Create It :: Felt Valentine Envelopes

I made these envelopes for my kids this year and they are bananas for them!  They run around the house with "mail" and send letters to each other.  It's adorable.  Make them today and let them enjoy them all month - or surprise them by tying them onto a chair at breakfast or dinner on Valentine's Day!


:: You'll need ::
1 envelope template (or butcher paper)
1/4 yard red felt
1/4 yard sparkle fabric
1 yard satin ribbon
Button
1/4 yard white felt

If you don't have an envelope template, they are really simple to make.  Here's how ::

1. Measure the back of your chair.  You can just hold up the paper and eyeball it.  Cut a length of butcher paper the width of your chair back.

2.  Fold the length of paper in half and cut a "V" on one end and a reverse "V" on the other end to create an 'arrow' like shape.

3.  What it should look like.

Now you're ready to make the fabric version!

Step 1 :: Cut envelope shape out of red felt.   (image 4)
Step 2 :: Cut envelope shape out of sparkly fabric (you can omit the 'bottom' of the envelope from the sparkly fabric) (image 5)
Step 3 :: Lay satin ribbon across the back of the red fabric and mark where it should attach to the back to properly tie on to the chair. (image 6)
Step 4 :: Stitch satin ribbon onto red fabric.  (image 7)

Step 5 :: Cut a heart out of pink felt and pin to 'point' of envelope (on the same side of the fabric as the ribbon).  Top stitch it down. (image 8)
Step 6 :: Flip red fabric over and lay sparkly fabric on the 'inside' - wrong sides together.  Pin in place.
Step 7 :: Fold bottom of the 'envelope' up and pin in place. (image 9)
Step 8 :: Top stitch around the exterior of the envelope.

Done! (image 10)

To create the 'mail' I used the alphabet setting on my sewing machine and wrote their names on pieces of white felt.  You could also use iron on transfer paper, a permanent marker, or free hand write with your machine to create the same look.  Or use real envelopes!

Happy Valentine's Day!