Review: DIY Steampunk Robot Felt Kit

A friend and I found this adorable Steampunk Robot Felt Kit on Etsy.  I purchased two kits so we could both make one as we crafted together.  

It took us 4 sessions ranging in time from 1 to 2 hours to make the kits completely.  The kits provided all the supplies needed except scissors, needle threaders (we're just getting old is all that proves), and the stuffing.  There was plenty of felt and thread provided in the kit (even when we had to cut a couple of new pieces due to sizing issues).

I'm sorry I didn't think to take pictures along the way but here's the finished robot I made:

The instructions provided were mostly well written but I'm glad they provided images too.

We started our first session by cutting out all the pieces (we shared the provided template page so we didn't have to cut up two of them).  Once all the pieces were cut, we starting on assembling and sewing with the provided directions.

It took me a little to get used to sewing and opening to make robot 3D.  Sewing the knobs on the head took a little bit of hand coordination.

I had initially made the arms and legs a little too loose so I detached them and tried again to get them looking more like I imagined they would.  

Finishing the small boxes for the hands and feet since one edge was already attached to the arms/legs was also a little difficult.

Closing up the head was harder than closing up the body.  I think this was mostly because I was also trying to work around the already attached knobs along with it being smaller than the body.

The very last part was sewing and then attaching the hat.  Making the hat itself wasn't too bad.  Though we had to re-cut the side piece and the bad because ours were not long enough for the circle used for the top (I don't know if that was an issue in the pattern or if I used the wrong pattern piece when I initially cut it out).  Attaching it to the head was difficult because you had to sew through the hat and also make sure you caught into the head.  I also think the brim on the hat needed to be a little wider but we make it work.

Final thoughts: Our Steampunk Robots turned out very cute, however I don't think I really like doing more 3D Felt crafting.  I think I'll stick with my mostly flat ornaments that I simply stuff to give them a little loft rather than doing full out 3D projects.