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Needle Felting Kit: Squirrel
| Item #: | 043360 |
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| Grades: | 3-AD |
Product Description:
Publisher Description:
Turn a few hunks of wool into a Squirrel and his prized fall Pumpkin. This needle felting kit will make at least one Squirrel and a few pumpkins. These fuzzy sculptures make sweet holiday ornaments that will be admired for years to come.
Finished size (approx.) =
Squirrel 3 in. x 1.5 in.
Pumpkin 1.5 in. x 1.75 in.
This project will take about 1-2 hours to complete.
What's in the kit?
- toffee, orange, lima bean, chocolate, and white wool roving
- 2 felting needles
- beads
- skewer
- detailed photo instructions
- 4" x 4" x 1.5" foam pad
You will need:
- sewing needle and thread
- ruler
Woolpets kits are Made in the USA and contain a generous amount of luxurious New Zealand Corriedale wool roving. The step-by-step photo instructions make the assembly process very easy to understand and follow.
This kit includes a 4" x 4" foam pad. Woolpets charcoal foam pads are the perfect work surface for needle felting and will survive through many projects. Two larger sizes of foam pads are also available in our shop.
Ages 10 and up and adult supervision recommended for those under the age of 13.
Until I saw these kits, I only had a vague idea what needle felting was... and it sounded complex, like crocheting. I was amazed when I saw a demonstration and realized that you don't need any fancy crafting skills to enjoy it. Basically, you take a strip of wool, roll it up, hold it on a foam pad and "needle it," inserting a felting needle over and over again until the wool shape becomes firm. On each insertion, the barbed felting needles interlock the wool fibers in essence "sculpting" a felt shape. You can even connect one shape to another shape (like an ear to a head) by needling the two shapes together. Each kit contains all of the materials you need to create an adorable animal, including wool, felting needles and any "extras" like beads, ribbon, etc (the exception is the foam pad, which is reusable over and over again; you'll need to purchase one of these separately with your first kit). Many kits create more than one project, so multiple children can do them together. Easy kits feature animals with simpler shapes than intermediate kits, but both work on the same principles. Go ahead, try this relaxing (even addictive!) craft.) Made in the USA.
