Our Visit With Artist Susan Furneaux

Today we met a real live artist, Susan Furneaux.

 She taught us all about wool and felting. 

We made a felt ball that looked like the Earth.

Here is how we made our felt ball (retold by our Blue Group):

Step 1: Get your white wool and dip it in soapy water.

Step 2. Squish it back and forth between your hands.

Step 3. Take a little bit of green wool and wrap it around the white piece like a present.

Step 4. Dip it back in the soapy water and squish it back and forth between your hands.

Step 5. Put a little bit of blue and brown wool around the ball.


Step 6 Dip it back in the soapy water and squish it back and forth between your hands.

Step 7 Roll it hard between your hands to make it a ball.

Step 8 Bring it to the bathroom and run cold water over it to wash the soapy water out!

Step 9 Let it dry!

Our new artist friend is coming back to visit us next week.  We can't wait to see what we will create with her then. Have you ever felted before?  

How did you find our instructions?  If you have a question for us please let us know!