Tutorial: Felted Hearts

I have been having a lot of fun with felting lately, mostly needle felting. I decided to try some "wet felting" this week and made some cute little valentine hearts. Wet felting is so easy and was a fun project with my 3-year old.  Here is a quick little tutorial on how to.

Supplies needed: Wool roving, cookie cutters, dishsoap, very warm water, a pokey tool like a pencil, chopstick or even just your finger.

Pull off some of the wool roving and press it in to the cookie cutter. I used a little of each color and gently twisted them together to make a swirly effect.

Add a drop or two of dish soap. Try not to add too much as I did the first few times and it became way too soapy.

Add a little hot water.

Poke, Poke, Poke...this takes a little while and the first time I did it, I used my finger and then my friend told me that she uses a pencil on the eraser side (thanks Brandi!). It works great. Just keep poking until the felt feels a little harder like its meshing together. I flipped it over a few times and poked the other side as well.

When you think its done, pop it out and see if all the fibers look meshed together well. Take it to the sink and run some hot water over it and gently press the water out of it. If the shape holds together well then set it on a towel to dry for a couple of days. (If its still a little mushy then put it back in the cookie cutter and do some more poking.)

Voila! Pretty easy, huh?

I made mine in to a mobile. Just use a extra long needle and invisible thread to string them up, placing knots under each heart to space them apart. Do you know how hard it is to take photo of a mobile? It's not easy I tell you. But you get the idea.

Comments

[meg]

so simple and the mobile was a great idea. beautiful!

[LimonVerde]

Nice tutorial, i will try it too ;)

[June]

What cute hearts! Thank you for the tutorial as I've not tried this before.

[Felicia]

Love it! Thank you so much for this tutorial :)

[Rachel]

What a great craft to do with kids! I may have to try this one this month. thanks for the tutorial!

[iSew]

I've been wanting to try felting for a while, this looks like a great way to start! Thanks for the tips.

(Oh, and I haven't photographed a mobile before but pennants are just as bad.)

[StacyT]

What a great idea and so easy!

[Mel Goodsell]

That's a really neat idea, the mobile looks fabulous.
Melx

[carolyn]

Your little guy is so lucky to have a mom with a pocket full of projects to do with him. LOVE the mobile. How's the cutting of the log cabin coming?

[Yvonne Fjellvang]

This looks like fun, a project for the kids I think. Thank you for sharing.

[kathy]

This is fabulous. I'm a cookie cutter nut so this is giving me all kinds of ideas! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

[Lisa]

This is really a cute project. Perfect for a Valentine's Day activity.

[Jen Luu]

Ooh! I want to do that with Lucas. He would love it.

[Oiyi]

What an awesome tute! I have wanted to try felting, but i don't have felting needles. This sounds doable.

[June]

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[gena]

What a great idea! This would be a great activity for my daughter's upcoming sleepover. Thanks for this post! I love the mobile idea too!

[Elizabeth]

Thank you for the instructions! I need to do some felting this week and had no idea how. Your post was very helpful. (Also the little hearts are adorable!)

[amy]

what a cute idea!

[joanie]

Very cute. Looks quick enough for me to attempt it. I see you came to the UK - hope you had a jolly good time while here!

[Becky]

Really cute idea. I'll have to try this with my kids!