Print our free felt dragon pattern. Find a link in the materials list above, or below the tutorial.The first page of the template shows how the dragon is put together. The grey and white pattern pieces represent the two colours of felt used. This makes it easy to know which piece to cut out in which colour!(Note: We adjusted the template after we photographed this tutorial. Click on the PDF pattern to see the different colours.)
Cut out the pieces of the dragon from both pages of the template.
Step 3: Trace and cut out the felt
Choose your first felt colour. This will be the dragon's body, head, arms, and tail.Stack together 2 pieces of this felt.
Trace the head onto the double layer of felt with chalk.
Repeat, tracing the body, arms, and tail onto the felt.
For the head and body of the dragon, cut through both layers of felt.You can also cut these pieces out one at a time in a single layer if it's easier for you.
Cut only a single layer of felt for the arms and tail.
Trace the remaining pieces (stomach, fins, horns, wings and tail tip) onto a single layer of felt in a complimentary colour.If you only have a small piece of felt, arrange the pieces ahead of time, before tracing them, to ensure they fit.
Cut out the remaining pattern pieces.
Step 4: Glue together and stuff the dragon's body
Find the body and stomach pieces.Add hot glue along the edge of the stomach piece.
Place the stomach onto one of the body pieces, with the top straight edges matching up.
Flip this piece over and add glue down one side of the back, as close to the edge as possible.
Connect the other body piece in the glue, matching the two sides up carefully.Continue gluing so the other side is fully connected. Leave the top (neck) unglued so you can stuff it later.
Add a dot of glue to the top (straight end) of the arms and connect them at the top of the body, on either side of the chest.
Once the glue has cooled, add stuffing into the dragon body. Make sure it goes all the way down into the dragon's feet. Use a pencil to push it down into the feet if needed.
Glue the tail tip onto the pointy end of the tail.
Attach the tail to the back of the dragon's body, with a few dots of glue on the widest part.Before you connect the tail you may want to hold the tail on the back and flip the dragon over to see exactly where you'd like to place it.
Add a line of glue inside, along the top of the dragon's body, and press the pieces of felt together.
Position the wings on the back of the dragon. Then add a line of glue along the top of the body to connect the wings to the back of the body.
Step 5: Put together the dragon's head
Use black thread and a needle to create nostrils and a mouth for the dragon.For the dragon's nose, make 2 short diagonal lines. To do this, pass your needle through the felt from black to front, and then to the back again.Repeat in the same spots, so that the nostril is more defined. Then make another line, about half an inch away from the first.Create the smiley mouth with a running stitch. Once your mouth is the right length, go back towards where you started, filling in the gaps.
Glue the spikey fins to the other side of the head.
Connect the two head pieces with glue, with the fins in-between the two layers.Leave the bottom of the head unglued and add stuffing once the glue is set.
Glue together the bottom of the head and then attach the horns on the front of the head, near the fins.
Step 6: Attach the head and add googly eyes
Add a line of glue along the top front of the dragon's body.
Attach the head to the body, holding it in place until the glue has dried.
Add glue to the back of 2 googly eyes and add them to the dragon's face above the nostrils.