The Wonders of Wool Felt

Making felted wool balls/beads is such a fun craft for kids (and Mama too). It is easy and it involves soapy water so you really can't lose. With all the acorns on the ground right now, it was fun to make these and insert them (with a little super glue) into acorn caps we had gathered this Fall.

We started with wool roving I bought a long time ago from Hobby Lobby. We decided we wanted to make 2 of each color (red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, and green).

We found our largest soup pot and filled it with warm soapy water. We did this on the front covered porch, as it was raining (again). We quickly decided that Ella was the best at getting the ball rolling so to speak. I would take a piece of roving and wind it around itself then she would put it in the water and start rolling it between her palms. Once she got the ball kind of sticking to itself and in a nice form she handed it off to me to roll hard between my palms to really solidify it. Great team work.

Here is what we ended up with. In the spirit of teamwork, we decided to split the spoils. I used half to make felted acorns and Ella kept half for a future, yet to be determined project.

Little sis got bored of trying to make the balls so she just played with a few pieces of the roving in the warm water. She made a loose ball and a little red and green string that she said was a Christmas ornament - works for me.