How to Make Felt Flowers (3 Easy Ways DIY Tutorials)

Learn how to make beautiful felt flowers three easy ways.

Make your own felt flower bouquet, use them as accent on other decorative art, make a felt flower wreath or even use on wearable art like jackets or hair bows.

These little felt flowers are quick to make and make a big impact--I love an easy craft!

Let's get started!

FAKE FLOWER BENEFITS:

I'm absolutely allergic to real flowers, it's sad but true.

I think that's the fuel for all my fake hand-made blossoms and flower crafts...paper flowers, book page flowers, and these beautiful flowers made of felt.

The best part about your own felt flowers is they never wilt, brown, crumble and die, and they have that human touch.

These will look bright and vibrant forever, I'll show you how to make 3 different flowers with full flower tutorials in the video too!

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR FELT FLOWERS:

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• Felt in various colors
• Hot Glue Gun (and lots of glue sticks)
• Scissors
• Silicone Mat (from Dollar Tree)
• Felt Balls (optional)

No sewing, needles and thread or sewing maching!

ROLLED SPIRAL FLOWER:

Step 1: Cut the Felt

The first step is to cut the felt into a circle ish shape.

The circle does not have to be perfect, in fact, I think the flower shapes look better when they are not perfect.

You can trace a felt circle shape and cut it out exactly, but there really is no need.

Just cut out a circle from the felt.

Now cut into the circle and cut a spiral.

Again you do not need to draw a pattern, just go slow and try to keep the scissors edge about 1 inch away from the outside edge as you go.

When you get to the center of the felt circle, leave a little circle of felt which will become the back of the flower when we roll it.

Trim the part of the circle right where you begin to cut into the felt, since there is likely a peak on the edge.

Lots of words to explain how to just simply cut a piece of felt into a circle with a spiral.

There's option to add some scallops or petal shapes along the top edge of the spiral, but I like the straight lines.

Step 2: Hot Glue and Roll

Now add a dot of glue to the small point of the spiral outer edge.

Now begin rolling the felt around the center. 

Keep it loose, not rolling too tight. 

Use the hot glue gun to add a dot of glue here and there, there's no reason to hot glue the entire roll.

Continue the rolling.

If you aren't ready to try this technique with felt, you can use paper and the same process!

When you near the end of the roll, hot glue it on the edge one last time, but leave the circle of felt remaining.

There are different ways to finish off a rolled flower, but this is the easiest and my favorite.

Now fill the back of the flower with hot glue.

And press it down on the felt circle, down on the silicone mat and press firmly until dry.

This is why adding a full line of glue isn't necessary while rolling it because it will be secured to the back piece of felt.

Tada!

That is all that it takes to make a rolled felt flower.

I love the uneven edges, they make the flower look soft and more natural.

Experiment with different sizes of flowers.

You can also begin your flower with a felt ball and roll the rest of the felt spiral around the felt ball for an alternative!

ROLLED LOOPY FLOWER:

Step 1: Cut the Felt

Begin with a piece of felt, if it's 10 inches long, that's probably enough. I needed to make mine a little longer.

Cut the felt square in half with some sharp scissors.

Hot glue the 2 cut pieces together with the hot glue gun.

Now run a long line of hot glue down the edge of the felt.

Fold the felt in half, hot gluing the piece of felt on the edge, creating a loop of felt.

Step 2: Cut Lines

Now use the scissors to cut lines into the looped edge of the felt.

Be careful not to cut through the entire piece of felt, just leave about 1/4" in tact.

Step 3: Roll the Felt

Now the felt will be rolled up the same as the first flower.

You can start with a felt ball for the center or not, whatever your preference.

Hot glue the ball on the edge of the felt, then roll the felt around the ball, with the hot glued edge down.

Continue rolling the felt around the ball, creating a loopy flower with a felt ball center.

Step 4: Finish it off

To finish off the flower, cut a small circle of felt and add some hot glue to it.

Then press the back of the flower on the hot glue felt circle and press it down firmly until cooled.

Tada!

Loopy flowers with a felt ball center or without.

Giving you lots of fun options with one easy technique.

INDIVIDUAL PETAL FLOWER:

Step 1: Fold and Cut Felt

Begin by folding the piece of felt into thirds, this way you can cut 3 petal shapes at a time.

Cut petal shapes, no pattern needed, you could even cut small circles.

Once you have a dozen or so petals, add some hot glue to a felt ball around the center line.

(If little guys are helping, make sure there is adult supervision)

Add petals one by one around the felt ball in a circle.

After filling the first row with petals, add another band of hot glue and add the next layer of petals.

Finish off the base of the flower by adding hot glue to the bottom and place a piece of felt over it.

You can use a circle of felt or cut it into a leaf-like shape with a dab of hot glue.

Press onto the silicone mat or hold with your hand until the hot glue cools.

Tada!

That's the third felt flower tutorial, it's beautiful and easy to make.

You'll be seeing these little favorite things on future posts too!

Get creative with your felt project, adding felt balls or leaving them off for a simple design.

Cutting a strip with fringe as a center for a flower is an easy technique too.

Now make a bunch of flowers using all the different techniques, different sizes and all kinds of colors, you can add a leaf shape here and there too.

These can be used for corsages and boutonnieres, wedding bouquets, a gift topper, an easy hair accessory, a gift for Mother's day, add some to wall hangings or holiday wreaths and much more.

That's it!

Making felt flowers is simple and they are absolutely joyful!

There's a special magic about a bunch of brightly colored flowers.

Check out the video form tutorial for a much more visual way of learning these flowers, at least if this is your first time making felt flowers.

A Cricut Maker can cut felt too, and you can find lots of 3D flowers in Cricut Design Space, so that is a great option if you don't want to make them by hand.

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