Do you enjoy hot chocolate, coffee, or tea on the go? Jazz up your travel cup with a decorative cozy to keep your hands heat-free and to show off your fun personality. These wool felt cozies also make fun and creative gifts!

 

 

Materials:

 

Wool Felt Sheets

Cardboard Travel Cup Sleeve

Hot Glue Sticks

Hot Glue Gun

Scissors

Pencil

Sharpie Marker

Paper

 

 

Step 1: Find a cardboard travel cup sleeve. Starbucks or gas station sleeves work great. Open the template by gently pulling it apart to release the glue. 

Step 2: Trace the template onto a piece of felt. Be sure to leave a half-inch to one-inch on either end of the sleeve to find the best fit for your mug.

Step 3: Cut out the felt sleeve.

Step 4: Wrap the felt sleeve around the cup or mug. Pinching the sleeve ends together, gently remove the sleeve while keeping its shape.

Step 5: Glue the two ends together where you pinched them. 

 

Step 6: Decorate the sleeve with felt shapes and patterns on the outside. The design can be representational or abstract. 

 

Step 7: Glue each felt shape with hot glue. Tip: avoid white craft glue as it will bleed through the felt, turning it a darker color while also hardening the material.

 

Step 8 (optional): In this tutorial, the cozy is a sleeve. To make it truly cozy, close up the bottom by attaching with glue a circle that is a little larger than the cup or mug. Use a large sewing needle and yarn to sew the bottom of the sleeve and top of the circle together, creating a stronger hold.