Felt Chalkboard Tutorial

Ready to bring a little hands-on magic to your child’s playroom? Grab your felt and crafting fuel, aka coffee—because today we’re making a felt chalkboard!  With just a few simple supplies and a bit of folding, sewing (or gluing), you’ll have a charming board to hang up in minutes! It’s perfect for playtime learning, imaginative decorating, or gifting something special you made with your own two hands. Let’s roll up our sleeves… it’s time to craft something awesome!

🛒  Step 1: Gather Your Supplies

You will need: 

1 sheet 12x18” Evergreen Felt

1 sheet 12x18” Buttercup Felt

12” wooden crafting dowel

String (we used a sturdy twine)

Sewing machine or Glue gun

✂️  Step 2: Cut & Glue 

To get started, cut your Buttercup felt down to 12x11”. 

Next, fold back 1” on the 11” side so that your new size is 10x12” and either glue or sew this edge down flat.

🪡  Step 3: Fold & Set 

Now, fold your whole piece of Buttercup felt in half.  Your new size will be 5x12”.

Place your Evergreen felt piece inside of your folded Buttercup felt, with the 12” sides lining up. Sew or glue along each of the outside edges to adhere the layers of felt together. If you are gluing, you will need to glue both sides of the Evergreen to the Buttercup.

After this, move to the top of your Evergreen piece. Fold the felt towards the backside (the side with the folded 1” of buttercup is the front) 1.5”.

At the edge of the fold, sew or glue the flap down. This will now be the tunnel for our wooden dowel! 

🖍️ Step 4: Finishing Touches!

Now, lets get our chalkboard ready to hang!

To help pull your string through the tunnel, tape one end to your wooden dowel and work the whole dowel through the tunnel. Grab your string at the other end. 

Leaving the dowel in place to keep your chalkboard hanging flat, pull about an extra 12” of string through the end and leave another 12” hanging off the other side.

Finally, tie the ends of the string together. You can now hang your felt chalkboard on the wall!

Keep all of your felt letters and numbers in the pouch we sewed together on the bottom for easy storage, and pull them out to build words with your child on the chalkboard!

✨ Ta‑da! Your DIY Felt Chalkboard is Complete!

It is such a fun and easy way to learn and play together!

Let us know how your felt chalkboard turned out! We love to see what you create!