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Making Velcro Eyelids

Velcro eyelids are really easy and really fun to make! They can be made for existing fursuit heads, as long as there is some felt or a similar fuzzy material for the velcro to catch onto.

You will need:

  • Your finished fursuit head
  • Felt
  • Hook-and-loop thick velcro
  • Hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • Short faux fur, fleece, minky, or any other material for the eyelids (I used shaved faux fur)
Begin by making your paper template. The easiest way to do this is guess-and-check. Draw a shape on your paper, cut it out, and stick it onto your fursuit head. Adjust or redraw if needed. If you would like eyelashes, be sure to add those onto your template.

Paper template on a teal folf fursuit head's eye, making him look angry

Cut your eyelid shape out of felt once you're happy with it. You may want to trace it out on the felt using a colored pencil before cutting it out.

Felt shapes cut in the shape of the template

Cut two pieces of hook-and-loop velcro out of your shape, one flipped. Make sure they are a tiny bit smaller than your felt shapes. If your velcro is not thick enough, you'll have to cut two pieces of velcro out.

Velcro resting on top of the felt shapes, in the shape of the paper template

Draw out where you would like the black felt line to be on your eyelids. I highly recommend this as it really helps to define the fursuit eye.

Same paper template resting on top of the eyelid base, this time with a line drawn towards the bottom

Cut the template along this line. Cut the top part out of whatever fabric you'd like. I used faux fur, but fleece or minky are easy to acquire. Get creative! You can use glittery fabric, cut out a toony highlight, airbrush or paint it, you've got endless options. Glue your material onto the eyelid base.

Furred eyelid on the fursuit head, but you can see the raw edge of the fur

Use the lower part of your pattern to cut out the felt line.

Furred eyelid, but with the line from the paper template separated from the template and resting next to the eyelid

Glue the felt line on. You're done!

Finished eyelid on the fursuit head

Go rock your brand new eyelids!

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