Feel Better – Felt Band-Aids {Craft}

So this morning I posted a picture on Instagram, that I pulled out my sewing machine. The clouds parted & sunlight came through my living room. Ok…it wasn’t that dramatic but it’s not that often that you hear or see me doing that. My sewing machine & I have this love/hate relationship. Because of that it’s usually kept in the closet for safe keeping. But it’s starting to grow on me. Plus I told myself that this deployment, I would learn to “use” it properly and create some fun pieces. I really want to prove to Joe that is the worth the investment :)

But what really inspired the sewing machine to come out of hiding, was a trip to one of my favorite stores – Target. The second I went in the front door & saw that the Dollar Section was restocked with new items, I knew it was going to be a good day. That’s when I stumbled upon a Fake Doctor Set for kids. I squealed. Childhood memories played through my head. So no questions asked, it was thrown in the cart. {Along with a million other things.}

When we got home, I immediately gave it to Lil Man. Of course the thing he loved the most out of the kit was the fake tweezers. Go figure. I found him attempting to pull his stuffed animals eyes out. Oh the joys of a boy! After showing him how to use the others pieces in the set properly, including the stethoscope, he was starting to get the hang of it. {We seriously need to watch more Dr. McStuffins} While we played – a brilliant idea popped in my head. Lil Man needed some band-aids to go with his new kit. And I had the perfect supplies at home to make it happen.

And of course, I documented the whole thing so you can make your own. So BAM! That is how this tutorial came along. Ready to learn how?

Here is what you need:

* Sewing Machine
* White & Tan Craft Felt
* Scissors
* Snaps or Velcro
* Paper/Sharpie

I originally intended these band-aids to have Velcro on them. But of course, I could not find my stash of Velcro in my craft room. I seriously search high & low and evening putting this project on hold for a day to give more time to search. I did find these boutique snaps in my sewing stash, so I decided to use those instead. However, I do plan on making more band-aids with Velcro {after hitting up Hobby Lobby} because the snaps can be hard to open sometimes. Whatever you decide to use, this tutorial still works.

So first things first – I drew a band-aid shape on some cardstock. Basically it’s a thin rectangle with rounded edges.

I then cut out my band-aid template and traced the band-aid shapes on my tan felt with my sharpie.

After tracing out all my shapes, I went ahead & cut the band-aids out.

Next I grabbed my white felt and cut rectangles out of it, to put in the center of my band-aids.

Now comes the fun part – sewing it all together. Using your sewing machine, sew down the white felt to the center of the band-aids. Then continue to stitch along the edge of the tan felt to really give it the look of a band-aid. {My lines were far from perfect but at least I tried!}

Now if you are using velcro for your band-aids, go ahead & stitch those on with your sewing machine. If not, go ahead & add your snaps accordingly.

I made one snap face inward & the other outward. This way the band-aid closed nicely.

And that pretty much sums it up on how to make your own Feel Better – Felt Band-aids.

To make them customizable or fun – use different patterned or colored felt, instead of the boring tan color. You can also make various sized band-aids and make a whole first aid kit for your child to play with. Even save old “clean” medicine bottles to add to their kits. You never know, you might mold them into a doctor one day!

Who says I can’t love my sewing machine ;)