Felt Soup Can and Chicken Noodle Soup

The leaves are falling and there is a definite chill in the air, so naturally - 

soup's on!

Last week I made some chicken noodle soup from scratch and was inspired to create a "felt" version for my little one.

I think it turned out great and was excited to share!

 Soup Can Tutorial:

 

Take a "Cream of Something" soup can and measure how big to make your can. Cut two pieces.

 

Trace circle around bottom of can - cut four.

 

Here are your pieces ready to sew!

 

Now, dig out an old card stock flyer and cut two pieces - one just shorter than your long rectangle piece and the other just smaller than your circle piece. This will act as reinforcement for your soup can.

 

Sew the two long rectangle pieces together with the cardboard in the middle. Use about an 1/8" seam allowance. Then sew two circles together with the cardboard insert and finally sew the remaining two circles together (they will have no cardboard insert).

 

Create a label and sew or hot glue it onto your long rectangle piece. My "Soup" circle looks like the Hamburglar wrote it but don't worry, I corrected it later on. Plus, maybe you will be able to sew your label on straight.

 

Now, pinch the ends of your rectangle fabric together and sew a straight stitch using an 1/8" seam allowance. This will make the tube.

 

Hand stitch on your bottom - this piece is the one reinforced with cardstock.

 

For the "pop top", cut out a small gray oval and punch two circles in it with a hole punch. Hot glue it on the lid then hand sew a small section of the lid to the can. You can also correct your horrible penmanship by hot gluing a new "Soup" label on. Much better.

Chicken Noodle Soup Tutorial:

 

Take some dark yellow or bright yellow felt to use for the chicken stock. (it looks brown in the picture but it is more orangey/yellow). I used this play pot for my measurements because I wanted the soup to fit into this stock pot. I made two circles a little smaller than the pot to make sure the soup would also fit into my soup can, about 3.25".

 

Cut a long strip two inches wide.

 

Sew the long strip onto the circle. Go slow and turn your fabric as you go.

 

You will have this!

 

Now - do the same at the bottom. Remember to go slow and turn that fabric! Don't worry about the opening....

 

...because we are going to turn and stuff loosely with polyfill. Now, either hand sew or hot glue the opening shut. I opted for hot glue. Love that stuff.

 

For the noodles, take some cream felt and cut long "noodles." Hot glue them on one by one and create a weave pattern.

 

Add carrots and celery!

 

And you are done my friend!

 

My soup is MSG free and delicious.

Pop the top and cook me up some soup baby! Yum, yum. 

Add a little salt.

Needs a little more pepper.

 

Time to dish it up!