Stories & Felting II

Below are some impressions of things created during the summer camp. I mentioned it here a few days ago. I changed things around from the original plan. I had lots of sweet children on the younger side (ages 4-8), so I simplified here and there.

We did felt caterpillars & butterflies. We ended up doing a guided beeswax crayon drawing instead of a watercolor painting for the movable picture. Instead of felting ladybugs, we made a kind of wool pompom ladybug. Instead of dyeing silks, I experimented with a wood-burner & each child took home their felted treasures in a lil' personalized storytelling box.

It's been a tiring week and I remain behind as far as my schedule is concerned. I'm hoping for a mellow afternoon. We're house-sitting through tomorrow, so we have a TV and the children have found the World Cup. We actually don't own a TV, so this is super-special. Our German genes make it so that we like soccer. Beer and good pastries, too! :-)

Before showing the pictures, I want to remind you of two things:

(1) The blog giveaway for a pilot-style baby hat is still going on through June 14th. Check it out & let your friends know, too.

(2) Also still happening through June 20th is the RichmondMom Dream Baby Shower contest my cousin nominated me for. Please consider voting for me if you haven't done so already. The jist of the past few months is in the "Namaste!" blurb there on the right. I really could use a massage. I know, couldn't we all, huh? Anyhoo, you can find details here.

A "phunky wool" caterpillar on one of the boxes. The children felted around a bit of floral wire. I really like how the ones turned out where rovings were mixed.

Butterfly created from a flat piece of felt & cut out. Unfortunately there was no time to refelt the cutouts. I'd do that in the future to have a neater edge.

The lil' loop makes it easy to fly them.

Ladybugs created by making red & black pompoms. Once you figure out how to wrap the little cardboard donuts, it's success each & every time.

Awww.

I don't want to show a picture of the boxes, because it would reveal the names of the children, but I think you get an idea of how they looked. Just lil' square boxes & names engraved with a wood-burner.

Finally, a movable picture. I made a cut along the wave, then we inserted the boat on a long piece of cardboard & attached a piece of heavy paper to the back with staples. Stapling was fast. Glue would be my recommendation, though. Voila! Boats are sailing across the sea.