Needle Felted Acorns

Last year I collected lots of acorn cups and never got around to doing anything with them.

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/needle-felted-acorns • Posted by Torie J.

So this year I decided to make needle felted acorns with them. I added ribbon to mine so I could hang them.

You will need

8 cm jade double faced 3mm wide Satin Ribbon 1 Hot Glue Gun 1 pale aqua Wool Roving 1 pink Wool Roving 16 Acorn Cups 16 cm jade double faced 3mm wide Satin Ribbon

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So this year I decided to make needle felted acorns with them. I added ribbon to mine so I could hang them.

Instructions

1. 

   Start by lightly washing your acorn cups in soapy water and leaving to dry. Liberally coat them with PVA glue and immediately sprinkle on glitter and leave to dry. Gather a small ball of roving together and start to needle punch it, turning and twisting it as you punch so you keep it in a small ball.

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   Roll the felted ball in your hands to get the shape you want and continue needle punching the roving till you have a small, tight, felted acorn shape. Using a hot glue gun, place a small amount of glue on the inside of the acorn cup and push felted ball into the glue. Fold your ribbon strips in half and, using the hot glue gun, add a dab of glue to the top of the acorn cup. Push ends of ribbon strip into glue before it dries.