Making this cool Paw Patrol activity singlehandedly made planning my daughter’s birthday party more hectic than it should have been. I had purposely started planning her party early to get a head start and avoid stress. With plenty of time left to plan, I looked online for Paw Patrol birthday party inspiration. I stumbled upon At Home With Natalie’s Paw Patrol DIY felt board and decided to make it. Because it obviously made sense to start a time extensive project that wouldn’t be used much at her party. Ok, maybe it was a bad idea, but I justified it by making it the main part of her birthday present.
I want to make it clear that a lot of this idea came straight from At Home With Natalie’s blog. So, I want to encourage you to also check out her directions if you decide to make this fun project yourself. I did decide that my daughter was more into the pups than the vehicles, so I added to her idea and made all the pups too. And what is cool, is the steps I used to make the pups, can be used to make felt board creations for absolutely anything.
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How to Make a DIY Felt Board Paw Patrol Activity
Materials:
- For Felt Pups and Vehicles:
- For Felt Board:
Making the Felt Vehicles and Lookout:
To start, I made the felt vehicles and lookout for the DIY felt board. At Home With Natalie has patterns that I was able to download and use to make these. I cut out the patterns, pinned them on felt, and cut out the felt. Then, I hand sewed all the pieces together with a needle. I used white thread on everything and big stitches to make it as quick as possible.
Making the Paw Patrol Pups:
Next, I made the pups. I did not have any patterns to make these with, so I made my own. I knew that if I tried to draw them myself they would be unrecognizable. So, I printed off a coloring sheet of the pups from coloring.info instead. It had more detail on it than I was willing to sew on. So, before I did any cutting, I color coded all of my pieces. I colored over any details that I didn’t want and made note of which color the base piece should be. Lastly, I put a piece of cardstock over the coloring page and traced all the pieces I would need by holding it up against a window.
Now that I had my pattern, I did the same as I did for the vehicles and lookout. I cut out each piece of the pattern, pinned it onto my felt, and then cut out the felt. Then, I sewed each piece on to my base color. Lastly, I used a Sharpie to draw the faces and some details on each pup. To finish off the faces, I hot glued googly eyes on.
Making the DIY Felt Board:
Now all I needed was a felt board to use with my Paw Patrol activity pieces. Unfortunately, I could not find a large piece of blue felt in stores to use for the sky. So, I ended up dyeing a piece of white felt. I followed wikiHow’s directions to dye the felt with acrylic paint. I filled a bucket with water and some blue paint. Then, I fully dunked my piece of white felt into it. Once it was all covered, I laid the wet felt out on a plastic tablecloth in the sun that the back door lets in. I love the color I got and the slightly less even color makes it just look more sky-like.
Now that I had a piece of blue felt, I once again used At Home With Natalie’s instructions as a base. She sews (this time on a sewing machine) a large piece of green felt to a large piece of blue felt. Then, she staples them to the back of a large canvas to make the DIY felt board. I did the same thing with my dyed blue felt and a piece of green and it worked great. After all that work, I was done and my daughter’s Paw Patrol activity was complete.
Conclusion of Making a Felt Paw Patrol Activity
To be honest, I have to laugh at how short this post ended up being. For taking me so much time to make, it really was pretty simple. While it took a while, it was a good excuse to sit and relax. When I worked on it in front of my daughter, I only did pieces that wouldn’t give away that it was Paw Patrol. She knew I was making something for her, but was still surprised when I gave her Paw Patrol activity to her.
I am really proud of how this DIY felt board turned out. The pups and vehicles are all immediately recognizable. My 4 year old daughter enjoys acting out Paw Patrol missions on it. On the other hand, my two year old son likes to attempt to use the felt board as a ramp. So, it isn’t taken out as often as I would like. I am also a little disappointed in how poorly the felt sticks. I was hoping it would stay without having to stick it on just right. One of these days I will experiment with it and see what I can add to the backs to help it stick.
But, all that being said, I am already thinking about what felt pieces I can make for it next. What kind of felt pieces do you think your child would enjoy the most?
Did you enjoy this fun idea? Check out these other felt crafts and more Paw Patrol birthday party ideas.
