Make these play donuts with your favourite colour of felt and beads or sequins for the sprinkles. This felt food makes a great pincushion and it’s also a fun DIY toy, perfect for storytime or pretend play. They also make great Christmas ornaments or decorations!
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Get our free printable felt donuts pattern:
The link and picture below will take you to our free, printable felt donuts pattern! The PDF file will open in a new window. Then simply print the template on 8.5 x 11 (letter size) printer paper.
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Do I have to sew the felt donuts together?
If you’d rather not sew, you can make the entire donut using glue. First glue the center of the donut pieces together with hot glue or white glue. Then stuff the donut and connect the outer edges with glue. Finally, attach the icing to the top of the donut and use small amounts of glue to adhere the sprinkles. Just keep in mind that sewing the donut together gives the donut a more neat and tidy look, and also makes it a lot stronger. If you glue together your donut, the edges won’t be as strong and may eventually separate with repeated handling/play. If you’d like to see what a fully glued felt plushy looks like, you can check out our Halloween plushies tutorial.
What stitches are used to sew the felt donuts together?
We sewed the icing to the donut using a neat backstitch. It makes it easy to follow the curve of the frosting. The actual donut is put together with a blanket stitch. Alternatively, you can also use a backstitch or running stitch to sew the donut together.
What size felt donut does this pattern make?
This felt donut has a diameter of about 5 inches and is 1-1/4 inches high. The exact dimensions will depend on how much you stuff your donut.
How else can I decorate my felt donuts?
We used bugle beads (aka tube beads) and sequins to make different types of sprinkles for our felt donuts. You can also use seed beads or Perler beads. Puffy paint is another great way to add lines of icing or sprinkles to the donut. Or sew on sprinkles with different colours of embroidery floss, or glue on small pieces of felt. You can turn your felt donut into an ornament by sewing in a hanger made from embroidery floss, ribbon, or twine.
These felt donuts are so much cuter than plastic play food! Make these sweet treats for your play kitchen using simple stitches. These felt doughnuts make such a cute soft toy that you can make in all your favourite colours and designs.
Here’s even more DIY toy ideas:
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