *NEED* the flower template to make these felt flowers. You are welcome to draw your own flowers, as I have, use a flower cookie cutter, or purchase the ready-made felt flowers as the directions state above. 🙂