About a month ago some girls on a discussion forum I participate on started talking about felt food. They were doing a "Felt Food Exchange". I didn't join in. I couldn't figure out what the craze was all about, but after 3 weeks of being on maternity leave, I had to see what it was all about. Of course, Pinterest was a great resource to investigate this. Then, a friend gave little Lucy a hand-me-down play kitchen last weekbut we had no play food to stock it with. I figured I would give felt food production a shot. After $6 worth of felt, some batting I already had, and one afternoon of sewing, I ended up with the above stock of felt food items and quite a bit of left over felt. I made two main dishes- breakfast and a sandwich. Not everything turned out how I expected, which is why there are no bread slices and the waffles aren't exactly how I wanted them to look. I ran out of some colors so the next day I took a trip to the craft store for more felt.
I love how the sandwich turned out- specifically I love the lettuce and the bacon! Since the original production, I have also created pizza slices, peas, red pepper slices, pickle slices, a banana, and additional tortillas. I still plan to make broccoli, bread slices, pancakes, butter, ice cream, chips, pasta, and anything else I can come up with!
If you have a kiddo that needs play food and you have a sewing machine, then felt food is a good time investment! It is much less expensive than the plastic or wooden store bought stuff and you can make whatever you want!
