While looking for inspiration for this year’s
24 Days of a Baltic Christmas, I dismissed several crafts that seemed too hard
for the boys to complete. It turns out I was too quick to judge; luckily Katie
wasn’t daunted by these felt acorns, because they turned out to be incredibly
easy to create and make wonderful additions to our Baltic Christmas series!
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| Photo credit: Katie |
These adorable little decorations fit easily
into our nature-themed holiday décor, serving not only as Christmas tree
ornaments but also as wreath accents, adornments on wrapped presents and gifts
for neighbors and teachers. Follow these easy steps for your own colorful felted
acorns…
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| Photo credit: Katie |
You’ll need the following supplies: felting
wool, water, dish soap, acorn tops, push pin, thread & hot glue gun.
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| Photo credit: Katie |
Pull off a small amount of felting wool and
soak in warm, soapy water. Roll between your palms until a ball forms, then
rinse in cool water and let dry.
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| From left: rolling felt balls, matching balls to caps and stringing caps, photo credit: Katie |
The kids will have fun matching up the acorn
tops to the various felt balls. Using your push pin, carefully poke holes in
the acorn caps and then pull a piece of thread through the holes. Finally,
using your glue gun, attach the acorn hat to the dry felt ball.
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| Photo credit: Katie |
Depending on what species of oak tree your
acorn caps came from you will have different results. I can imagine that it
would be fun to play with the shapes of the felt ball, making more elongated
acorns for larger and shaggier caps, and glitter glue might add a shiny touch
to your acorn caps without disrupting the natural feel. Go nuts!
Friends, we are halfway through this year’s 24
days of a Baltic Christmas. I hope you’re enjoying yourselves and the holiday
season! Have a beautiful third Advent, and see you back here tomorrow for more
Baltic-inspired Christmas tree ornaments!
These are pretty cool....Loti skaist!
ReplyDeletePaldies Dzintra - I agree... and I wish I had made them myself!
DeleteIf felting the balls daunts you, you could purchase felt balls in different colors and dimensions at craft stores or online craft supply sites!
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks for the idea! On the other hand the extra step is definitely worth it to achieve these rich, deep colors!
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