It's no secret that I'm a fan of making felt food. While there are many awesome Etsy shops that sell felt food and others that sell patterns and tutorials (many of them quite amazing and intricate), I've built up a large collection of links to free online tutorials which I want to share with you today. There's still time to make a bunch for a gift or just one or two as a stocking stuffer.

Here are all the tutorial links in my collection, but feel free to add ones you like in the comments and I'll update this list. If you have decent spatial abilities (which I lack), cruise around Flickr or Etsy for felt food that inspires you and see if you can figure it out. And, remember, packaging them up (and here) is half the fun!

Fruits and Veggies:
Strawberries - Lit'l Brown Bird
Strawberry Halves - Megnificent Made
Carrot - 3 In Under 3 (made here with chenille, but would work great with felt)
Lettuce - One Inch World
Orange slices - Thinking Mama
Lemon/Tomato slices - One Crafty Mumma
Tomato Slice - One Inch World
Banana Slice - Playing With Your Food
Apples - Playing With Your Food
Peelable Cantaloupe Slice - Field Notes from an Evolutionary Psychologist
Broccoli - Pink & Green Mama
Watermelon - Cut Out + Keep
Summer Squash - Cut Out + Keep
Farmer's Market Set (onion, squash, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, corn, tomato, cucumber and potato) - Shelley Inspired
Beets - Cut Out + Keep
Pear - My Creative Place

Sweets:
Doughnuts - Skip To My Lou
Popsicle - One Crafty Mumma
Sugar Cookies - Heather Hales Designs
Black and White Cookies - Prudent Baby
Popsicle - Twelve Crafts Till Christmas
Fortune Cookies - Martha Stewart
Swiss Cake Roll - Feed Dog
Cherry Pie - American Felt and Craft
Cherry Pie - Martha Stewart
Cupcake - Maedchenmitherz
Cupcake - Hausfrau in Melbourne
Pop Tarts - Instructables
Strawberry Shortcake - Megnificent Made
Cream Cookie - Fairy Fox
Cinnamon Roll - Smashed Peas and Carrots
Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream - Smashed Peas and Carrots
Waffle Cone - Hannah Hoosier

Other:
Avocado sushi - Hoogliart
Sandwich and chips - Snazzle Craft
Loaf of Bread - Thrifty Craft Mom
Sliced and Loaf Bread - Twelve Crafts Till Christmas
Tea Bag - Dream a Li'l Dream
Popcorn - Playing With Your Food
Tacos - Firefly Skys
Sloppy Pizza - Avocado & Papaya
Pizza Slice - Reflections of a Semi-Crunchy Mama
Whole Turkey - Smashed Peas and Carrots
Spring Rolls - Pink & Green Mama
Swiss and Cheddar Cheese Slices - Helping Little Hands
Corned Beef Dinner with Potatoes, Cabbage and Baby Carrots - Ivers
Brown bag lunch (sandwich, chips, Swiss cake roll and bag) - Skip To My Lou
Waffles - Craftiness is Not Optional

Pasta
Ravioli - One Crafty Mumma
Farfalle/Bow Tie - One Inch World
Agnolotti - Treasures for Tots
Tortellini - Helping Little Hands
Lasagna - Treasures for Tots

Eggs:
Sunnyside Up Fried Eggs - One Crafty Mumma
Whole Eggs (felt version here) - Lola Nova
Scrambled Eggs - Helping Little Hands

Containers:
Brown paper bag - Skip To My Lou
Chinese takeout box - Lit'l Brown Bird
Egg Carton - Shelley Inspired

A big SHOUT OUT of GRATITUDE to the generous bloggers above who have shared these tutorials for the craft dunces of the world like me!

(Image: Carrie McBride)