Felt Trucks: Template and Tutorial

This was a special request project! My little guy asked me to make him something (I guess one too many sister projects!). When I asked him what he wanted he requested trucks! That’s what I get for asking.

So I took this as an opportunity to make a quick felt board. We haven’t done a felt project yet, and I’ve seen some tempting projects. To make it even better, I had felt on hand.

Felt Cars

He picked out his favorite trucks and I whipped out some drawings. I’m including copies for you. I used a straight edge, but these are freehand. They worked great for us! Here is the Dump Truck, Bulldozer, Tanker/Semi

We made copies and I scanned in pictures. The printer is a huge source of entertainment in our house. Check this out, guys, pictures are coming out of this thing!

He picked what color he wanted the felt cars to be- the cat got in on the action too!

From here I chopped up my pieces to use as templates. Save time by stacking up your wheels and cutting them all at once (they are all the same size).

Now it’s up to you. I know for my almost-three-year-old, craft glue was not going to cut it. He feels the need to try and pull things apart. So I chose to sew mine together.

Don’t judge my stitching too harshly… I had a toddler clinging to my elbow while I did this, BEGGING me to hand them over. Needless to say, I zipped these out super fast. Even with careful stitching, though, this is a fast project.

Use our templates or make your own. These are fast and easy, and now all you need is a felt board!

Unexpected benefit: this turned into a fun educational activity! All on his own he got out his trucks and started showing me ‘big’ and ‘small’ with the felt cars, counting wheels, and talking colors. I felt like I had found the super toy!

Do you have a favorite felt board project? I would love to see it! Let us know in the comments below.

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