This felt burger craft is a fun and satisfying project — no grill required! With soft stitched buns, a squishy felt patty, and all your favourite toppings, it’s the perfect craft for kids learning to sew or anyone who loves making felt food for pretend play.
Even better? We’ve included free printable patterns for the burger and all the fixings, so you can build your dream burger from scratch. Whether you go classic or load it up with bacon, pickles, and cheese, this handmade play food is perfect for stocking a play kitchen, gifting to a mini chef, or adding to your felt food collection.
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DIY Felt Burger
Materials:
- FREE Printable Felt Burger Pattern
- Felt (assorted colours)
- Embroidery floss (or sewing thread)
- Polyester fiber fill
Equipment:
Watch the step-by-step video tutorial:
Instructions:
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Cut the felt pieces
- Print our free DIY felt burger template (find the link in the materials list above!) and cut out the shapes.
- Hold the pattern pieces on top of the felt to cut them out. You can pin the pattern to the felt to make it easier to cut, or trace around the template with chalk or a gel pen.Use tan felt for the buns and 2 shades of brown for the burger. You’ll need 2 of each of the pieces (except the grill marks).
Step 3: Add sesame seed details
- On the larger circle of felt use white or cream embroidery floss to make small, randomly placed stitches. These represent sesame seeds on top of the bun.
Step 4: Stitch the bun pieces together
- Once you’re happy with the sesame seeds, place this piece on top of the smaller felt circle.Turn them over so you can see the smaller circle. Align them so one side matches up and the other overlaps.
- Begin sewing the 2 pieces together with a blanket stitch. Start by bringing the needle up through both pieces, about 1/8 inch away from the edge.Pull the thread almost all the way through and tie the front thread to the tail in a double knot.
- Tuck the tail inside the bun and continue your blanket stitches. Bring the needle back up through the felt and, before you pull the needle all the way though, wrap the thread around the needle.
- Repeat the blanket stitch around the bun. Pull the felt edges to match as you get closer to the other side.Continue this process until there’s only a 1 to 2 inch opening remaining.
- Add stuffing to the bun until it’s evenly and firmly filled.
- Close off the bun, continuing the blanket stitch. Finish off your thread by going through the last stitch a few times.Then push the needle down at the seam and bring it up through the top layer of felt. Cut the excess thread and pinch the felt to hide the thread inside.
- Repeat step 4 to sew the other half of the bun together in the same way. The bottom of the bun doesn’t need any sesame seeds.
Step 5: Put the patty together
- Attach the grill marks to one half of the patty (lighter brown circle) by sewing down the middle of them, using a backstitch.
- Connect the bottom half of the patty with a blanket stitch, stuffing it a bit before closing it off.For the patty, don’t add too much stuffing, since you want it to be flat, rather than rounded like the bun.
- Now have fun making all your desired toppings! We have templates for each of the pieces: just scroll down to find the link. Cut a simple square of cheese and squiggle of ketchup, or take your time sewing pickles, tomatoes, bacon, and more! The stitched toppings can be made with a simple running stitch or a backstitch for more stability.
- Your DIY felt burger is complete!
Helpful Tips:
- Don’t overstuff the patty: keeping it flat makes it easier to stack and helps look more realistic.
- Some of the toppings take longer to make than others. The easiest toppings to make are cheese (just cut a square piece of felt) and the condiment squiggles. Toppings that will take more time to make (since they need to be stitched together) are bacon, tomato, pickles, and red onion.
Get our free printable DIY felt burger pattern:
The link below will take you to our free printable felt burger templates! The 3 page PDF file will open in a new window. Then simply print the patterns on 8.5 x 11 (letter size) printer paper or cardstock.
>>> DIY Felt Burger Pattern <<<
Our felt burger pattern features templates for the following:
- Bun
- Hamburger patty
- Cheese slice
- Tomato
- Lettuce leaf
- Pickle
- Condiments (a line of ketchup, mustard, mayo, etc)
- Bacon
- Onion
What kind of felt works best for making a felt burger?
Acrylic felt sheets work great for this craft and are really budget-friendly.
But if you want to make felt food that holds up for longer and doesn’t pill as easily, try a wool-blend felt. This type of felt is thicker and easier to sew cleanly, but it is more expensive than regular soft felt from the craft store.
Can I machine sew the felt burger pieces instead of hand sewing them?
While this project is designed for hand stitching, you can absolutely use a sewing machine for some of the larger pieces, like the bun, patty, and some of the toppings. However smaller details, like the sesame seeds on the bun and the tomato seeds, are easier to manage with hand stitching.
Plus if you’re crafting with kids or beginners, hand sewing keeps things simple and gives more control over the tiny felt pieces.
How do I attach the burger pieces together for display or storage?
To keep everything together, try adding small hook-and-loop dots (like Velcro) between the layers. This makes it easy to stack and unstack the burger for pretend play!
This felt burger craft is such a fun way to practice hand sewing and make something adorable in the process. Whether you add it to a play kitchen or give it as a handmade gift, it’s guaranteed to be a hit! With endless topping combos and colourful details, it’s a project you’ll want to make again and again.
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