Needle Felted Christmas Figures

Last year, I made these holiday figures while needle felting with the kids. My five year old likes to create animals, and my eleven year old is getting good at creating figures. Each of these figures took about 1-2 hours to complete.

Elf, Santa and Mrs. Claus

Fox

Santa Pencil Holder

Rudolph

To make them I needle felted balls for heads, ovals for bodies, cylinders for arms and legs. Then I needle felted all the pieces together. When that was complete I added the clothes, facial features, hair and other details. For example, to make Santa's hat I needle felted red felt in a flat triangular shaped. Then rolled in into the hat shape and attached it to the head. 

The pencil holder is an old yogurt container covered with fabric. I attached Santa with a bit of glue.

Needle felting is fun for both me and the kids. My daughter started at four years old. If you are interested in needle felting, here is an earlier post I did which may help you get started.

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