I don't know what it is but I love felt food. Today on the menu is a very unhealthy sack lunch!
I have provided the instructions here in this post. You can make the shapes up as you go along or if you want to make it really easy you can download the templates for the food for $1.75 or place my button (code in the left sidebar) on your blog and you may download the templates for free. E-mail me that you have placed the button (or already have the button) and I will e-mail you the templates.
Leave a comment on this post by the 15th of March and three lucky readers will win a set of wool felt from Wool Felt Central and the templates to compete the brown bag lunch (vinyl not included).
For all you felt lovers all felt is 20% off at Wool Felt Central through March 15th.
The Brown Paper Bag
You need two pieces of light brown felt. Cut a square out of the bottom corner on each side. With pinking shears trim across the top. Trim just enough to pink the top. Sew across the bottom and along each side.
Pinch the side and bottom together and sew.
Finished!
The Chip Bag and Chips
Cut two pieces of felt. Embellish the front with stripe and medallion. I meant to embroider "chips" in the white circle. You could also write chips with a paint marker.
Place right sides together and stitch along each side. Turn right side out and then stitch across the bottom. I used a blanket stitch along with a couple rows of stitching.
Cut chips out of yellow felt. Stitch together close to the edge. You can add rows of stitching to make them 'ruffled' chips if you like.
The Ho Ho
Cut 2 pieces if dark brown felt and two pieces of white felt.
Place the pieces together and sew around the outside edge, leaving an opening for turning on the short side.
Turn right side out. Top stitch around the edge on the white piece only. Don't worry about closing the openings--they will be in the center. Place the white piece on top of the dark brown (bottom edges lined up) and roll up.
Slip stitch the roll closed along the outside edge.
The Sandwich
Cut two pieces of off - white fabric and a strip of light brown felt about. You might need to attach two pieces together.
Sew the strip to one side of the white square overlapping the ends.
Sew the white square to the other side leaving an opening for turning.
Turn right side out. Stuff with polyester fiberfill and slip stitch opening closed.
Make ingredients for your sandwich by sewing two of each color together. You can sew around the edge leaving an opening for turning, turn and topstitch or just sew the pieces together (this is how I made them except for the bologna which I turned). Add details with your machine.
Every sack lunch sandwich needs a baggie.
The Baggie
Using medium weight vinyl (this is really thin) fold top down and bottom up (bottom edge lays on top of the top edge. Sew along each side.
Pinch corners and sew across 1 inch from edge.
Do this for all four corners.
Trim off corners.
Turn right side out and slip in the sandwich.
Bon Appetit!
Still hungry try some doughnuts!
Thanks for taking the time to visit me today!
These are precious!! I have three granddaughters and bought some felted play food for xmas and the prices were outrageous! I only got a few of them for them because of that but I sure can make these. I would have never thought to do these if I hadn’t come across your wonderful explanation. Thank you so much!
How neat! Would love to win!
Wow! So cool – I can’t wait for my little one to be into felt food!
I love this! Pick me, pick me!
Thank you so much! This is wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win, too!
This is just too cute. I remeber my brother had to do something like this for an art class….he made a Burger King Whopper that was 36″ in diameter and 12″ thick !! My kids loved it and we hold it in a very special place in our home. I could make him a bagged lunch to take to work…Tee Hee…what a hoot!
The food is soooo clever, what an idea! Please add me to the give-a-way
Such a cute idea! My niece may love me even more if I make this for her!!!
Thanks for posting your procedure for such a cute little lunch. Felt food is something on my list to try this year, starting with your doughnuts!
Cute idea, but when sewing the vinyl, stitch length should be longer so as not to perforate the vinyl so many times. Give a stronger seam. too
Yum! Am going to start making goodies for my new granddaughters “‘kitchen at Oma’s”! These are awesome!
Very cute! After making 6 boxes of felt chocolates for Valentine’s Day and birthdays, I am ready to tackle a whole lunch! Thanks for the tip on Wool Felt Central. I’m having trouble finding a wide range of colors locally.
I really love everything you create here, and would be thrilled to win this giveaway!!
Thanks for posting such great tutorials.
Wooly hugs,
Trudy
SOOO cute!!!!! The best part is no calories!!!
That is so cute! Swiss Cake Rolls are my absolute favorite. I would love to be able to have one with zero calories.
You are so clever! Please count me in. I love these felt foods and brown bag. I definately have to make these for after-school crowd. This could be a nutritional/non-nutrional activity. Thank you!
Fantastic project! (But it’s a Ho Ho, not a Ding Dong.)
This is just toooooooo cute. count me in.
awesome!!! I posted a link and your picture on my site: http://vintagemafia.blogspot.com.
That ho ho cracks me up! Awesome!
This is awesome! My nieces would love this!
Thanks so much for the tutorial – I’m really thinking about trying it!!
Adorable! Stuff like this is perfect for play kitchens and so customizable!
very cute!
Ohmygosh! That is so adorable!
I’ve got to make those, even if just for my own sheer amusement!
They’d make great, unique gifts for all the parties we have coming up this year, too.
Great idea – thanks!
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JUST what I have been looking for – thanks so much for the tute!
These are really adorable – would love to win the materials!
Sooo darn cute! I’m putting your button on my sidebar right now! Thanks for the inspiration! (and pattern!)
Adorable! I don’t think I have the skills to make this….but I’ll admire it anyway! Thank you for showing us!
Saw this mentioned at Craftzine, I want to make a set for my niece!
absolutely love it!!!
Thanks for posting this! My daughter would LOVE this! We spend countless hours making and eating pretend food.
I’ve been trying to find a way to make doll sized doughnuts for DD and just want to say THANK YOU! This will be far easier than fimo, at least for me. Perhaps I could make some mini-scrambled eggs out of the frosting pattern. Oh, such fun. Count me in on the felt and templates for the brown bag lunch giveaway! Such a great idea!
These are darling! I am making these for my little Elle. She’s not eating solids yet but who says she can’t play with them? Not this mama, no siree.
ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I love this!
This is too cute! I am a teacher, what a surprise and conversation piece it would be to open this lunch at school! What a great way to teach nutrition to the students.
Great tutorial,
I love this! I’d love to make it for my kids. Thanks!
Wow… this is too cute. I have no idea what to do with it but I’m going to make it (luckily I just picked up a bunch of felt the other day!)…
Thanks for the pattern!
Wow! Great work! I think I like the lunch bag the best of all-my kid loves any kind of bag! But the sammy is pretty cute and i love the ways you got the chips to crinkle and “wave”!
LOVE your Blog! One of my favorites of all time. I would love to win this for my kiddos!
Thanks!
Awesome tutorial, thank you!
These are so cool! I especially love the sandwich. It looks so real when inside the vinyl bag.
Thank you very much for sharing it with us!
This is awesome!
Wow, this is amazing!! I would LOVE to make this! It looks super fun.
These are adorable and would make a great addition to my daughter’s play kitchen! She could pack her own lunch for school
I’d love to win some wool for my future felt food projects, I am just getting started! Thanks for the chance to win!
I have already made your doughnuts – the brown bag lunch is lovely!
I’ve already made your doughnuts – the brown bag lunch is lovely!
This is one of the cutest sets I have ever seen. I would love to pass this on to my son’s kindergarten teacher!
Andrea in NC