How to Make Needle Felted Easter Decorations

All Decorations:

* Felting Needles

* Sewing Needles

* Embroidery Thread

* A Small Needle Felting Mat

* Scissors

Carrot Decoration:

* Wool Roving - Orange and Green

Flat Bunny Decoration:

* Wool Roving - White and Powder Pink 

* Bunny Shaped Cookie Cutter

Chick Decoration:

* Wool Roving - Yellow and Orange

Egg Decoration:

* Wool Roving - Lilac, Purple and Yellow

Rabbit Decoration:

* Wool Roving - Light Blue and Powder Pink

Place the cutter on the foam block (or your felting mat), & poke the felting needle up and down into the wool using a short stabbing motion. Your needle should not disappear into the foam block. Flip the wool over and felt the other side.

Continue doing this until the wool becomes firm and keeps its shape.

To make a tail, take a piece of pink wool and using one needle, poke it into a circle shape. Gather the loose fibres by twirling them onto your felting needle. Then, poke them lightly into place, leaving the tail as domed and fluffy as you wish.

To finish, use a sewing needle to attach a piece of embroidery thread to hang.

Tear off a piece of the grey wool (don’t cut it), and tie a double knot in the centre.

Tease out the ends of the wool and wrap around the knot to create a ball.

Place on the foam block (or your felting mat), & poke the felting needle up & down into the wool using a short stabbing motion. Your needle should not disappear into the foam block.

Rotate the wool constantly & continue poking with the needle until you have a firm oval ball shape.

To make the ears, roll up another piece of grey wool into a 3cm roll.

Use your needles to felt it together as before. Following the same process as before, make a second ear.

Add some detail by placing a small piece of pink wool to the front of the ears and felting to attach.

Add the ears to the head of the rabbit one at a time, using one needle in a downward stabbing motion until attached.

You can wrap a small piece of grey wool around each ear to help with the felting process.

Add a face to the rabbit using a sewing needle and some embroidery thread. Use a sewing needle to attach a piece of embroidery thread to hang.

Tear off a piece of the wool (don’t cut it), and tuck the edges in as you roll, creating an oval shape.

Place the wool on the foam block (or your felting mat), & poke the felting needle up and down into the wool using a short stabbing motion. Your needle should not disappear into the foam block.

Rotate the wool constantly & continue poking with the needle until you have a firm oval ball shape.

If the surface of the oval is uneven, cover it in a thin, teased piece of yellow wool and then continue felting. This should even out the surface.

Add a beak detail by placing a small piece of orange wool on the front of the chick. Using one needle, poke it into a triangle shape.

Tear off a piece of the orange wool (don’t cut it) and roll into a 10cm length roll.

Place your wool on the foam block (or your felting mat), & poke the felting needle up & down into the wool using a short stabbing motion. Your needle should not disappear into the foam block.

Rotate the wool constantly & continue poking with the needle. Top Tip: Concentrate more attention on one end to achieve the cone carrot shape.

To achieve smaller details, use one felting needle. Needle some line details on the side of the carrot. You will need to go over these a few times.

To make the stalks, roll up a piece of green wool into a 3cm roll.

Use your needles to felt it together as before. Then, create a second stalk using the same process.

Tear off a piece of the wool (don’t cut it), and tuck the edges in as you roll, creating an oval shape.

Place the wool on the foam block (or your felting mat), & poke the felting needle up and down into the wool using a short stabbing motion. Your needle should not disappear into the foam block.

Rotate the wool constantly & continue poking with the needle until you have a firm oval ball shape. To create the pointed egg shape, concentrate the poking on one end of the oval.

If the surface of the oval is uneven, cover it in a thin, teased piece of wool and then continue felting. This should even out the surface. Use a sewing needle to attach a piece of embroidery thread to hang.

Place a small piece of wool on the egg. Using one needle, poke it into a circle shape.

Gather the loose fibres by twirling them onto your felting needle.

Then poke them into place until the spot is neat.

Take a thin piece of wool and coil it around the egg.

Use one needle to felt it into place.