40+ Awesome Animal-Themed Crafts To Sew As Christmas Gifts
Christmas is just around the corner, here is a round-up of more than 40 awesome animal-themed crafts to sew as a Christmas stocking stuffer. Choose the one you wish to sew and start sewing it now. Some materials are available in Craft Passion Online Shop, so hurry and choose some to sew to avoid the last-minute rush.
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40+ Awesome Animal-Themed Crafts To Sew As Christmas Gifts
Inspired by the Japanese reptilian sea monster, Godzilla, Drake is definitely a kind-hearted monster alternative. Kids will love the bright colors that Drake has.
Size: 8 ½″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Advanced
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Lovely onesie suited Sock Sheep that will simply melt people's hearts away. Sewn by using chenille microfiber sock which makes it so soft and comfortable to hug, no one will ever leave their hands from it.
Size: 12″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Adapted from Sam the sock sheep pattern, Rhy the Sock Reindeer will sure be sending happiness and merriness to the world during the festive season. The Christmas themed onesie, the red nose, and the antlers are simply the trademarks of the greeting season. Perfect to sew as a Christmas gift and the receiver will not forget who sew it for them.
Size: 12″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
DiDi Deer Coin Purse is about a palm-sized coin purse with zipper closure, suitable for keeping loose coins and some cash notes. It has an open pocket at the back of the coin purse. However, if you prefer a larger size purse, you can always enlarge the template during printing and adjust the materials accordingly.
Size: 4″ x 3 ¼″
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
“Hello. I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion.”
This is going to be an ideal gift for those who love Baymax of the Big Hero 6 movie. Follow the sewing pattern to turn a squishy white plush-like vinyl robot clumsy Baymax to an 8" tall soft sock Baymax doll.
Size: 8″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Another sewing pattern inspired by movie characters, Ninja Turtles, that you can sew from socks and some felt fabrics. Sew all 4 make up a team or choose your favorite character, this will make everyone's jaw dropped when they unboxing the gift.
Size: 15″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Advanced
Estimated Time Needed: 4 Hours
Sock Sloth is one of the popular sewing patterns in Craft Passion, sewed from a pair of stripes chenille socks. Smie has a smiling face and a pair of big groggy eyes surrounded by the brown marking. Magnets can be sewn to the limbs as an option so that the sock sloth can do more poses and more fun to play with.
Size: 16″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Besides Sock Sloth, Sock Monkey is one of my earliest sock animal designs which has gained a lot of love from the craft communities. It is one of the popular sock animals to sew as a gift. I personally sewed a lot of them.
Use different sizes of socks to sew up a family of Marcho Sock Monkey. Great as gifts to sew for the entire family.
Size: 15″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
A key pouch or key cozy is another popular handmade gift to sew. It is useful to prevent the keys from wandering around in the bag, not to mention the cute Monkey design that inspired by the sock monkey. You may hang on the purse as a purse ornament too. Who doesn't want to have it in the Christmas stocking?
Size: 4 ½″ (W) x 3 ¾″ (H)
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Fancy with the King of the jungle? Then sew Shimba the sock lion. The stuffed lion is soft to hug and the mane is simply so comforting to touch. Someone will surely bring it to bed as it brings security and comfort at the same time.
Size: 20″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 ½ Hours
Another choice of Sock Lion, Lexi, is sewn from only a single sock. Lexi is smaller in size and has a miserable look. Kids will tend to hold its tail and carry it around.
Size: 8" Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 ½ Hours
Pixie is a little sock penguin with big belly and cute toes. Inspired by the Little Penguin from Australia, Pixie is as cute as the real bird. If you love it I am sure your loved one will too.
Size: 7 ½″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Running late in handmade Christmas gift? What about making this cute Oink Oink Sock Pig. Well, it is not much on the sewing but more on gluing up the parts to put together to form the pig doll. If you have the time and wanted to make the sock pig more long-lasting, sew the parts instead of using glue.
Size: 6″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: ½ Hour
BMV (Be My Valentine) Piggy Pillow is great to make a pair out of them. They will be a perfect Christmas gift for twins.
The original Piggy Pillows were sewed from by using bath towels but you may opt for other soft materials like microfiber fabrics. They are one of my favorite stuff animals to sew as a gift.
Size: 12" x 9 ½"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Puggie is sewn from a pair of microfiber chenille socks, scraps of white and brown felts, a pair of button eyes, button nose and yellow embroidery floss, it is then stuffed by the polyester filling material to hold its shape. Simply love the fold on the nose and the eyebrows.
Size: 8″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2.5 Hours
Similar to the BMV Piggy Pillow, sew a pair of this lovely Little Pup as a Christmas gift would be the perfect gift to twins.
Size: 4 ½″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 1 Hour
How about sewing a big eyes Jack Russell coin purse as a Christmas gift? Simply can't resist its cuteness with the big black nose and a red tongue sticking out from the mouth.
Size: 3 ½" x 3 ½"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Loving how the face and the tip of the dropped-tip ear turn up in the design. Remarkably adorable! You may blow up the pattern to sew a bigger version of puppy purse with a sling strap!!!
Size: 3 ½" x 3 ½"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
If you have friends or family members that adore Siberian Husky, sew this key pouch for them. It will be an unforgettable Christmas Gift for them.
Size: 3 ½" x 3 ½"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
How about sewing this long floppy ears Beagle key pouch for those who love Beagle instead?
Size: 3 ½" x 3 ½"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
YoYo Plush Dog's body is made out of oval-shaped fabric Yo-Yo. It is super flexible that kids can sit down and play with the YoYo the whole day, it keeps them entertained for hours by trying out all kinds of funny posture for it to achieve.
Size: 11″ x 10″
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Ruki appears in various colors, be it gray or brown stripes, lighter or darker shades, it is the Ruki the Sock Raccoon. Sewn from a pair of microfiber chenille socks, scraps of white and gray felts, a pair of button eyes, button nose and black embroidery floss. Ruki loves glass marbles.
Size: 8″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Solo the sock shark is famous with its big grinning smile showing off its sharp white teeth. Sewn from a single piece of adult size ankle sock. A pair of socks can make 2 sock sharks.
Size: 9″ Long
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Nadir is another alternative for a sea creature that you can sew with a single piece of ankle sock. You may sew a sock narwhal or you may opt for a sock narwhal and a sock shark.
Size: 9" Long
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
PaiPai & PeiPei the sock panda are twins. They were sewn from black and white microfiber chenille socks. This twin brother and sister have one common goal in their life, they want to be at their very best looking all the time, trying to get rid of their well-known dark eye circles.
Size: 9 ½″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Sew this hoodie sweater sock beaver as a gift to whom who loves music. The hoodie is sewed from microfiber chenille sock while the body is sewed from a cotton sock. The sock beaver is comfy to hug.
Size: 9″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Kass Mama is sewn from a pair of lady size plain cotton crew socks. Her long ears are colored with fabric prints and her pouch is flourished with beautiful fabrics too. She is able to stand on her own, thanks to her big hind legs and tail. Baby Kaden is sewn from felt materials which are pretty straightforward.
Great as a gift for a mama with a newborn.
Size: 11″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
The sock elephant pattern comes in 2 options, short and long legs. The differences between these two versions are the type of the socks, the size of the toes and the material of the ears.
Size: 10″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
The Happy Family Elephant comes in 2 sizes, adult and kid. The tail is made from a ribbon loop so you can hook the nose of the elephant who is following behind.
Great as gifts to sew for the entire family.
Size: 6 ½" x 6"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 1.5 Hours
Lovely Sock Turkey with a rainbow-colored tail and a pair of bigfoot, sewn from a pair of rainbow-colored toe socks and a single dark brown sock. The hat is sewed separately from felt fabric.
Size: 10″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 3 Hours
Lilac, the sock bunny with a long lop-ear is such a sweet and adorable bunny. The kids will definitely love the ears, not to mention that this sweety is such cuddly and huggable.
Size: 14″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
The kawaii version of sock bunny, sewed from a pair of white socks. Embellish with some girlish ornament to make a female sock bunny, vice versa, for a male sock bunny.
Size: 6″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Another cute sock bunny you may want to sew. Baby is one of the earliest sock animals in Craft Passion and it has been sewed by many readers before.
Size: 6″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Need a quick to make handmade gift? This bunny sachet is a great choice. Turn it into a scented sachet with Potpourri, a sleep pillow dried chamomile & lavender flowers or a bigger bunny softie with poly-stuffing material, etc. The original template is in a smaller size, enlarge the template to make it into various sizes.
Size: 2 ¼″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: 15 mins
Coin Purse is always a popular gift that girls would want to receive. Personalized it to a bunny feature will make it more meaningful to someone who love bunny.
Size: 3 ½" x 3 ½"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
These little guys are so cute! And you can make them from your scraps. Depending on what you use to fill them, you can use them as pincushions, pattern weights, paper weights, and more. Enlarge it to make a bigger softie.
Size: 3" x 3"
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: 1 Hour
I’m loving his furrowed brows! Stripes and polka dots make fun designs on the owls’ bodies and wings. You can make the sock owls in all sizes, depending on the size sock you start with.
Size: 4 ½″ Tall
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Another key pouch pattern but this time is an owl design. The key chain slides up into the owl’s body to keep them tucked out of the way when not in use. A loop at the top makes it easy to hang from a key hook.
Size: 3 ¼" x 5 ¼"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Look at his owl eyes and those furry eyebrows! Is it not the cutest thing ever! It’s not a quick project but the end result is so worth the effort. You’ll need a special pear-shaped coin purse form, but it’s not expensive and you can buy them from Craft Passion Online Shop.
Size: 2" x 2 ¾"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 3 Hours
This would be so cute in a baby’s nursery done up in a retro woodland theme!! A set of four owls, plus a happy tree and some stuffed hearts all hang from an embroidery hoop or twig. Look at all of their sweet owl expressions! Some have open wings and wide eyes, others are having some much-needed owl quiet time.
Size: 3" x 3 ½"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Freddy the fox is absolutely adorable as a Christmas ornament, but you can use the pattern to make to a huggable softie (just enlarge the pattern).
Size: 3 ½" x 3 ½"
Sewing Skill: Beginner
Estimated Time Needed: 1 hour
Sew a Hedgehog coin purse for your love one and guarantee them it will not poke at the one who is holding it. There are 2 different purse closures you can sew on the same pattern, a zipper or a gamaguchi kisslock clasp. Though it is not an easy sewing project it is definitely unique to someone who loves hedgehog.
Size: 5" x 4 ½" x 2 ½"
Sewing Skill: Advanced
Estimated Time Needed: 4 Hours
This llama key pouch might be the cutest way to keep up with your keys! The sweet llama face covers your keys so they won’t scratch anything while they’re hanging out in your purse or pocket, and slides out of the way easily when you need to use your keys.
Size: 3 ½" x 3 ½"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Sew this turtle pincushion for your sewing buddies or turn it into a fridge magnet for a non-sewer friend. You may even enlarge the pattern template to make the turtle into a softie for kids.
Size: 7" x 8"
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 3 Hours
Is there a cuter way to carry around spare change than in this kitty cat coin purse?
Size: 3 ¼″ x 3″
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
Or maybe a ferocious look tiger coin purse instead?
Size: 4 ¼″ x 3 ⅛″
Sewing Skill: Intermediate
Estimated Time Needed: 2 Hours
m luisa recuero
Tuesday 26th of November 2019
me gustan los trabajos espero hacer muchos , gracias
Translation (by Google): I like the works I hope to do many, thanks
Craft Passion
Tuesday 26th of November 2019
Enjoy sewing all of them, Merry Christmas.
Ana
Tuesday 26th of November 2019
Me encanta tu página! Todas tus creaciones son tan hermosas y se nota que están realizadas con mucho cariño!
Muchas gracias por compartirlas.
Saludos y bendiciones.
Translation (by Google): I love your page! All your creations are so beautiful and it shows that they are made with love! Thank you very much for sharing them. Greetings and blessings.
Craft Passion
Tuesday 26th of November 2019
Thank you, Ana, hope you have a wonderful time sewing up a storm from all these patterns.