In an attempt to avoid plastic easter eggs and individually wrapped candies we tried to make some easter eggs of our own....after trying the wet felting technique, we decided that while it was more fun than the needle felting the results just were a little wonky.....Z was a huge fan of dipping the wool into the warm soapy water....
but the finished product was a little lacking....so we tried needle felting instead....The plan is to fill them with some yogurt covered raisins and jelly beans that the easter bunny will be bringing tomorrow.
FELTED EASTER EGGS: INSPIRED BY
FRONTIER DREAMS
Materials:
- Hard Boiled Eggs or a plastic egg
- Wool Roving-We used pastel colors, but any would work
- Barbed Needle
- Embroidery Floss for finishing the edges
1) Wrap the wool roving around the egg, try to criss cross the wool in an even layer all over.
2) Begin to poke with the needle-all around and over until it comes together.
3) Once you get a good cover with a solid color go ahead and add polka dots, stripes, whatever you like :)
4) Cut an opening 1" or 1 1/2" from the top and 1 1/2" long.
5) Stitch around the opening to create a finished look.....can't wait to see what we will find.
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