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shape monsters free sewing pattern

September 18, 2021 By Kate 3 Comments

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Today we’re sharing a fun and easy sewing craft for kids, shape monsters with a free printable pattern.

You can sew Sammy Square, Tammy Triangle or Cecilia Circle, but watch out – these guys will gobble up anything they find of their own shape!

Our shape monsters are part of the sew a softie tutorial hop, organised by Trixi from Sew A Softie blog.

You might also like our peg monster craft

shape monsters craft for kids

I love sewing simple softies! In the past we’ve made dinosaurs, ghosts, jellyfish, bookmarks, to name a few.

These shape monsters use only basic stitching so they’re great for beginners and younger kids. They can be a little fiddly to cut out from felt, and some kids will need help with that. Also, the facial features are sewn on because I find that glued-on features don’t always stay put. To make the project simpler for younger kids you could glue the facial features on with fabric glue.

How to make a shape monster softie

 

 

You will need

  • soft felt in assorted colours
  • embroidery thread
  • sewing needle
  • Sharp scissors
  • Your choice of shape monster

How to

Cut out the felt pieces. Pin the shapes to soft felt and cut around them. FOr some of the smaller pieces it’s easier to hold the paper shape over the felt whilst cutting, or you could use a small piece of double sided tape to keep it in place if that’s too tricky.

trangle shape moster sewing pattern and felt

Sew the arms onto the back piece of felt, and the facial pieces to the front piece. Alternatively keep the facial features aside and glue them on at the end.

steps to making a softie triangle monster

Place the two pieces together with the arms and legs on the inside, and sew most of the way around the body using running stitch. When there’s a small gap left, fill with stuffing, then complete the stitching.

sewing craft kids steps – making a triangle shape monster

finished triangle softie

All done! Shape monsters are so quick and easy to sew that you’ll be able to make the whole set all in no time.

Shape monsters together

Which one are you going to make first?

More sewing crafts kids will love

  • Make a planet earth softie for environmental awareness
  • Here are 23 simple sewing ideas for kids
  • Or make one of these Christmas sewing crafts for beginners
  • These Meet sunshine stegosaurus and Douglas Diplodocus – our adorable softie dinosaurs
  • Our jellyfish softie pattern comes in three different sizes, plus there is even a box jellyfish

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Comments

  1. 1

    Trixi says

    August 6, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    Your little shape monsters are so sweet 🙂 You are so right about glues not working! I testrd loads until I found one that worked!!

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      MomMom Chrissy says

      October 26, 2020 at 10:01 pm

      Thank you so much for these patterns.
      My granddaughter and I haven’t made them yet,but she know knows how to sew (thanks to you) from your idea with felt and embroidery thread instead of regular thread…
      can’t wait to sew up these lil monsters!

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        Kate says

        October 27, 2020 at 7:06 am

        That’s fantastic, I hope she has fun making them 🙂

        Reply

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