I’m so excited to be here today! It’s so fun to sew for the holidays! My name is Heather and nickname Heather Feather. I blog about my creative “flights” over at Feathers Flights. I have a two year old son, a baby girl on the way, and am married to a man in law school .
I love sewing and decided to make a holiday activity for my son to give him something fun to do as I get busier with holidays. I came up with a felt gingerbread house that he can put felt candy on. It teaches him shapes, and I don’t have to worry about him eating tons of candy!
I set up the house to for pictures, and my son couldn’t wait to play with it! You can see his hand sneaking in!
Would you like to make your own?
Supplies:
Felt in multiple colors
Sewing Supplies
Sturdy interfacing
White ricrac
1. Cut out and assemble pieces of candy. I stuck to circles, squares, and a rectangle. I wanted simple shapes for my son, but you can make whatever shapes you want. I cut out stripes and sewed them onto each shape with a machine. Feel free to hand stitch if you love it!
2. Cut out the front and back of the house and two rectangles for the sides. My sides go up and become the roof also. Cut out pieces of interfacing in the same shapes and interface each piece.
3. Place the finished candy on the house pieces and trace the shapes.
4. Add any decorative lines you want.
5. Sew ricrac onto all the drawn lines. It is a little tricky to do corners, but the ricrac has some give to play with.
6. Assemble the house. The interfacing should make the house sturdy enough to stand on its own. Trim corners if needed.
Turn the house right side out and let your little ones enjoy it! My felt candy sticks pretty well to my house, but I might go back and add velcro just to lessen an frustration for my son. My son LOVES this house and placing the pieces on. I don’t even think he realizes its supposed to be candy!
Thanks so much for having me, Deby! I had so much fun making a fun holiday activity for my son! For more children’s Christmas ideas, check out Ugly Sweater One-Piece for Baby and Christmas Tree Stacker.
I'm Heather *Feather* and I blog about my creative flights at Feathers Flights. I learned to sew while studying clothing construction in college and working at a tailor shop. I love sewing for my family, my husband, a two year old boy, and a little girl on the way. See more of what I do on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
where is the pattern for the gingerbread house?
I think a felt nativity would be precious!
I am not as crafty as I would like to be. I want to do more. Thank you
Felt Christmas tree ornaments and gingerbread boys and girls.
The felt gingerbread house is such a cute idea. I wish I had something like this when my children were small. Thanks for sharing!
I really like this will try it
I like advent calendars.
Felt is so easy to work with! I like making puppets.
Santa and snowman puppets
I enjoy working with felt. Not so much with sewing but with just crafty stuff.
I LOVE to make Owls w/ felt. They are soft, small enough to hang on the tree and/or for “little hands” to play w/ & hang on to!
I haven’t worked with felt, but I would make cute animal ornaments.
I made my daughter a felt quiet book – Counting. removable kites, butterflies, apples, etc. Merry Christmas. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
elves.
my sis used to make the cutest little elves
I have cats – so I would make a double thick “ball” or “box” out of felt in xmassy colors – and put a single bell in each one! The kitties would bat it around for hours!
I want to try to make some doll clothes or stuffed animals
Love the felt Gingerbread House!
Cat toys stuffed with catnip.
This I just adore. I love working with felt. I make a lot of projects for my daughter & this would be a great one. She could have fun decorating it herself.