Let’s make pretty fabric covered letters to hang on the wall! Decorate your walls with our fabric covered letters craft. Make one letter, or make a word, it’s up to you. This is a fun craft for all ages.
How to make fabric covered letters
These fabric covered letters are so easy to make. They require very few supplies, and we show you below how inexpensive this craft can be. It’s a great project for kids through adults. The DIY wall letters can easily be customized home decor.
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There are so many options available to make these wall letters. All you need is a little creativity, and a few basic supplies, and you are ready to make this quick and easy craft and letter wall decor.
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Supplies needed to make fabric covered letters
- Large letter – wood, paper mache, cardboard, or foam board
- Fabric – assorted colors and patterns
- Hot glue gun with glue sticks
- Scissors
We have used a large wooden letter ‘S’ for our project. You can use any letter or group of letters that you like. You also don’t need to purchase a wooden letter because there are many other options available; a paper mache letter, cut a letter out of a cereal box, or cut larger letters out of foam board.
Instructions for making fabric covered letters
Step 1
Group together between 3-6 different fabrics to wrap around your letter.
Use your scissors to snip the end of the fabric about 1-1.5 inches wide. Hold the fabric with one hand and with the other tear the fabric (at the scissor cut) into a long strip.
The reason we tear the fabric instead of cutting it is that it gives it a frayed edge instead of a completely smooth cut edge. I think the frayed edges overlapping one another look so much nicer wrapped around the letter.
Step 2
Using the hot glue, glue one end of a strip of fabric to the edge of your letter. Wrap the fabric strip around and around the letter, overlapping it slightly as you go.
Step 3
When you need to change colors, make sure to start on the edge, even if that means you are overlapping slightly with the previous strip.
Our finished fabric covered letter
We love the idea of using these large letters on the wall of a nursery, playroom, as a monogram, kids’s room or anywhere in your home, classroom or apartment. The texture of these colorful wall letters really set it apart from other DIY letters like wood letters or cardboard letters.
Here are even more wall letters that we have made previously with kids.
Fabric Covered Letters
Make our fabric covered letters to hang on your wall.
Materials
- Large letter - wood, paper mache, cardboard, or foam board
- Fabric - assorted patterns and colors
Tools
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun with glue sticks
Instructions
- Snip a section of fabric approximately 1-1.5 inches wide. Put one hand on the fabric and use your other hand to tear the strip of fabric from the cut to make a frayed edge on the fabric.
- Using hot glue attach the end of the fabric strip to the edge of the letter. Wind the fabric around the letter overlapping it a little.
- Repeat step two with as many different fabric strips as you like.
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Have you made your own fabric wrapped letters? Did you make just one letter or a full word?
Ooh I love these – great idea!
So cool! I thought it would be fun to make a fish pond for my toddlers but didn’t want to just used construction paper. The foam board looks perfect for little fish and maybe even the pond. And now that I look at your letters how fun would it be for the kids to make unique fish of their own like you did with the letters. So excited!
My son has been begging me to make an interactive city wall since he saw one online. I bet the posterboard here would be perfect for making cars and trucks to “move” (with velcro) on a city street! The wall art is very cool too! We could definitely use the idea of wrapping textiles to make the buildings on our wall scene even more amazing!
My two and five year old both love to use glue sticks. Last week we made paper pizzas. We may just work on some collages.
We have a small aviation museum near us that has models of the Wright Brothers planes that fascinate my kids. I bet those foam boards would be great for making little airplanes out of, which is something we’ve been meaning to try. Wouldn’t it be fun to sail your own little airplane off the deck and into the yard?
we’ve been making lots of theme boards, like an insect board or beach board or fave color . These supplies can really bling out our future boards.
I”m thinking monster collage trying out all of those different supplies. I bet those scissors would cut great on fun foam.
Also, then I have a chance of my kids actually doing the project I’m thinking of.
Wow these are so cute and I love that the kids were involved! They look great and have the greatest memories attached now! If I won the giveaway I’d like to do something similar but with flowers and butterflies to hang on the walls! My daughter loves Butterflies!
Wow, what a fantastic way to let children express themselves! I love how the random placement and the use of various textures looks on the finished letters. If I win the giveaway I’d help my 4 year old daughter make her name for her room and either our last name or another fun word like “joy” or “love” for the living room. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love it too.