Needle Felted Balloon
These easy little balloons make a great accessory for our poseable mice as well as many other felted characters!
Per Balloon, you will need:
- 1g of coloured wool batts
- 15cm of thin florist wire
- Felting needle (#36 coarse)
- Felting mat
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Take your coloured wool and start wrapping wispy ends around the top end of the wire. You may have to hold it in place with your fingers. |
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Then bend the top of the wire down on itself trapping the wool tightly. |
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Now you can wrap more balloon wool loosely around itself... |
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...until it is a little larger than the finished size. Make sure you have a little blue left if you need to adjust imperfections. |
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Use your felting needle and gently felt the wispy fibres into the blue shape starting at the bottom end where the wire comes out. |
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Shape the balloon all over making it nice and round. If there are any imperfections, use a wisp of blue wool and felt down to cover. |
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Fasten wire to mouse: slide the end of the wire through the doubled up pipe cleaner hand of the mouse so that about 2-3cm sticks out. |
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Bend this end up... |
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….twist around the whole hand nice and tight... |
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...and secure by twisting the wire tightly around the top part too. |
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Pose your mice and enjoy! |