Felt Birds (DIY Christmas Ornaments)

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These felt birds are actually felt doves! They’re one of my favorite DIY felt ornaments. Be sure to grab the free pattern and make a few of your own!

These felt doves make adorable DIY Christmas ornaments. They’re actually pretty simple to make, but the details of the embroidered wings and tails make them so pretty.

These are perfect for hanging on your own Christmas tree or to give as a sweet homemade gift.

It’s a fun Christmas craft for kids and adults. But they’d also be a great Christmas craft to make and sell.

Be sure to grab our free printable pattern, so you can make a few this holiday season.

Materials

Felt fabric: We used white for the bird, and red to create a base for the ornament, and green for the olive branch.

Thread: We used white for stitching around the bird, and different colors for the embroidering on the wings and tail.

Some basic craft supplies like:

• Sharp scissors
• Needle
• Cotton or scrap felt for stuffing
• Pencil or fabric chalk

Instructions

To start making your felt bird, grab and print out the free printable pattern.

Then grab the color of felt you want to make it. We used white, but gray, beige or any light color would look great. We also used green for the olive branch.

Step 1: Cut out the Pattern Pieces

Trace out all the pattern pieces and cut them out of the felt, like shown above.

The bird pattern has two bird bases, two wings and the branch.

Step 2:

Next, draw a floral or vine pattern onto one of the wing pieces, and draw an eye onto your bird base.

Step 3:

To embroider the wing, start by threading your need with a contrasting thread color.

Then stitch on a simple decorative pattern.

Step 4:

I thought it was easiest to stitch out the leaves first.

Step 5:

Then stitched out along the vine, adding a little more detail.

Step 6:

On the bird pattern piece where you drew the eye, stitch the eye with black thread.

Then add a little detail stitching on the tail to create a decorative pattern similar to the wing.

Step 7:

Place the other bird base pattern under your decorated one and start stitching them together using a matching thread, the same color as your felt.

Step 8:

Leave a small opening to let you stuff the bird with cotton or left over felt scraps.

Step 9:

Then close up the opening after the bird is stuffed.

Step 10:

Next, attach the embroidered wing to the front of the bird base.

Step 11:

Then flip the bird over and stitch on the second wing to the back of the bird, making sure to move it forward a bit so it shows behind the front wing.

Step 12:

Finally, stitch on the olive branch onto the end of the birds beak. From here you can either leave it as is and attach a ribbon to the back to hang your bird ornament.

Or you can for a base and attach your bird to it like we did. I love the bright pop of color personally.

Grab the Free Printable Felt Bird Pattern

To grab our free printable bird pattern, place your email in the box below.

We’ll send the template straight to your inbox, and let you know when we come out with more free printable patterns!

These patterns are for personal or classroom use only, not for commercial use. But you are most certainly welcome to sell any felt ornaments you make! (Just not the pattern!) Thank you!