Friday, March 3, 2023

Making Felted Acorns

Felting/making felted acorns is one of my favorite fall crafts.  This is a great multi-sensory experience for little hands.  You will need a collection of clean acorn caps, felt, tubs for warm soapy water and hot glue guns for the adult helpers. 
Felting outside!

First, students select a thumb size amount of loose felt.  I like to use 2 or 3 different colors.  While dry, kids roll the felt into a loose ball.  Then they dip the felt into the warm water, squeeze out the water  and roll the felt into a tight ball.  They keep dipping, squeezing and rolling until the felt makes a tight dense ball.  Then the kids choose an acorn cap (previously collected and the teacher hot glues the cap onto the felt.  If desired the acorn can be glued to a magnet or a piece of yarn to create a necklace.


Proud of our creations.


I like to keep a collection for counting and other sensory activities.



 

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