Els van Dam
July 4th 03, 01:01 AM
A guild friend phoned me yesterday and asked if I was interested in
helping out with a felting day for 6 kids, who where staying at her house
for a couple of days.
We had a great time. I found all the little remnants of fleece, and bits
of coloured stuff as well. Got little freezer plasitc containers, a old
spray bottle and Murphies soap. The kids fluffed little bits of fleece by
gently teasing it apart in the bottom of their freezer container. Each
child could spray it with a bit of sudsy water. The fingers and knuckles
pushed the fleece down and gently rubbed the fibers. Once it all hung
together I made them turn it over and do the same thing on the other
side. When the felt held well together, the soap was washed out and the
felt squeezed so most of the water was gone. At that point the older
children could use a felting needle and add a design. Most of the kids
had a handle on it very quickly. The youngest one, only two years old,
demanded all the colours of the rainbow and had a whale of a time. He was
the one to rinse all the pieces in the bucket with water. It is nice and
sunny here today, so it did matter little that he was wet from top to
bottom. All the kids ended up with a small round or square pouch, not one
was the same. For the older children I had brought a kumihimo circle and
some pearl cotton so they could make a braid for their little pouch. A day
of lots of fun, and free designing, and each child made several fun picece
they can use.
If you have kids over during the summer holidays it is a great way to
spend the day.
Els
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delete doba to email me.....:=))
helping out with a felting day for 6 kids, who where staying at her house
for a couple of days.
We had a great time. I found all the little remnants of fleece, and bits
of coloured stuff as well. Got little freezer plasitc containers, a old
spray bottle and Murphies soap. The kids fluffed little bits of fleece by
gently teasing it apart in the bottom of their freezer container. Each
child could spray it with a bit of sudsy water. The fingers and knuckles
pushed the fleece down and gently rubbed the fibers. Once it all hung
together I made them turn it over and do the same thing on the other
side. When the felt held well together, the soap was washed out and the
felt squeezed so most of the water was gone. At that point the older
children could use a felting needle and add a design. Most of the kids
had a handle on it very quickly. The youngest one, only two years old,
demanded all the colours of the rainbow and had a whale of a time. He was
the one to rinse all the pieces in the bucket with water. It is nice and
sunny here today, so it did matter little that he was wet from top to
bottom. All the kids ended up with a small round or square pouch, not one
was the same. For the older children I had brought a kumihimo circle and
some pearl cotton so they could make a braid for their little pouch. A day
of lots of fun, and free designing, and each child made several fun picece
they can use.
If you have kids over during the summer holidays it is a great way to
spend the day.
Els
--
delete doba to email me.....:=))