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Love Bug Craft: Sewing With Kids

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Looking for the cutest love bug craft?
Well these little love bugs are colourful good-natured critters and are a fun Valentine sewing project that even kids can make.
Filled with rice grains, or any other weighting material, they are soft and squishy and will fit snuggly into the palm of your hand. They make gentle loveable companions who will happily live in a pocket or sit quietly on a desk while you work.
felt love bug

Kids love hand sewing. Even better, learning to sew is a great activity for improving kids hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and concentration. It’s also  just a really fun way to build self-confidence and independence by showing kids that they can create some amazing things.

If you’ve thought about sewing with your kids but just don’t know where to begin this Sew with Kids post will tell you everything you need to know.

So, time to sew yourself some cute, little Valentines love bugs.

What you need:

Red felt

Pink felt

Needle

Thread

Pins

Rice grains

Wiggly eyes

Glue

What to do:

Cut out a 5″ square from the red felt.
Download the TEMPLATE. Use the heart template to cut out a heart from the pink felt.

Handy Hint: Thread the needle using about 30″ of thread, then bring both ends of the thread together and tie in a knot. This stops the thread slipping from the needle, which is helpful when your child is sewing.

Sew a running stitch down the middle of the pink heart.
 
Pin the pink heart onto the red felt.
Using a chinagraph or 3B pencil, draw on legs. If you want, you can cut out the template with the legs, place it on the red felt, and trace around it to help you position the legs.
Sew the two pieces of felt together by sewing around the heart. Leave a 1½” opening…
…and fill your love bug with rice grains. Pin…
 
…and sew the opening closed.
 
Cut off the remaining red felt to complete the love bug’s shape and glue on wiggly eyes.
 
Valentine love bugs are a common sight in my home at this time of year. Their natural instinct is to search for and find a lifelong friend so if you’re lucky enough to have a single love bug in your home please make him or her a companion ASAP…here’s my little fellow happy and content with his newly found soul-mate:
love bug craft
P.S. You don’t have to use the colours I’ve chosen. Kids love to experiment and they come up with really interesting colour combinations. Also, if you don’t want to use wiggly eyes you can make you own eyes very simply from circles of felt and attach them with glue or a single stitch.
And if you’re interested here are lots more fun Valentines projects to sew with your kids or perhaps you’ll love these simple to sew projects in my book, Sew Together Grow Together, which has 20 similar projects to make with your kids.
Happy Valentines Day, Trixi
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simple to sew felt love bug

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Comments

  1. handmade by amalia says

    January 11, 2015 at 2:24 pm

    What a sweetheart! My niece would love to give it a try
    Hope you are well, Trixi – I envy your weather, it's freezing around here

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  2. Luciana F. Damiano says

    January 11, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    So cute!!!

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  3. katef says

    February 14, 2015 at 6:31 am

    You always come with the cutest, doable sewing projects! Pinning this because I know my kids will love to give this a go!

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  4. Rez P says

    February 14, 2015 at 6:39 am

    They are so cute

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  5. mini says

    February 22, 2015 at 7:42 pm

    So creative and cute
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  6. Alexander Silva says

    March 3, 2015 at 10:21 am

    Nice Post. I Like Your Post.

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  9. Amber Evans says

    February 14, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    Hi.So happy to find your blog on Pinterest. I so heart this project so I included it on my round-up post about sewing projects you can make for your daughters. You can see the post here, https://sewingmadesimple.net/15-sewn-valentines-gifts-your-special-little-girl-will-love/

    Please let me know if I missed something about your blog and do let me know if you want to change or add anything.

    Xoxo,
    Amber

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  10. Nell says

    January 25, 2017 at 1:02 pm

    So cute!! I’m going to add these to two of my round ups. What a fun craft for kids!

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    • trixi says

      January 25, 2017 at 1:18 pm

      Thanks so much Nell!! I like the little fellows too!!

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  11. Anne says

    January 30, 2017 at 1:20 am

    So cute!! I’ve featured your tutorial on Craft Gossip here: https://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-felt-valentine-love-bugs-kids-can-sew/2017/01/29/ –Anne

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    • trixi says

      January 30, 2017 at 8:08 am

      Thanks Anne!! Love being featured at Craft Gossip!!!

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