How to Make a Felt Story Box

Clean and dry the tin.
Using the lid as a stencil, draw around it onto the felt and cut out the shape
Stick your felt shape to the underside of the tin’s lid with hot glue. You only need a small amount of glue in each corner
Tip: You can also make a selection of different coloured backgrounds; these can be kept inside the tin with all your other cut outs.

Draw the outline of your lid onto the felt and, inside this, draw the outline of your character.
Your outline should be slightly fatter than you want the final character to be, this will give you space to cut out just inside the lines.
Cut out your felt character.
Draw a mouth and eyes onto your character with a vivid marker.

To make clothes, hair, shoes and accessories for your character, lay the character onto the felt and mark where the edges of the item will reach to with a pen or pencil.
Using your marks as a guide draw the outline of your item, slightly fatter than you want it, and cut it out just inside the lines you’ve drawn.
You can add decorations to the accessories like sequins, glitter or buttons.
We created two different little felt symbols so that the red top could be a Forest Football shirt or a Christmas jumper.

Using the basic process as above make landscapes to help to tell your story and add in other characters or creatures, here are some ideas:

Characters and Creatures ideas:

Landscape ideas: