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February 10, 2020 By Brandy 27 Comments

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Little Chicken Bean Bags Sewing Pattern (Video)

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These chicken bean bags are just about the cutest things that you can make with your sewing machine. Use them as pin cushions, bean bags or even rice packs! This post contains an affiliate link.

If you like this simple sewing project you’ll love our sugar cookie pincushions, 5-minute hand warmers and fabric wired headband tutorial!

chicken bean bags

This post was originally shared in 2014, but has since been updated to include a video.

Watch our step by step video!

Ruby loves chickens. For some reason there are chickens all over the place in Yuba City. Especially in certain intersections and parking lots. Every time we go to Toys R Us or Winco we see chickens walking by our truck. She loves that. Her favorite song is “The Chicken Dance.” There aren’t any words, but she loves the actions and dance. I thought it would be fun to make her a chicken softie, but fell in love with these chicken bean bags instead. She loves them too. We started with one and she loved it so much that we made a few more. They take about 10 minutes so it’s easy to make an entire flock! Her little chickens go everywhere with us. Grocery shopping, church, on her tricycle, and in her bed.

chicken bean bag on table

The sewing inspiration came from Anjie’s Blog.  Red Ted Art saw the original and created some photo instructions. Ours are slightly larger than the original and since neither one came with a printable pattern, I quickly drew one to make it easier to keep them uniform when making them by the dozen, ha!

You can download it here: Little Chicken Bean Bag PDF

child holding chicken bean bag

LITTLE CHICKEN BEAN BAGS

These chicken bean bags are just about the cutest things that you can make with your sewing machine. Use them as pin cushions, bean bags or even rice packs!
3.5 from 6 votes
Print Pin Rate
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 1 bean bag
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • scissors
  • pins
  • Permanent Marker
  • sewing machine
  • needle
  • stuffing
  • rice

Materials

  • cutting template (print here)
  • felt
  • thread
  • fabric

Instructions

  • Cut out felt templates for the face and a large rectangle of fabric for the chicken body. Lay the felt pieces in the upper right corner of the long rectangle of fabric.
    rectangle of orange fabric with felt pieces
  • Bring the bottom of the fabric to the top with the fold along the bottom. Pin to keep beak and details in place. Stitch top and right side, leaving left side open.
    fabric folded in half
  • Turn right side out. Add an eye. You can hand sew this or use a sharpie pen like we did. Very gently so that it doesn't bleed.
    chicken bean bag turned right side out
  • Fill 1/3 with fiber fill and 1/3 with rice or small beans. Leave the rest open to allow room to close the bottom.
    chicken bag filled with rice
  • To turn your bean bag into a pyramid shaped one vs. a flat square, line up your seams so that the side seam lies flat as the back of the chicken. The front seam where the beak is and the back seam will line up and it will turn into the pyramid shape.  Turn under raw edges and pin closed.
    chicken bag hem folded and pinned
  • Hand stitch to close.

Notes

You can fill this little chicken with stuffing, rice, beans or walnut shells. Can be sized down to make a paper weight or pin cushion!

child holding chicken bean bag

This little orange one is my favorite. Ruby’s too.

3 chicken bean bags on table

I’m thinking that this little pattern would make a great base for so many fun animal bean bags! A puppy, a cat, or even a pig.

Can you think of any others? What a fun little party favor or stocking stuffer, or homemade birthday gift!

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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Lisa Foust says

    November 14, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    I think Lexi might need a couple of these. They are ADORABLE!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      November 14, 2013 at 9:29 pm

      She does! And they are so easy! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Debbie Rines says

    November 15, 2013 at 8:26 am

    Sorry, but the pdf file will not open. It only shows the title.
    Love the chicks.
    Debbie

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      November 15, 2013 at 8:50 am

      I revised the settings, if it still doesn’t work let me know! It works from my computer. Thanks for letting me know!

      Reply
  3. Dani @ See Hubby Cook says

    November 23, 2013 at 5:49 am

    These are so adorable!!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      November 23, 2013 at 6:41 pm

      Thanks Dani! I think I need an excuse to make more, they are so easy and fun!

      Reply
  4. Janet says

    December 4, 2013 at 12:02 pm

    Super cute but could not download PDF 🙁

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      December 4, 2013 at 12:28 pm

      Hi Janet,
      You aren’t the only one who has had issues downloading it. It’s so strange because I have it set to “public”. Would you mind clicking this link and letting me know what it does? I double checked the settings. It “should” open right up now. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1m2SR4aI1ThSWN1bTVEUG1Sdjg/edit?usp=sharing

      Reply
  5. pepdress says

    January 6, 2015 at 12:26 am

    Looks very cute

    Reply
  6. karinregina says

    January 16, 2015 at 5:53 am

    Hermosas!

    Reply
  7. celia says

    January 25, 2015 at 12:02 pm

    You gotta love the internet. I have been making chicken bean bags for years. I’ve never made them this large and my take is a little different. I use golden beads and make legs – and i put on a tail using scraps of suede. Until this post I had never thought of adding the wattle.

    fun!

    Reply
  8. Val Campbell says

    February 25, 2015 at 7:54 pm

    Thank you so much for this cute pattern! Mine turned out a little different (I call it “unique”) but still adorable. I know that I won’t be stopping at just one! 🙂

    Reply
  9. Brookey says

    March 22, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    I’m hooked on making these little chickens! i checked out a few different tutorials before attempting and found yours to be the best one! they are so cute, and easy!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      March 23, 2015 at 8:27 am

      Thank you Brooke! They are so fun, right?!

      Reply
  10. Chris says

    January 22, 2016 at 4:42 pm

    THESE ARE SOoooo CUTE. I Love, love, love chickens too. Have them free ranging in my back yard I gotta make some of these for my sewing room. Thanks a bunch for posting this.

    Reply
  11. Carol says

    March 6, 2016 at 6:01 am

    Sooo Delighted to have just found your little chickens as ive been wanting to make these for a while but had no template for them. Thank you.

    Reply
  12. Monique Young says

    September 3, 2016 at 6:17 pm

    Hi there I was hoping to get the little chicken bean bag template emailed if possible. couldn’t get it to work

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      September 4, 2016 at 10:05 pm

      Absolutely! I’ll email it to ya!

      Reply
  13. Ani says

    December 4, 2016 at 12:18 am

    Awwww so nice bean bags!
    Check my site http://www.beanbagbedwithblanket.com/

    Reply
  14. Ani says

    December 4, 2016 at 12:20 am

    Too old post and m checking now…….shoo cute!

    Reply
  15. Ashlee says

    November 3, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    I LOVE the chicken bean bags.
    i am making one for my little brother for Christmas this year but i am just wondering what fabric you used?
    cheers, ash

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      November 4, 2018 at 2:48 pm

      Thank you Ashlee! I used a home decor fabric that was a little thicker because I liked the pattern, but you could definitely use a basic cotton!

      Reply
  16. Susan says

    April 7, 2019 at 1:48 am

    I love these and the Yuba City chickens too!

    Reply
  17. Ros says

    March 28, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    Do you just allow the fibrefill and the rice to mix within the chicken? I wondered about putting the weight into a pouch inside

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      March 28, 2020 at 11:09 pm

      Hi! Yes, I put the fiberfill in first and then the rice. Our chickens are pretty old now and the fiberfill has flattened down some, but the rice works great and stayed at the bottom, didn’t seem to mix in with the fiberfill.

      Reply
      • Ros Jess says

        March 29, 2020 at 6:48 am

        Thank you

        Reply

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