Dress Up

Handmade Felt Dress Up for Children

Sew Heart Felt's dress up range is designed by award-winning Oxfordshire designer Sonia Spencer and hand felted from organic lamb's wool by skilled artisans in Nepal. Rather than printed polyester costumes, each piece is a soft, sculpted felt accessory — head dresses, wings, tails and crowns — built to survive years of imaginative play and be handed down.

What's in the dress up collection?

Choose from animal characters including Finlay Fox, Shirley Sheep, Shep the Dog, Dylan Dragon, Louise Ladybird and Beatrix Butterfly, or take flight with the Alice Flamingo, Piers Peacock and Owl head dresses and wings. For something less animal, there's a Pirate Hat and Bushy Beard, a Royal Crown, Angel Wings, a Feather Head Dress, and Pom Pom Bunny Ears in turquoise and tangerine.

Why choose felt dress up over shop-bought costumes?

Wool felt is naturally warm, breathable and biodegradable, and because each piece is needle felted by hand it holds its shape without stiff seams or scratchy linings. Every item is fairly traded and arrives in a free gift box — which makes dress up an easy birthday or Christmas present as well as a dressing-up-box staple.

Pair a costume with matching Kids' Animal Slippers, or bring stories to life with our Hand Puppets and Finger Puppets.