Peixinhos No Sotao shares a simple play mat idea for playing cars. She offers a basic template, so you can keep it simple or jazz it up as you wish! See it here!

This Little Project has been making the most darling playscapes based on some of the familiar surroundings of her family. They look great and what a perfect way to look back at recent events with your children and discuss them in more detail! Fabulous idea! Currently, she has created scenes for the park, the library, the post office, and the pool!

These gorgeous beanbags from Salt and Chocolate would make a wonderful addition to a child’s felt toy collection. They look so soft and calming, don’t they?! Plus, you don’t have to worry about your toddler throwing these rocks in the house! Click here to read more!

Here are a few more free felt food tutorials for me to add to my round-up:

From American Felt and Craft:

Cherry Pie

(Thanks to OCP reader, Alicia for the tip!)

Crackers

From Ikat Bag

Felt cake and decorations She also shows how to make individual slices so your little one can serve up cake at her next tea party!

These safety cone car garages from One More Moore are brilliant! There are no instructions for making these, but I think with some orange felt and a little interfacing, a savvy sewer could whip one or two up quite easily. Lemme know if you try, and be sure to check out One More Moore for the original!

Snazzle Craft shares a free pattern for some fun felt food. Click here if you’d like to add sandwhich and chips to your felt food collection!

Quiet books are a great way to keep the kids entertained when you need a few minutes of, well, quiet! I can think of several occasions when one of these books would have come in handy! Here are just a few of the pages found at Naptime Journal Creations. Click here to see more of her pages and read about her many sources of inspiration!

Dot from Dabbled has created some crazy hand puppets using felted sweaters. They look like a ton of fun to make and play with. Go to Dabbled for a how-to!

Love Peeps but want to cut back on the sweets? Check out these felt Peeps from Dusty Bottom Acres! All the cute but none of the mess of the real thing, plus they’d make a great addition to your child’s felt food collection! (via Felt-o-rama)

5 Orange Potatoes shares a great way to let your kids wear their artwork! Click over to see how she made these awesome felt bracelets and adorned them with images that her daughters created.

Montessori Mama made this beautiful Four Season’s Mat for a 3-year-old’s birthday. Click over to learn a “four seasons” song and birthday tradition to go along with it!

Those of you who liked our felt food round-up will L.O.V.E this tutorial from Skip to My Lou. It’s got everything you need for a brown bag lunch, including the bag! Click here for the tut.

Check out Skip to My Lou’s tutorial on how to make this charming birthday hat shaped like a princess crown! Thoughtful touches like these are so meaningful to our little ones and help make special days even more memorable! Click here for the tut!

A round-up of some yummy felt treats from around the web. The majority of these patterns are for personal use only. Please do not make and sell without checking the copyright of the original creator. Click on the photo to go to the source!

From Flickr

From Escape Artist

From Como Faz?
Popsicles…different language but lots of photos

From Craft Tutorials
Graham Crackers

From That’s Just Freaking Lovely
Pop Tarts

From Craftsanity
Fortune cookies

From Orble
Felt lollipop

From Day to Day
Eggs and orange

Tomato slices, lemon slices, and ice cream

Ravioli

From Dabbled
Felt M&M Cookies

From One Inch World
Felt Lettuce

From Craftster
Pizza

Chocolate Cake

Vegetables, Salads, and MUCH more

From Cherry Mix
Bread

Cupcake

From Lit’l Brown Bird
Strawberries

Oreo Ice-Cream Cookie

From Hoogli Art
Sushi

Cupcake

And from Mr. Monkeysuit
Felt Peas in a Pod

Special thanks to my Tweet peep KTnestingspot (from Katie’s Nesting Spot) for helping me collect some of these!

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Added:

From Snazzle Craft

Chips and sandwhich

From Dusty Bottom Acres
Felt Peeps

From American Felt and Craft:

Cherry Pie
(Thanks to OCP reader, Alicia for the tip!)

Crackers

From Ikat Bag

Felt cake and decorations

She also shows how to make individual slices so your little one can serve up cake at her next tea party!

Katie’s Nesting Spot shares a fabulous way to take the felt board idea on-the-go! I will definitely be making one of these for my own little ones to pull out in those “Gee, it sure would be nice to have a quiet activity” kind of moments…restaurant, church, doctor’s office, etc. Check out her tutorial here!

If you’ve got any sweaters that are on their last leg and you want to get some more use out them, just toss ‘em in the wash and felt them up…then make some cuts and you have a mouse puppet! Amber Dusick has a tutorial showing how she made one herself. Here.

The Japanese have mastered the art of cuteness.

1. Patchwork Ball, 2. Japanese Handmade Zakka Book 6/8, 3. Japanese Embroidery Applique Book 3/8, 4. mobile: ISBN4-7762-0113-5, 5. small articles made of wool felt for baby, 6. isbn 4-579-11066-8, 7. bebe: ISBN4-579-11017-X, 8. Japanese Beads Book 8/8, 9. ISBN 452904209 EmbCaterpillar

And a few more…

1. Japanese Felt Accessories Book 6/9, 2. Japanese Felt Craft Book 3/14, 3. Japanese Felt Craft Book 9/14

These felt-covered yogurt cups from Her Cup Overfloweth are so cute and so easy to make. Put them together yourself or let the kids help…these are sure to be a hit! Click here for the tute!

1. Feathered Friend Toothie Pillow, 2. Tooth Fairy pillow, 3. tooth fairy pillow, 4. tooth officer, 5. tooth beary backside, 6. tooth pillow, 7. Tooth Fairy Pillow- open pocket, 8. tooth fairy pillow for diego - front, 9. tooth fairy pillow, 10. Blue Tooth Fairy Pillow, 11. Tooth Buddy Tooth Pillows, 12. Custom Ordered ToothFairy Pillow, 13. toothpillow2, 14. Tooth Fairy Pillow, 15. tooth fairy pillow

This mosaic may be a bit overwhelming, so I want to bring your attention to a few things:

• I’m a sucker for embroidery so the pillow in the center is my absolute favorite. Be sure to click #8 to see the details.
• For you knitters out there, there’s a lone knitted tooth with pocket on the back on the bottom center. He’s a cutie-pie and you can find a pattern for him at Knit and Crochet Patterns.
• Take notice of the police fairy tooth (#9)…another one of my favorites from the group. His mouth is the pocket! MmmmCrafts has a pattern available for download for your personal use. Link

This little snow bunny is all bundled up for the last few weeks of winter! Love those ears! Q.D. Patooties is generously sharing the pattern for your personal use. Just click on over! (Link)

I’ve been meaning to make beanbags for my girls for months now, but these are WAY cuter than anything I would have come up with. Check out Whimsy Love for the details on how she whipped these up in a matter of minutes. (via Craft)

1. 5 little chickens, 2. feltboardclover, 3. felt board in progress, 4. weather-felts, 5. felt faces, 6. felt board play

Don’t know how to make a feltboard? Visit JC Handmade for a handy-dandy tute!

Also, be sure to check out The Artful Parent for some feltboard book recommendations!

Tangarang offers up some great inspiration and a quick review of how she made this awesome playmat. It’s two-sided so make sure you click over to see the rest. You could either fold it up for storage, or add a zipper on one side and keep little toys inside!

1. Side View, 2. Pretty Princess Felt Ponytail Holders, Hot Pink, 3. wool felt crown, 4. crown detail, 5. Upcycled Wool Felt Crown, 6. Wool Felt Crown, 7. tree, 8. september birthday crown, 9. crown - so sweet

For tutorials on how to make your own Waldorf crown, check out Juicy Bits or Balancing Everything.

Look to Balancing Everything for the pattern pieces and instructions on sewing this portable kitchen play area. Such a clever idea and perfect for those without the space to accommodate bulky kitchen play sets.