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Once you get started teaching your child the basics of sewing, it is essential to feed its interest with a number of new fun projects. Naturally, you should choose sewing projects which can easily be completed by the child depending on its age and level of ability. Here are a few projects which I consider perfect for young and grown up children. These simple crafts will surely make a big impression on your child, and will definitely keep it pumped and wanting to learn and practice more!
So, let’s get started with the following 30 fun and easy sewing projects for kids which you can pick from:
1. Fabric Scrap Key Chain
Super useful to keep your kid’s keys at hand + it makes super cool gift for mom and pop. All you will need for this cute little project are some fabric scraps, a piece of Pellon Peltex, an old key ring, buttons and felt, twill tape or a ribbon and pinking shears, thread and an iron.
via Craftiness is NOT optional
2. Book Corner Bookmark
If your child loves reading, he/she will love to make this useful bookmark. To make it, you need to fold a piece of cardstock (4”x3.25”) in half and sew over the top and the right edge. Leave the bottom and left side open, so that you can slide the bookmark over the page.
via KR creations
3. Emoji Keyrings
Ride on top of the fashion wave with these super cool emojis. For these keyrings, you will need some pieces of felt in different colors, a keyring and fastener, scissors, a needle and some cotton threads and wool in colors matching the emoji’s of your choice.
via Crafternoon cabaret club
4. Sunglasses Case
Something small yet super useful that will keep your sunglasses scratch-free. You can use this idea to make a case for your phone, tablet or an e-reader as well. You will need some outer and inner fabric, fusible interfacing and a smaller piece of fabric for the loop.
via Sew Mama Sew
5. Phone Wallet
It is convenient to have this simple phone wallet on hand so you can just tuck your phone in and get about your errand. Your child will be happy to make this simple yet pretty canvas phone case. The materials you need are: some sturdy fabric, sew on Velcro, some felt, a clasp, thin cardboard and sewing tools.
via Sew Mama Sew
6. Fish Laundry Bags
These bags are easy to make, cute as well as useful. Make sure that you have: ½ yard of fabric for the top and another ½ for the bottom, ribbon or twill tape, felt scraps and a large safety pin.
via Sew Can She
7. Pleated Headband
Amazing project for the little princess and something she will actually love to wear. Use fabric, felt and interfacing scraps, a simple elastic headband and any buttons, pearls or accessories of your choice to make this lovely headband. You will need scissors, a needle, some thread and a glue gun.
via Craftiness is NOT optional
8. Felt Forest Friends Keychains
Every child will love making one of these keychains. For this project, you need: felt scraps in different colors, some ribbon, yarn and a keyring, as well as a needle and some glue.
via Repeat Crafter Me
9. Toy Cat From Scraps
Show your child how to make a toy cat on his/hers own with some fabric scraps, buttons for the eyes, felt pieces for the nose and heart, toy filler and some embroidery thread. Let the child choose the colors for its project /via Sew Toy
10. Scented Sachets
These make wonderful home decorations as well as gifts. All you will need are 5 inch fabric squares, lavender buds and sewing tools. You will end up with fresh smelling and moth repelling little sachets.
via Martha Stewart
11. Bookmark In 5 Minutes
If you have leftover fabric scraps and a piece of elastic, you can show your child how to create one of these super simple and yet useful bookmarks. The project involves just a bit of sewing. / via Crazy Little Projects
12. Easy To Sew Kids Belt
This is another very easy project which your little seamstress will love. You will need a small fabric strip with a width of about 3 inches, D rings and some fusible fleece for added sturdiness.
via Crazy Little Projects
13. Easy Pillowcase Skirt
Let your child enjoy turning an unused pillowcase into a cute skirt which she can actually wear. You will need some elastic, an optional trim, thread, pins and a machine.
via Sew Country Chick
14. Friendship Bracelets
Teach your child how to make these adorable friendship bracelets, so that it can give them out as presents to its friends to wear. All you need is a long fabric strip, fusible interfacing, thread and embroidery floss.
via Noodle Head
15. Sweet & Skinny Ruffled Headband
Let your kid use a piece of heavier fabric plus some chiffon or other sheer fabric with a couple of elastic hair ties to make a headband to suit her own personal preferences. Let it add some beads to make a flower on the top.
via Flamingo Toes
16. Pincushion Ring
Your child will love wearing the pin while enjoying its next sewing project. The project involves the use of some old bottle tops, elastic, a piece of fabric and trims and some stuffing for the pincushion.
via We All Sew
17. Super Simple Flowers Headband
Let your kid make its own pretty headband with the help of a strip of fabric (5”x45”) and at the same time practice its hand or machine straight stitching skills.
via Skip to my Lou
18. Chick Softie Toy
Any child will love working on this particular project. The materials and tools needed are: ¼ yard of woven cotton, small scraps, toy stuffing, embroidery floss and some thread and pinking shears.
via So Sew Easy
19. Simple Potholder
Your child will find it easy and fun to make its own potholder with the help of two fabric square pieces, several batting squares. It can practice its sewing and top stitching skills with this nice and easy project.
via Sew Country Chick
20. Doll Dress With Fancy Ribbons
What a better way to teach your child the art of garment making that having it make an actual doll dress! You will need: fabric, ribbon, a safety pin and a sewing machine. Let your youngster choose the colors and patterns for their doll dress.
via Skip to my Lou
21. Cute Ribbon & Elastic Bookmarks
These bookmarks make excellent gifts. You child can easily make one of these with some decorative ribbon, an elastic hairband, buttons and a sewing kit or a machine.
via Sparkles of Sunshine
22. Pillowcase with Cuff
This project is excellent sewing exercise for a child, plus it will learn how to craft something useful with its own two hands and some fabric and a needle and thread or a machine.
via Patchwork Posse
23. Easy Fabric Coasters
Your child can make these coasters quickly and will enjoy picking his or hers own colors and patterns for the design. All you need is some fabric, batting, a little fabric for the heart and a needle and thread. You can use a pen or coordinating thread for tracing on the heart shape.
via Thirty Handmade Days
24. Cloth Napkins
Quick and easy, this is a great project for newbies in sewing and for children. You need 12 fat quarters of cotton for quilting in order to make 6 wonderful cloth napkins which you can actually use after that.
via Kirtsy
25. Felt Crayon / Pensil Holder
Your kid can make its own pencil holder for school with some craft felt, lining, some colorful fabric pieces, a button and a ribbon.
via Skip to my Lou
26. Teddy Bear Clothes (Top & Bloomers)
Let your child enjoy making some girly teddy bear clothes by itself. All you need to provide for this project is some fabrics, a piece of elastic, a sewing machine suitable for kids …and lots of enthusiasm.
via It’s Always Autumn
27. Cute Felt Monsters
Get your kid involved in all steps of this project by allowing him/her to trace the monster pattern and pick out the accessories, nose and eyes by itself, so that it can make its own custom-made monster to play with.
via It’s Always Autumn
28. Diy Dolly Towel
Let your daughter or son make their own towel for an American Girl doll or other doll. You will need only some terry cloth and bias tape for the making of this cute little towel.
via Mommy by Day Crafter by Night
29. T-Shirt Refashion
Let your child make a unique accessory for an existing T-shirt by making and sewing a scallop detail along the neckline. You need: fabric scraps, a circle of trace, a slue gun and a T-shirt.
via Polkadot Chair
30. Ruffle Hem Sweater
This project will help your kid produce a cute ruffle hemmed sweater with about ¼ yard of coordinating fabric and a sweater and they will be happier than ever to be able to make their own clothing as such an early age.
via It’s Always Autumn
