A cozy, comfy place to plop down in the corner should always be welcomed inside the family room. A cozy, comfy place to lay down and enjoy an evening read should always be welcomed inside the play room. The moral here is a cozy, comfy place to relax is welcomed all throughout the house for everyone in it.
How to Make a Bean Bag Chair
Bean bag chairs have been favorites of young people for many years for many reasons – they’re cool to look at, they’re super comfy, and they’re usually not that expensive. If you make your own, you’ll come off even cheaper and get to have some crafting fun.
Regardless of which pattern you’re going for, or which model you’ll choose from our list, you’ll need a few base materials:
- a big piece of fabric (even an old bed sheet or blanket will work)
- a zipper (if you want to make a cover that you can remove and wash)
- bean bag filler – you can get EPS beads, EPP beads, micro-beads, compressed foam, beans, rice, shredded memory foam, and so on.
- needle and thread or a sewing machine, if you won’t choose a pattern that requires no sewing.
That’s it. Then, you’ll need a pattern, of course, but that’s pretty easy to discern on your own too. Measure out the fabric, cut it up, sew it on three sides and fill it up with whatever filler you chose. Then, sew up the last bit. If you chose to make a separate cover for the bean bag, follow the same pattern you did for the bag and add a zipper on the fourth side instead.
Needless to say, you’re going to get all the details in the tutorials below, so go pick your favorite!
DIY Bean Bag Chairs
These 23 DIY bean bag chairs will take the family’s lounging to the next level. Check them out below!
1. Kids Bean Bag Chair (Sew in 30 Mins)
First, we’re showing off this great kid’s project from
2. Make a Giant Bean Bag Chair
Hop on over to
3. DIY Bean Bag With A Handle
Or maybe you’d like a chicer, cleaner look.
4. DIY Bean Bag iPad Stand
So this is more like a chair for your iPad but it’s still all about comfort! Check out this fun tutorial over at
5. Bean Bag Chair Makeover
6. Football Bean Bag
7. Otomi Stenciled Bean Bag
Check out
8. Rollie Pollie Bean Bags
These rollie design from
9. Pyramid
10. Pillowcase Poufs
11. Rollie Pollie Extra Cozy Bean Bag
If you want another simple DIY that’s extra cozy, visit
12. Denim Tough Pouf
13. Toddler Bean Bag Chair
We’re absolutely swooning for this toddler bean bag chair design we found over at
14. Bean Bag Chair for Dolls
If your little ones love their dollies, then help them out with the accessories!
15. Plain Bean Bag Pouf
16. Bean Bags for Babies
Of course, the babies of the house can get in on this idea too! With this free pattern and instructions, you’ll be whipping up one of these in no time. (
17. Bean Bags With Stuffed Animals
18. Bean Bag Couch
19. Easy Bean Bag
If you want to get a quick and easy tutorial on how to make your own bean bag, we have this example from
20. Foam Bean Bag
21. Bean Bags for Kids
You can make some bean bags for your kids too! They already spend a lot of time on the floor playing with legos or whatever else is keeping them interested this week, so you might as well make them a bean bag.
22. No-Sew Bean Bag
Over on
23. Bean Bags for Little Ones
By the size of the bean bag made by Sewing.com, your kids may very well sleep on these things. Let’s see how you can make your own kids bean bag chair – you get the material list and plenty of pics to guide you through the process.
More Bean Bag Chairs?
If you’ve been working yourself on a bean bag chair, we’d love to see the outcome. How bout you let us know in the comments box below how things went. What problems you had with materials or how it looks like in your home.
We’d love to hear from you.
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