how to make a ‘felt cupcake’ tutorial

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If any of you are like me and have no idea how to crochet, here is a little tutorial for making cupcakes out of felt. Because we all need a little sweetness in our lives!

What you will need:

-Paper + pencil
-Scissors
-2 colors of felt of your liking (one for the bottom/middle part and one for the icing)
-Cereal box cardboard (or anything similar)
-Stuffing (wool, toystuffing, etc.)
-Thread (can match the felt or not)
-Needle (small one to fit through little beads if you choose to use them)
-Stuff for embellishment (beads, embroidery floss, little scraps of felt, anythings and everything that you fancy)

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1. Cut out the paper shapes. The sizes are 1) the first circle/bottom piece 1.3/4″ x 1.3/4″, 2) the next smaller circle is cut from the cardboard and is 1.1/2″ x 1.1/2″, 3) the next pac man looking piece is 2.1/2″ x 2.1/2″, 4) the long piece at the bottom of the picture is 5.3/4″ (the longest part at the top) and 5″ (the smaller bottom part) x 1.1/2″.

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2. Pin the paper shapes onto the felt and cut them out.

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3. Sew up the top to make a little cone. I used a backstitch here but any old stitch would work just fine.

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4. Flip the cone inside out and embellish the top to your hearts content. I sewed on little beads here and there to look like sprinkles. (this picture shows the middle part already sewed on, but it is easier to embellish before sewing on the middle so please ignore the color change and order of this photo).

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5. Sew the middle piece together. I just put one end over the other and sewed it up.

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6. Flip the middle inside out and pop in the already sewed and embellished top piece to the larger end of the middle piece (embellished side down).

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7. Sew them together!

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8. Flip it all inside out and stuff away. I used some of the toy (acrylic) stuffing from a teddy bear we were getting rid of.

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9. Smoosh the cardboard circle and the bottom felt circle into place on the bottom. (Have your needle and thread ready for the next step)

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10. Sew the bottom circle onto the middle part. I used a blanket stitch here.

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11. Tada! a lovely little cupcake eagerly awaiting its first playmate.

25 Responses to “how to make a ‘felt cupcake’ tutorial”


  1. 1 mudspice September 9, 2007 at 4:52 am

    Oooohhhh. I’m definitely going to try this!

  2. 2 Debby September 9, 2007 at 8:53 am

    So am I. That is, if I can find all the ingredients in Malaysia. I need some sweetness in my life. Mamae

  3. 4 kim November 9, 2007 at 4:17 am

    Oh I bet this would make a great pin cushion is stuffed well….that’s my plan for the weekend.Now to find the felted wool. thanks for a great idea…..

  4. 5 margaret February 4, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    oh wow, thanks for the tutorial, it was just what i was looking for TFS

  5. 6 Carri Chmielewski February 12, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Thank you for doing the work of teaching us step by step.
    I am a visual learner and I appreciate the way you taught me!!:)
    Have a good day,
    carri

  6. 7 janice June 17, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    ohhhh thank you .. i joined a cupcakes and tea swap over on rachaelrabbit.blogspot.com and I needed some help.. thanks.

  7. 8 daemonia November 3, 2008 at 10:37 am

    Hello! I’m visiting your blog because one my friend had wrote your link in her blog! :) I think your tutorial is very good, very well! :)
    Greetings from Italy and I hope my English could be good, not horrible! ;)

  8. 9 Mel M. M. M. November 4, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    Amazing! This is pure sweetness. Thanks for sharing all of the details!
    Hope it’s ok if I link your tutorial. :O) mel

  9. 10 Mandy November 10, 2008 at 5:44 pm

    Those are very cute. My daughters would love playing with them.

  10. 11 beth December 7, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Thanks for the great tutorial. I just made one – actually a muffin for my muffin lovin’ niece. Very cute!

  11. 12 Rhi December 31, 2008 at 10:36 pm

    This is, like, the best lil cupcake tutorial I’ve seen! X3 Thanks so much!!! <3 It’s real adorable X3

  12. 13 Ayu Sayuri January 20, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    thanks a lot..I need this tutorial..

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  14. 15 Claire March 4, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Just made the cupcake and it looks a bit wrong. I know you meant well but its a bit long…erm…..yeah

  15. 16 Juliet March 4, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    sorry it didn’t work out for you claire!

  16. 17 Lizard June 5, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    LOL! Somehow my mesurments came out wrong so I had to work with it for 2 and a half hours except it’s jumbo size now!!! It’s about 5 times regular size no joke!


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