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How To Cut Felt With the Cricut Explore

April 8, 2015 6 Comments Holly & Nat

 Really, I tried it! And it works! It’s fun and it’s cheap. Here’s how to cut FELT with your Cricut Explore!

How to Cut felt with the Cricut

These darling masks can be found in the image library in Cricut Design Space. Just search “animal masks” and they’ll come right up. (I’m dying to make the whole set!)

make-your-own-felt-animal-masks

The Cricut can cut FELT? Yes ma’am! I have to admit I have a ton of felt in my stash so I couldn’t wait to try cutting it. Here’s what you’ll need:

  • felt (found in the 9X12 sheets or by the yard)
  • iron-on stabilizer such as Heat ‘N Bond Ultra Hold
  • Cricut Deep Cut Blade
  • Cricut Strong Grip Cutting Mat

cutting-felt-with-stabilizer

Start by ironing the stabilizer to the felt. The paper side faces up and it only takes a few seconds to adhere with a medium-high heat on the iron. Make SURE to peel off the paper after it cools before cutting with the Cricut! The picture above shows that it will leave a transparent shiny layer on the felt. This side goes down (touching the sticky part) on your cutting mat.

Set your dial to “custom materials” and change the setting on your computer to “felt with backing.” Don’t forget to put your deep cut blade in! If you’ve never changed the blade, it’s very easy and there are several YouTube videos to show you how.

cutting-custom-materials

I am totally impressed with how precise the cuts are!
Here’s the cute little bear nose – you can see how small it is.

cut-small-details-in-felt

The rest of the cutting was fairly simple – the thing that took the most time was just ironing on the stabilizer and making sure my piece of felt was the correct size. Here’s a tip for saving space (and time) using synced layers. On the right side you’ll see this menu. Select “sync” and you will see each layer of your project. For my two masks, I wanted to use the same color felt for the bunny mask and the bear nose. Drag the layer to combine them so that will cut out on the same cut! I actually moved the nose over so it saved space and was between the bunny ears, too.

how-to-sync-layers-in-Cricut

Once all my pieces were cut, it was so easy to put them together because of that iron-on adhesive already being there! Don’t forget that the back main piece of the mask has adhesive too, so lay it on top of the leftover backing (shiny side) from your stabilizer or you’ll have it ironed to your ironing board! I simply layered them and ironed one layer at a time.

assembling-felt-masks

 Use hot glue to attach ribbon or elastic to each side of the mask and they’ll be ready for lots of imaginary play!

kids-animal-masks

The kids loved playing with their new masks.
I love that they’re small and light and won’t take up too much room in the dress-up box!

DIY-felt-animal-masks

If you look closely, you’ll see the Princess Crown and Pirate Eye Patch I made for the kids last week here:

Don’t forget you can get everything you need, including the new Cricut Explore Air, at JoAnn Fabric and Craft!
We have another gift card giveaway coming up soon to help you get creative!

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2 Sisters. 2 States. Sharing our latest creations keeps us close. We are moms, wives, daughters, friends, creative souls, singers, living room dancers, Jimmy Fallon fans, & consumers of dirty Dr. Pepper.

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Comments

  1. Kim @ The Celebration Shoppe says

    April 16, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    These are darling! And I’ve been wanting to try felt so loving the tip about the stabilizer. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Adriana Maxwell says

    May 23, 2015 at 7:35 pm

    Does the heat and bond make the felt stiff? I would like to cut my felt using the cricut explore, but i use the felt to dress small bears so it cannot be stiff.

    Thanks for replying,

    Adriana Maxwell

    Reply
  3. Nicole says

    November 7, 2015 at 6:25 am

    What type of felt did you use? I’m having no luck cutting felt on mine using all the things you said above.

    Reply
    • Holly says

      January 17, 2016 at 7:42 pm

      My experience, also! Cutting felt has been a disaster for me!!!!

      Reply

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