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DIY Felt Monster Pencil Toppers

Looking for a super cute craft worth growling about? Make easy DIY Felt Monster Pencil Toppers. They’re a great non-candy Halloween option or a way to inspire young writers to script the next haunted tales. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I adore the sweets of course, but there are so many fun ways to decorate and celebrate! These felt pencil toppers are easy to create and personalize. All you’ll need are a few craft supplies from around the house like felt, a glue gun, and scissors. With the free printable templates making them is a snap. Feel free to mix it up and make your monsters dreadfully adorable!

DIY Felt Monster Pencil Toppers

Materials Needed:

  • Felt Sheets in various colors (suggested below)
    • Monster 1 – dark purple, light purple, white, black, red
    • Monster 2 – dark green, light green, black, white, red
    • Monster 3 – dark blue, light blue, black, white, red
  • Fabric scissors
  • Hot glue gun and clear glue sticks
  • Printable pencil topper template
  • Pencils

Instructions:

Watch how easy it is to bring these monsters to life!

Cutting the Monster Pattern:
  1. Place the monster pattern pieces over top of felt sheets in the color of your choosing.
  2. Using fabric scissors, cut along the solid lines to cut out the pattern pieces.
Assembling the Monster 1 Felt Pieces:
  1. Preheat the hot glue gun.
  2. Carefully glue the smaller felt pieces (the eyes and mouth) to the largest felt monster piece pressing in place.
  3. Glue the fringe pieces to the wrong side of the other body piece.
  4. Apply a bead of glue along the outer edges of the smaller body piece leaving the bottom without glue.
  5. Press the prepared monster 1 front piece to the back piece and press in place until the glue sets.
Assembling the Monster 2 Felt Pieces:
  1. Carefully glue the smaller felt pieces (the eyes and mouth) to the largest felt monster piece pressing in place.
  2. Glue the fringe pieces to the wrong side of the other body piece.
  3. Apply a bead of glue along the outer edges of the smaller body piece leaving the bottom without glue.
  4. Press the prepared monster 2 front piece to the back piece and press in place until the glue sets.
Assembling the Monster 3 Felt Pieces:
  1. Carefully glue the smaller felt pieces (the eyes and mouth) to the largest felt monster piece pressing in place.
  2. Glue the crown piece to the wrong side of the other body piece.
  3. Apply a bead of glue along the outer edges of the smaller body piece leaving the bottom without glue.
  4. Press the prepared monster 3 front piece to the back piece and press in place until the glue sets.
Insert pencil into the felt monster toppers and get ready to write your next spooky tale!

Get your free Felt Monster Pencil Toppers HERE.

These easy monster pencil toppers allow for endless possibilites by using your favorite felt colors. Want to mix it up even more? Try adding additional facial features like ears. You can mix and match to your Halloween-loving heart’s content!

Looking for more Monster Fun for Halloween?

Try Monster Cookie Pops! Sweeten your celebration with cookie pops decorated with fierce faces.
Looking for a healthier option? Healthy Halloween Monster Bites are made from apples and are so delicious it’s scary!

Halloween is scary cute with simple DIY’s and even a few fun recipes. Make the holiday grrr-great!

Melanie
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Hanging with my family, making fun stuff, & going on adventures.

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