Sew a Felt Food Picnic Set – Free Sewing Pattern

Kids love playing pretend, especially setting a pretend table or having a pretend picnic. This felt food picnic play set is just the thing for kids pretend play. You can make one using a free pattern from Benzie Design, designed by Mallory from @rabbitbrooktoys.

The set includes felt versions of a cheese wheel, grape clusters, crackers, cookies, and slices of pepperoni. Oh, and also little felt napkins so everyone can practice good manners and hygiene while playing with their felt food. You can make all or some of the pieces in this set to make a fun pretend play toy for kids. Personally, I’d make all of them and then add in an adorable little basket to hold it all. This would make the sweetest gift for a young child!

They would have so much fun setting up a little picnic for their dolls or favorite stuffed animals. (When my daughter was little, she had more fun setting up the pretend picnics and parties for her dolls than actually PLAYING the pretend picnics and parties, lol.)

Of course, felt sewing projects like this look best when they’re made from a higher quality felt. The grapes are made with felt balls, while the rest is made from sheets of wool blend felt. If you want to purchase the exact materials used in the example, they’ve got a handy checklist you can use to order them directly from Benzie Design.

If you’ve ever wanted to try to make felt food (or other small felt toys) before, this playset is a good introduction. The pieces are simple but absolutely adorable. They can be assembled using just basic hand sewing techniques. And after you finish making this picnic playset, you’ll be confident to take on some more felt food sewing projects. Get the free felt picnic food pattern from Benzie Design.

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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