Love to decorate your home for Valentine's Day? Are you looking for a super easy Valentine's Day craft project? If so, I got a cute one to share with you today! This craft project consists of hand sewn faux chocolate candies that are made out of your traditional craft felt. In addition to a few standard craft and sewing supplies, you will need a small heart shaped candy box that is empty and clean. This is a really cool item to use in your holiday decorating.
* note: You are basically forming boxes out of felt to make these candies.Supplies Needed To Make The Project:
Felt: 1 sheet of dark brown, chocolate brown, white and red
Embroidery floss to match the colors of your felt
Embroidery Needle and Scissors
Small amount of fiber-fill stuffing
1 clean and empty heart shaped candy box
Paper Patterns to use as templates: On a piece of paper, draw out a 1 3/4" diameter circle, 2" square and a rectangle that measures 1 1/2" by 2" in size. Cut out these shapes and use them as patterns.
Round Chocolate Candy: Cut two round shapes out of chocolate brown colored felt, cut one strip that measures 1/4" wide by 5 3/4" long. From red felt, cut out a swirl shape that is the diameter of your circle temple by about 1/8" wide. Using two strands of embroidery floss and your sewing needle, blanket stitch the thin strip around the edges of one circle and fasten off. Using two strands of red embroidery floss, hand stitch the red swirl to one of the chocolate brown circles using tiny whip stitches, fasten off. Using two strands of brown floss, blanket stitch the remaining circle onto the other side of the skinny strip. Right before you have it completely sewn shut, insert in a little bit of stuffing inside and then finish stitching it shut.
Square Chocolate Candy: Cut two square shapes out of white colored felt, cut one strip that measures 1/4" wide by the 8 1/4" long. From chocolate brown colored felt, cut four strips that each measure 1/8" by 2" long. From red felt, cut a heart that measures approximately 1/2" in diameter. Using two strands of brown embroidery floss, sew the tiny brown strips across one of the white squares. Using two strands of red embroidery floss, sew the heart on top of the brown strips in the center of the white square. Use two strands of white embroidery floss and hand stitch the white strip around all four edges of the square. Using hand stitches, sew the other square onto the other edge of the strip. Right before you have it completely sewn shut, insert a little bit of stuffing inside and then finish stitching it shut.
Rectangle Chocolate Candy: Cut two rectangle shapes out of dark brown felt, cut one strip from dark brown felt that measures 1/4" wide by 7" long. Hand cut out of white felt a swirl shape that measures 1/8" wide by 2" long and hand sew this swirl to the top of one your rectangles. Using two strands of dark brown embroidery floss, hand sew the strip to all four edges of one of your rectangles. Sew the other rectangle onto the other side of the strip. Right before you have it completely sewn shut, insert a little bit of stuffing inside and then finish stitching it shut.
This project was designed by Shelly Hill, copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved.
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