These adorable felt donuts are so much fun to make and to play with! We love food play around our house as it is one of our most favorite ways to pretend play. I have ordered countless donuts and coffees from my cute little server. This donut template whips up quickly and can be a great sewing project for older kids too.
Don’t forget the DIY child’s size chef hat and these delicious homemade donut recipes!
HOw To make felt donuts
First, we cut out our felt circles. You may use our free donut printable template if you like.
Second, sew the frosting to one of the donut pieces. You’ll find that sewing felt is quite easy.
My son then sewed “sprinkles” all over the “frosting” with embroidery thread.
With right sides together, sew donut pieces together, leaving an opening for turning
Turn donut right side out.
Stitch completely around the center of the donut. We found this easiest to do on the sewing machine. Stay as close to the edge as possible, catching the top and bottom layers.
Finally, stuff the donut and slip stitch the donut closed!
Ta Da! This really is an easy felt sewing project, and with this simple donut pattern, you could make a dozen variety donuts! This felt food had us hungry for the real thing, so we headed to the kitchen.
We used 101 Cookbook’s recipe for baked doughnuts. They were (yes we ate the whole 1 1/2 dozen YIKES) delicious. I would like to believe they were healthy since they were baked—but they were dipped in butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar. We were able to make the entire recipe in the food processor. This makes quick time of the kneading (we counted to 45 slowly and it was done).
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Thanks for the link. Love your pattern. And the embroidery. I’ll have to give these a try.
I plan on making these felt donuts with my kids. Thanks for sharing!
These are soooo cute. I want one for each of my littles for church and I want to donate them to the domestic violence shelter and amybe our church should have some for visting children…
Wow, thanks for the tutorial. I think my daughters would love the felt donuts if I could bungle my way to make them. Your statement about how people don’t even have food struck a chord with me. I think that’s why I feel guilty about buying organic products and expensive toys because so many people can’t afford it, not to mention even have running water. Though many organic companies do support fair trade…
Amazing, that felt donut is! I’m SO inspired to make a whole batch for my daughters and nieces for Christmas. A slow project, yes, but just about the right pace with an infant and two little kids to entertain! Thank you for sharing the template! Am slowly, slowly setting up my own blog of crafty things and will post pictures and tell everyone about your original felt donut and how it began a whole new crafty addiction for me!
Jessica Seinfeld’s cookbook actually has a really yummy and HEALTHY little baked doughnut recipe!
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I have missed popping in here! What a lovely post! Come by and visit when you can! Lot’s of hugs!
Robyn
How creative you are!! This looks delicious haha… Maybe you can make cake felt or pie felt ^^
Beautiful tutorial and lovely blog.
Super cute felt doughnuts!!! I can’t wait to make a few. Thanks for the pattern.
I LOVE the felt donuts! Thanks for the idea!
Okay, do I have THE cutest niece and nephews or what?! — and the donuts were yummy! And that felt donut — that is the way I should enjoy them! Love this!
so cute.
Arnie the doughnut was good, but a better book about doughnuts is Mark Alan Stamaty’s Who Needs Donuts? The artwork is amazing and the story is very sweet.
Seriously, those made me hungry. The felt ones!