I created this needle felted stop motion animation project with my friend Erin Pasternak awhile back. She felted the ocean creatures and together we took turns moving the creatures and taking photographs frame by frame. When we were done, we used an ai program to generate an undersea background! 

Felting Easter Eggs this Holiday.

This felting Easter Egg project involves felting a simple ball shape. A great beginner felting project. Ideal for a young child, or someone who may have difficulty felting for long periods of time. This is a simple project for the classroom.

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Needle Felted Chick: A Beginner Felting Project

This needle felted easter chick is a simple project that involves felting a simple sphere or ball shape.

If you're interested, we have another simple easter project: our felted easter egg tutorial!

In order to prevent the needle from breaking,a felting matt or pad is used in case the needle is pokes through your felted wool project, and out the other side. If you poked through your felted project on a table, the sharp tip of the needle would break off. 

Foam blocks are the typical solution used as a felting surface, but they definitely have some major negatives. For one, foam is not sustainable in the least! It doesn't breakdown in landfills, and when you poke it repeatedly, bits of foam breakdown and start to get stuck in your needle projects. Yuck! These foam blocks are affordable, but break down requiring replacement every year or so.

In order to be a more sustainable company, we decided to switch to a more sustainable and long term solution for our felting pads. a zippered re useable bag.

Baby shower craft ideas are tricky when planning a baby shower. Get crafty and create a felted baby mobile with your friends! Kit available: Buy a Felted Baby Mobile Shower Activity Kit

Needle felting involves using a sharp barbed needle to sculpt and shape wool roving into 3D shapes like animals, landscapes, food, or even masks or clothing.  

If you gently run your finger along the tip of the felting needle you'll feel some small barbs. These barbs get caught on the scales of the wool when the needle pokes in and out of the wool. In the photo below, you can see the scales of the wool when placed under the microscope. The more scales the wool has, the easier it is to felt. 

Felting in the classroom is a fun way to integrate earth friendly, hands on projects into your lesson plans!

Most teachers can relate to the struggle to find new ideas and projects to keep themselves and their students engaged in learning and making. 

Teachers love felting in the classroom because its earth friendly, stress relieving and it's incredibly easy to adapt projects to suit all ages and abilities.