“This might look boring to some kids at first but really it’s fun!“ enthuses young 9-year old crafter, AJ, who is making wool felted balls from a Harrisville Designs craft kit.

AJ is making a felt ball. First she wraps several layers of colorful wool around a tennis ball.

Pretty, isn’t it?

Then, she starts the felting process – adding soap and warm water to her hands and the felted ball, mushing it back and forth like she’s packing a snowball.

As the wool absorbs the warm water and soap, it transforms into felt in about five minutes!

Beautiful!! The felted balls remind us of globes!

What do you think? Want to know of a few other felt projects you can do with kids?

How about trying this plastic bag felting project? Or these felted bird eggs? Or this tutorial for felted soap!

Happy felting!