All kinds of decorative purposes can be achieved with the use of felt balls.They are bouncy and soft to play with.It is easy to make felt balls.Use wool felt to form the shape of the ball.Roll the ball in your hands as it shrinks after soaking it in hot, soapy water.As you roll the ball, you can add some decorations.Once you are happy with the felt ball size and look, rinse it off and let it dry.
Step 1: You can make a small pile of wool with your fingers.
To make a felt ball, take a small chunk of wool and form it into a roundish shape.It won't be a perfect ball, but it will be similar to a large puffball.Take the piece of felt and stretch it out so there isn't any clumps or pockets of material.
Step 2: Wrap a length of wool around it.
Wrap the entire length of a strip of felt around a small ball of wool.To make a solid core for your felt ball, wrap it tightly around the wad.As you wind the wool around the center, it should adhere to itself.You will not be able to see the wool when the felt ball is finished, so don't worry about it.
Step 3: If you want the ball to be twice the size, add layers of wool.
When the felt ball is finished, it will be half its original size.Continue adding layers until your felt ball is twice as large as you want it to be.While you add layers of wool felt to the ball, try to keep it as round as possible.
Step 4: 6 cups of hot water and 4 liters of liquid dish soap should be used.
The key to getting the wool felt to turn into a dense ball is using hot water and soap to shrink and compact the material.Add hot water and dish soap to a bowl.To make a soapy mixture, stir the bowl.The water needs to be very warm in order to shrink the wool.
Step 5: Put the ball of wool into the soap solution.
You don't need to hold the ball under the water for a long time, just dip it in and soak it.The felt ball needs to be held under the water for a few seconds.Remove excess water from the ball by shaking it.
Step 6: Rub the ball between your palms in a circular motion.
Roll the ball of wool in your palms to form a sphere.Pass the ball of wool from one hand to the other.
Step 7: The felt ball should be put into the water.
As you roll the ball of wool between your hands, submerge it in the hot water whenever it cools down.The best way to form a felt ball is to keep the wool felt wet.Whenever the felt ball starts to feel cold, submerge it in hot water.
Step 8: There are strips of colored wool in the ball.
Take a strip of different colored wool felt and work it into a wet felt ball.Roll the ball with your hands after soaking it in the soapy water.The felt ball will become a part of the stripe.Multiple colors of wool felt can be used to form stripes.A zigzag pattern can be created by placing a wool strip with your fingers across the ball.
Step 9: Add dots to the ball by blowing bits of wool into a circle.
To add different colored dots to your felt ball, pull off a small piece of wool felt and roll it into a ball.Put the ball into the felt ball with your fingertips.Roll the ball around in your hands after soaking it in the hot water.Use multiple colors to make a felt ball.
Step 10: When the felt ball shrinks, stop.
If you want the ball to be bigger, stop rolling it or it will shrink.It will shrink even more if it is submerged back into the hot water.
Step 11: Allow the ball to dry by rinsing it with cool water.
After rolling the felt ball, rinse it under the sink to get rid of the hot water and soap.Place it on a plate and allow it to dry for 1-2 hours, or until it is dry to the touch.If you let the felt ball dry in the sun or near something hot, it will shrink even more as it dries.
Step 12: Make your felt ball sparkle with glitter.
After your felt ball is dry, add some craft glue to it and sprinkle on some glitter to make it sparkle.The glitter can be worked into the wool felt.Most of the glitter will stick to the craft glue on the wool.