Christmas Felting

I made my Chicago grandniblings some felted Christmas gifts but forgot to take pictures of them. My niece sent this picture the next day captioned “The elves are actually construction workers”.

When I told her I’d forgotten to take pictures of the elves or the tree I had actually made to go with the felted playmat I’d made him last year she sent another picture which shows another angle of the elves and the tree

So far I haven’t gotten any photos of the balls and cones I made for the twins. At the online Loose Parts summit I watched this year each segment began with an image of a bowl of felted balls and knowing how loved the felt balls I made last year were, I thought I’d make some felted balls for this year’s gift. Then I wondered if I should make another felted food gift instead to go with the pizza I gave them for their birthdays. Then I thought Aha – I could make some cones and the balls could be ice cream too. I wetfelted eight balls and then made 4 cones out of tan commercial felt. I sewed a waffle pattern on the felt before cutting, stiffening, and glueing the cones. I knew the gift was perfect when my daughter asked her cousin for gift ideas and my niece said, “Balls, all they like is balls.”