The Secret to Cutting Felt & Making Felt Storyboards for Preschoolers

The secret to cutting felt and making storyboards

I’m taking a curriculum class for Early Childhood Education this semester. For my final project, I have to turn in a curriculum box at the end of the semester, with quite a few felt/flannel story boards.

I was dreading this assignment, because the idea of cutting felt seemed like a long and tedious process. However, while I was looking up ideas on Pinterest I ran across this fabulous tutorial on Make it Cozee that taught me the secret to cutting felt.

I’m so thankful that I found this tutorial! And now I’m obsessed with making these cute flannel/felt stories for my final. So don’t be surprised if you see more of these posts!

Supplies in making felt story boards:

Felt (You can purchase small pieces at your local craft store. If you plan on making quite a few flannel storyboards, I highly recommend finding a discount fabric store where you can purchase felt by the yard).
Freezer paper -This is the SECRET!! (you can find this at your local grocery store in the foil and plastic food wrap aisle).
Computer & Printer
Marker, pen, pencil (I used markers)
Iron
Ironing board
Scissors
Hot glue gun (optional)

Directions in making felt story boards:

For a successful felt story board, it’s important to have a pattern to print out. However, if you’re creatively inclined, you can draw your artwork directly onto freezer paper.

I needed to make a birthday cake felt story board so I found this coloring page on DLTK’s Coloring page website.

The Secret to Cutting Felt and Making Storyboards

With freezer paper there is a glossy side. That is the side that you will iron onto the felt.

The side with the paper finish is where you want to trace the art. Put your freezer paper on top of the photo that you printed out and trace it with a marker.

Once you have your drawings or patterns for your felt craft project, the next step is to cut them out and iron each piece onto the appropriate colored felt. II wanted my felt to look like a chocolate cake, so I ironed it onto a brown piece of felt.

See…..the freezer paper is now temporarily glued onto my felt.

Now you can cut out your shape.

Once you’ve finished ironing your felt craft pieces onto the freezer paper, don’t forget to peel the paper off. Here’s a handy tip: you can actually reuse the freezer paper! That means if you want to make multiple copies of the same felt craft, you can simply iron the shape onto another piece of felt and it will stick again. This not only saves time and effort, but it’s also an eco-friendly option for your crafting projects.

After completing all the pieces of my felt cake, including the candles and flames, I was ready to assemble it. While I hot glued the flames to the candles for added stability, it’s not necessary to do so. With all the pieces ready to go, you can choose to assemble your felt craft with your preferred method, whether it’s stitching, gluing, or using Velcro.