I'm excited to share my first ever Wellie Wishers doll craft! Inspired by the acorn felt bag in American Girl's Nature Explorer Set, I made an acorn backpack for Willa. I love how it turned out!! I also have a pattern for you to use too. Let's get crafting!
The supplies you need are:
- Dark Brown Felt
- Light Brown Felt
- Ivory Felt
- Tan Felt
- Stick-On Velcro
- Hot Glue Gun (You could stitch this with a needle and thread too!)
- Scissors
- Ruler (optional)
- Acorn Backpack Pattern
Click the link or picture above to print it out. (Be sure to download and print at “Actual Size” from a PDF reader like Adobe Reader. If you save & print directly from your browser, it might not print at the right size.)
1. Start by cutting out the patterns and tracing them around the felt. You'll need two of the acorn shapes and two acorn top shapes. Cut out a dark brown and tan strip of felt five inches long and an inch wide. Then cut out ten small strips of ivory felt, each a little more than an inch long. 2. Put some glue around the edge of one acorn shapes, then place the edge of the dark brown strip on the glue. 3. Continue gluing until the felt is around the edges as shown. Put glue around the remaining edges and glue on the other acorn. Now it's starting to look more like a backpack! 4. Do the same for the acorn tops, gluing the edges. You might need to snip off any excess felt. 5. Now both the acorn and acorn top look like 3-D shapes.
6. Glue the small strips of ivory felt onto the the acorn top in an X pattern. 7. Glue the inside-back of the acorn top to the back of the acorn. 8. Stick Velcro on the top of the acorn and inside of the acorn top, so that it will stick when closed. 9. Cut out two strips of light brown felt six inches long and an inch wide. These will be the backpack straps. 10. Glue the straps to the back of the bag and you're done!!
Now your Wellie Wishers doll has a backpack to take on all of her adventures!
Willa is ready to explore!
If you try out this craft, I'd love to see! You can send me a picture to [email protected] or tag me on Instagram @creativedollcrafts
Have fun & happy crafting!
