Waldorf Wet Felted Pencil Case
It’s so much fun for kids (and adults!) to make a beautiful piece of felt. The kids are so free in laying out their wool roving and then have a blast with the suds and warm water of wet felting. One lazy weekend morning, my kids and I did some wet felting and made beautiful pieces of handmade felt. I was looking at my daughter’s piece of felt and decided to make a wet felted pencil case with it. It was really easy and a fun project to do!
First, make the handmade felt. Here my daughter lays out her wool in a fun and easy way. Kids have a natural ability to put beautiful colors together.
Without too much help she started felting. Lots of hot water, lots (too much) of soap and a lot of rubbing. My daughter loves these tactile projects!
We hung up her piece of felt to dry–which took a couple days here in humid Hawaii. I then took her piece of felt and sewed it together with a piece of commercially made wool felt. Simple straight lines on the sewing machine–even I could do it!
The results were just beautiful. To my daughter, her pencil case is extra special because she made it. She proudly uses it all of the time!
Linking to: Keep Calm Craft On
Oh, that’s so pretty! I am looking forward to teaching my kids how to wet felt this fall.
I found you through the Frontier Dreams link up, I’m sharing toddler leg warmers, and my mama scarf this week if you would like to stop by!
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Hi Mackenzie,
My kids have so much fun wet felting and hope that yours will too. Thank you for stopping by and for your comments. Aloha, Lori