Good afternoon - New Year's time is approaching and we all want to decorate this holiday differently than last year. I'm already tired of glossy New Year's balls - and I want to please the Christmas tree with something new, soft and cozy. Well... here you go NEW idea for Christmas tree decoration. We will decorate the Christmas tree with felt toys. In this article you will find a large selection of ideas and a demonstration master class on New Year's felt.

WHAT exactly – we will be making from felt today.

Let me tell you right away what kind of crafts I collected in this article…

• We will do many STARS- for decorating the Christmas tree.
• Cut from felt SNOWFLAKES...or embroider them.
• We will tinker – BALLS made of felt (similar to Christmas trees)
• Let's sew Santa Claus(different patterns)
• Making a Christmas tree from felt... and HOUSES.
• Let's sew small felt ones SKATES and MITTENS- to hang on the Christmas tree.
• Let's make New Year's OWLS and BIRDIES just like felt Christmas tree crafts.
• AND AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE... THERE WILL BE A SURPRISE PRIZE!!!!

That is, there will be a lot of ideas - and I also selected more ways for each idea... to awaken your imagination and inspire creative New Year's deeds.

TASTY PREFACE... decorative possibilities of bright felt.

And by the way... from felt we can make not only New Year's toys... but use the IDEAS OF THIS ARTICLE to create other New Year's crafts. For example, a felt craft can decorate gift tea jars...Or New Year's greetings postcard...

Or felt characters can position themselves on a Christmas wreath... Or a beautiful craft can serve as a decoration for chair back- as part of the overall New Year's table setting.

And a bunch of New Year's characters made of felt can become a FINGER THEATER- and during the Christmas season, your children can put on a variety of New Year's-themed theater productions. And you will help them with the script and the main characters of the play.

Now let's talk about everything promised in order...

New Year's STARS made of felt - for decorating the Christmas tree.

And of course there should be stars hanging on the tree... many beautiful stars made of bright felt. They can be made in different ways.

You can sew a PLUGGY STAR cut out two parts of the star - front and back - sew them together and stuff cotton wool inside. Decorate the front side of the star with a snowflake made of felt - it can be sewn on with invisible stitches... passing the thread through the bead... Then the snowflake is sewn on and the stitches are invisible, because they pass through the beads. This star is in the left photo below.

Can you make a MULTILAYER star? – from felt of different shades (and even different thicknesses) cut into stars... circles... flowers. And put it all in ONE STACK - (as in the right photo below) ... decorate the middle of the felt multi-layer star with a button

Or do star-shaped blanks FROM PLYWOOD... or THICK CARDBOARD... Then cut out the same star silhouette from felt and glue them onto our rigid blanks. You can decorate the star with a snowflake or felt peas - as in the photo below.

Can the surface of a star decorate with STITCHES - that is, simple embroidery... Just make a seam from colored thick threads that follows the contours of the star.

Or try embroidering the outline of a snowflake in the center of the star and small snowflakes in the ray corners.

Felt SNOWFLAKES – flat and voluminous (master class).

And of course I want to make openwork snowflakes... a symbol of the tenderness of nature. It’s amazing how wind and water create such beauty - only if they are driven by TENDERNESS.

If you have fairly TIGHT felt– then you can simply cut out the contours of the snowflake and punch a hole for the ribbon tie.

You can just make a snowflake embroider with thread on a round felt... You can draw a snowflake on felt... cut it out with scissors - and that too stick as applique on a felt circle.

You can also glue the felt applique onto a simple round piece of CARDBOARD. Can you cut it out? two snowflakes of contrasting color (blue and white) and so that one is a little larger in size - and when we stack them on top of each other - the second will be laid out along the edges from under the first (as in the right photo below).

You can cut out THIN-RADIANT snowflakes different sizes... And fold them into a sandwich... Decorate the center with a button or bead or brooch. As we can see in the photo below, a hand-made snowflake

Here's another interesting way to create 3D felt snowflake– petal method.

It looks complicated, but in fact it’s even EASIER AND FASTER than cutting out the rays of a snowflake...

Here's how it's done...

We will cut out the PETALS (like a flower)... and then we will tighten the BASES of these petals (closer to the middle of the flower) with thread... Thus, the petals at the middle of the flower will SHRINK and there will be holes in the center...

OPTIONAL... you can decorate the centers of the petals with embroidery... bugles... beads...

You can also later (or immediately) make a FIGURED CUTTING OF THE PETALS - so that they have teeth or steps...

And there is also a way to FOLD a snowflake from felt strips...Like in the photo below...

HOUSES made of felt - toys for the Christmas tree.

If you have THICK felt, you can simply cut it out SILHOUETTES little house in... make SLOTS-windows in them and in each slot hang a bell, a crystal or a tiny New Year's ball (these small New Year's balls for mini Christmas trees are sold in the store.

But even if you don’t have thick felt, you can get it if glue two layers of regular felt. Layers of felt can be glued together with simple PVA glue... or glued with double non-woven fabric (dublerin) - this is an adhesive fabric, it is placed between the layers of felt and calcined with an iron, the temperature melts the dublerin and the layers of felt are glued together.

Or you can make a chubby house... sew it from two layers of felt... and stuff cotton wool inside...

Or make a three-dimensional three-dimensional house with four walls and a pyramidal roof.

Christmas tree toys made of felt - in the form of mittens and skates.

These skates are made very simply... First, a pattern is cut out - it looks like the SIDE WALLS of a BOOET molded together...

Then the fold line of this part is pushed under the paperclip.... And in this place - the folds of the part (the sides of the boot) are folded together and stitched along the sides... And it turned out that the paperclip ended up inside the boot.

The mittens are sewn from two halves - we put cotton wool or padding polyester inside... We decorate the front part with buttons (of course, we sew them on before sewing the front and back parts together). We make elegant cuffs from any fabric - we also decorate them with a button. Without cuffs, mittens look like an unfinished craft, but with cuffs they immediately become more refined.

Felt cupcakes are like decorations for a Christmas tree.

So delicious It’s easy to make a cupcake-cake yourself... there is no complicated pattern here - everything is simply cut out by eye... The main thing is to do it seams to imitate the ribbed surface of a cupcake... decorate the top with a berry or a bead... and make it in the middle felt strip - a layer of cream. Candied fruits and rhinestones will complement the beauty of this culinary felt masterpiece.

Or you can make voluminous cupcakes from felt and also hang them on the Christmas tree. .

How to make a voluminous CAKE CAKE with your own hands.

To do this you need to cut a long strip of felt... in the form of an elongated triangle... Such elongated parts are needed 2 pieces– light and dark colors

We put both parts on top of each other and roll them up - like a carpet. We begin to roll up our “two-layer rug” on the side that is wider... and to the one that is already. This way we get a cupcake that has a top in the center...

We secure the roll with threads (so as not to unroll)… decorate with a paper cupcake tin… or lace

Christmas tree BALLS made of felt - for the New Year tree.

But these are the simplest felt crafts... We cut out the circles and decorate them with felt strips and rhinestones.

These felt Christmas balls can have a teardrop shape (as in the photo below)

They can be decorated with flowers and stars cut out of felt. Elegant braid, thin lace and sequins.

Oval shapes similar to an icicle also look good

Master class on sewing felt Christmas tree decorations.

And here’s a step-by-step photo in which you can see the whole process of making such a toy – layer by layer...

Christmas tree toys made of felt WITH APPLIQUE.

You can also make a felt applique (or fleece) on such a round felt ball. For applique it is better to use thin felt.

For Christmas tree applique, it’s better to take three shades of green... so that each tier of the tree stands out beautifully (as in the photo below). And for the deer applique, you also need 2 shades of brown - one for the head and the other for the nose and antlers.

You can make a snowman or an applique of Santa Claus.

If there is no white felt for the beard of Santa Claus and for the snowman- You can use a cotton pad. Only the cotton pad needs to be strengthened with PVA glue (soak it in glue, level it and dry it so that it becomes denser and cemented).

You can make interesting as if staged scenes on such felt material... A snowman who rejoices in the snow... A bunny under the Christmas tree, birds circling and flowers blooming in the snow

DEER made of felt - like pendants-toys for a Christmas tree.

A felt deer is easy to sew... just a head with ears and horns... a nose applique in the middle... and eye beads...

Or you can whole body carve a deer... Like in the photo below... and then the ribbons no longer need to be sewn to the head - but you can put them like a collar around the neck of a deer.

Santa Claus made of felt - and other characters for Christmas tree decorations.

Santa Claus may have a variety of patterns. It is very easy to do it yourself. You can simply draw a HEAD of Santa Claus - any shape - in the shape of a circle... in the shape of a bell... in the shape of a triangle...

YOU CAN make Santa Claus - WHOLE... with the torso...Moreover, the body can be completely SCHEMATIC...just teardrop-shaped...(as if he had hidden his hands in a long fur coat).

Or you can draw the outlines of the arms and legs on the pattern - make appliques of mittens on the tummy... and a black belt (as in the right photo below).

You can make Santa Claus with rope-shaped arms and legs k (the twine can be replaced with a chain of crocheted air loops). He will hang amusingly on the Christmas tree.
If you sew Santa Claus from THIN felt, then a beard can be made not in the form of a flat applique... but like a whisk made from cut strips of felt(as in the right photo below). This Santa Claus does not have to be hung on a spruce branch - you can simply place it under the tree

And here are some more funny New Year's characters - a flat penguin and a snowman to decorate the spruce feet.

And you can also make a HEDGEHOG... and a LADYBUG... they also turn out bright and will look good as decorations for the Christmas tree.

Felt TREE - DIY New Year's craft.

If you want your Christmas tree to CONTRAST against the background of the spruce, then it is better to make it from bright paired flowers - RED + WHITE... ORANGE + GREEN...

You can make this felt Christmas tree decorate with buttons– it is better to use buttons of no more than three colors (so that it is stylish and not chaotic). You can also add a small felt Christmas wreath to such a Christmas tree craft.

You can make several TIERS of a Christmas tree from different colors... layer them like pancakes on top of each other. You will get a voluminous effect.

Can you do it on a Christmas tree? mini flower applique– petals made of oval sequins and a center made of round ones. Or a paper applique in the shape of a heart... and sew a star button on the top.

OWLS and other felt birds - how to sew them yourself.

Here are ideas for what kind of big-eyed owls you can sew from felt - for the New Year tree.

The silhouette of an owl may look like a heart.- taper towards the bottom... and at the top diverge to the sides into ears...

Or an owl pattern can look like a PEAR-SHAPED OVAL... or be like a PERFECT BALL...

You can make your own felt birds to decorate the Christmas tree... These are simple ones... in the shape of a drop boat.

Or these tit birds with feathers... with an applique tail.

Birds on a Christmas tree are always lucky...

May your felt crafts delight you and your loved ones this year - and I'm sure next year too.
It will be so nice to take them out of the box every year and decorate the Christmas tree.

AND HERE IS THE PRIZE...

For those who read to the end... I'm serving a DELICIOUS IDEA... Christmas pancakes. These are the New Year's surprise breakfasts you can make for your children.)))

The Christmas tree is a stack of pancakes (folded into a triangle) ... a star is cut out of an orange ... berries decorate the Christmas tree like balls.

And the deer is created from three pancakes - one is the smallest for the nose. Horns can be made from crispy bread or golden-brown sausages. Or you can draw the horns with sour cream on a dark plate... or jam on a white plate...

Happy New Year to you!!!

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With the New Year holidays approaching, we are all trying to diversify the interiors of our apartments and houses with all sorts of original decorations. DIY felt New Year toys can become not only a worthy decoration, but also a “cute” New Year gift for a loved one. In general, jewelry from the “handmade” category deserve special attention. After all, this simple gift carries with it a piece of your warmth, which is transferred during its making. In our article we will look at different ways of making toys, and also provide patterns and decorating tips.

DIY felt Christmas toys: basic properties of the material

Making various toys from felt has gained great popularity due to the undoubted advantages of this material. First of all, it is environmentally friendly - it is natural and non-toxic, does not cause allergic reactions. It’s very easy to make a variety of felt New Year’s toys with your own hands, since it has a large palette of bright colors and both sides of the material are the same, so you don’t have to be afraid of confusing the front side of the craft with the back.

The convenience of sewing products from this material also lies in the fact that it is easy to cut, glue and sew, and when trimming there is no fringe left behind that falls off. DIY Christmas toys made from felt are durable, as the material does not wrinkle, holds its shape perfectly and does not fade.

Beautiful DIY felt Christmas toys: what you need to make

The first thing you need to purchase is the felt itself. Buying it is not difficult - it can be done at retail outlets selling fabrics, as well as online stores. To make Christmas toys from felt with your own hands, you will also need the following supplies: cardboard, pencil, thread, needles, scissors, padding polyester for filling bulky toys, ribbons for loops and various little things for decorations (beads, buttons, rhinestones, sparkles, etc.).

The manufacturing process begins with a pattern. To make flat New Year's toys from felt with your own hands, you can draw the blanks yourself on cardboard and cut them out, since the dimensions here, in most cases, are not important. But the design of three-dimensional figures will require more precise blanks.

DIY felt Christmas toys: patterns of popular decorations

Dekorin has made for you a selection of simple patterns that will help you make cute dogs - symbols of the coming 2018, snowmen and Santa Clauses, which are integral attributes of the holiday.

Do-it-yourself felt Christmas toys, the patterns of which are in front of you, can be decorated as independent decorations, placing them under the Christmas tree, on shelves, on the windowsill, or you can sew a loop and make them a wonderful Christmas tree decoration. Images can be printed or redrawn using transparent paper (tracing paper) from the monitor screen. Then they need to be transferred to cardboard, cut out and started working with the fabric.

While you yourself are busy with this painstaking process, trust the children to make a variety of decor for crafts. These can be a variety of bows, stars or snowflakes with which you can decorate your own New Year's felt toys. Draw the diagrams in advance on cardboard (they are also in our article), and then the children will do everything themselves.

Simple DIY felt Christmas toys

The easiest way to make your own New Year's toys from felt is flat, which do not require complex patterns or stuffing with synthetic padding. These can be various Christmas trees, mittens, snowmen and other figures. For example, to make a star, you will need to draw and cut out two identical shapes. Each of them can be decorated by sewing on sparkles, rhinestones or small mother-of-pearl buttons. Then we fold both sides with decorations up and sew the edges together with a side seam. The threads do not have to be the same shade as the material. On the contrary, in most cases, when sewing New Year's toys from felt with your own hands, they use threads of contrasting colors. You also need to remember to insert a loop when sewing. The Christmas tree can be made from two shapes, one of which is slightly smaller than the other and has a different color. Decor is applied to it, and then both of them are sewn together.

DIY New Year's toys 2018 from felt: how to sew the symbol of the year - a dog and other decorations

Flat toys look quite beautiful, but they can only be used as hanging decorations on a Christmas tree or garland. Bulk toys can stand. They can be made in different ways. One of them is to sew New Year’s toys from felt with your own hands. The photographs in our article show various templates that can be used to make a toy.

Initially cut out the parts from cardboard, then transfer them to fabric. Sew all elements made of fabric together and stuff them with padding polyester. It is better to do this manually using a side seam. Next, we decorate. You can make beautiful New Year's toys from felt in another way. Let's look at some examples.

DIY felt Christmas toys: dog patterns

A do-it-yourself New Year's dog toy made from felt will become the central figure in a fairy-tale composition under the tree or on the shelves of the room. It's not difficult to make. To do this, you can use the templates provided in our article. The eyes are decorated with large black beads. By the way, there is another simple way to make them yourself. Take a package of tablets and place one bead in each cell. Cover the back side with paper, and then cut out the cells with beads - you will get real “moving eyes”. Since we are making Christmas toys from felt with our own hands, it is necessary to add appropriate decorations to the dog - sew a red cap, make a collar from tinsel, etc.

DIY New Year's felt boot toy

Beautiful felt felt toys evoke thoughts of something outdated, but warm and comfortable. In ancient times, they served as an attribute of wealth, and now they decorate New Year’s interiors with decorative felt boots, using them as a bag for gifts to loved ones.

Let's look at how to make a New Year's felt boot toy with your own hands step by step. First, we make a template on cardboard: draw the outline of the felt boot in any shape and a long narrow rectangle for the loop. We apply decorative elements - snowflakes, artificial snow and half the body of a snowman with arms, a carrot nose and a blouse, as shown in the photo.

Then we transfer everything to the fabric, and there should be two felt boots patterns. A DIY New Year's felt boot toy should be colorful, so the base can be made from blue material, the blouse from red, and the rest of the elements from white. We sew the finished decor to one base, which we then sew to the second. Don't forget about the loop - you can use it to hang the toy on the Christmas tree, above the fireplace, or make a garland of several products.

DIY felt Christmas toys: pine cone

In order to make cones, we take two colors of felt fabric - brown and white, or its shade (cream, coffee, beige). We cut out identically shaped flowers of different diameters so that our DIY felt Christmas toys “pine cones” look more realistic. Then, using a needle, we pierce the blanks in the middle and string them onto a thread, having first made a knot. First a couple of small ones, then larger ones, towards the middle - we prick the large ones, and then smaller ones again and finish with the smallest ones. Pull the thread tightly and tie a knot. The toy is ready.

DIY felt Christmas toys: patterns of Tilda toys

The soft toys of Norwegian needlewoman Toni Finanger, called “Tilda dolls,” that have entered our lives, evoke tenderness, leaving neither children nor adults indifferent. We tried to collect some ways on how to make such New Year's toys from felt with your own hands.

Their patterns are not complicated - you can see this in the examples of the patterns of Tilda's Santa Claus, cute Dogs and Snowman. You can sew such beauty from any fabric, but it is felt that gives them a certain effect of warmth and naturalness. When making it, it is worth paying attention to some features - all toys have symbolic facial features: there is always a blush, and the eyes and nose are dots that can be made from beads. Do-it-yourself felt New Year's toys Tilda dolls should not have external side seams - when sewing one or another blank, we leave a small gap through which we turn it inside out, stuff it with padding polyester and sew it up to the end. Be sure to take care of New Year's clothes for the toy - sew a colorful dress, bow, scarf, etc.

New Year's fakes - felt boots.

The New Year is just around the corner. And we are still without new Christmas tree decorations. I suggest you use your imagination a little and come up with something new. There are a lot of ideas on the Internet, a variety of manufacturing technologies using various materials.

Felt crafts.

Felt boots with Christmas tree- white with red. It is necessary to cut out the following parts from felt: two white parts of the felt boots, two red socks, two red backs, two red transverse upper parts of the felt boots.

Making a tiny Christmas tree. We sew red round toys to the Christmas tree or green leaf using white threads using a French knot.

Making felt boots. We sew the red sock, back and transverse red border to the white part of the felt boot with white threads. We do the same with the second part in a mirror image, then you will need to fold them together with the wrong sides and sew them in a circle with red threads, putting filler (sintepon) in the middle. First, we sew a ready-made Christmas tree or leaf onto one of the parts of the felt boots. You can also decorate the New Year's leaf with a satin ribbon bow. Sew a loop of satin ribbon in the middle of the felt boot or on the side and finish stitching both parts. We sew the top of the felt boots with red threads using a simple seam.

In ancient times, they were purchased only by rich people. The peasants made do with one pair for the whole family. DIY felt boots evoke memories of something warm, pleasant and a little outdated. No matter how progress progresses, the warmest and most comfortable shoes for cold and harsh winter weather are felt boots. Even the most fashionable girls happily wear them. Today's high fur boots are decorated with embroidery, drawings and stones.

Many novice needlewomen are interested in knowing how the creation process occurs. It is long and complex, so it is better to start making miniature felt boots as a holiday souvenir or New Year's toy.

Material used

To create a unique creation you need to stock up on the following materials:

• skein
• a small amount of building insulation;
• soapy water;
• oilcloth;
• mosquito net;
• sprayer;
• scissors.

Miniature felt boots

Let's look at the detailed description:

1. A proposed sketch is cut out of basalt insulation.

• The wool that extends beyond the edges of the pattern is folded and smoothed so that the work is wrinkle-free.

• We repeat the entire previously performed procedure on the reverse side. We do not leave unfilled areas.

• The template is wetted, covered with a mosquito net and pressed with your palms.

• The mesh is removed, the workpiece is turned over, and the protruding yarn is folded and straightened.

• It is important that the workpiece is symmetrical on both sides. If irregularities are detected, the material is covered and pressed repeatedly.
• The work continues. The sample is moistened with water and soap, covered with a napkin and rubbed. It’s not too much for three at once, but when it starts to fall off, we work with all our might. We also wipe the sides. This will take twenty minutes.

• The product is folded with fingers, paying special attention to the curves. The wool should fit tightly to the pattern. As the work progresses, it will become clear with what force you need to felt the product.

• The workpiece is cut with scissors into two even elements.

• We press the edges. The pattern is not removed, the edge is rubbed with your fingers.

• The template is removed from finished crafts. The felt boot is placed on the fingers and the action continues. A good result is obtained by rubbing the boot against the film. When friction occurs, the material heats up and falls off better. Monitor the amount of soap solution. You can dip the craft directly into a bowl of liquid.

• We make sure that the pair made is identical and even. If any flaws are found, continue

• When finished, check by pinching off the craft with your fingers. The material should not fiber.
• Miniature homemade felt boots are washed in clean water.

After practicing on souvenir models, stocking up on patience and perseverance, you can begin to felt such ancient traditional shoes for your feet. This procedure is labor-intensive and troublesome, but the result exceeds all expectations - your feet will be warm and comfortable even in the most severe frost.

Felting principle

To make them at home, you need to do the following:

This activity is for patient and calm people, because it is a painstaking and long-term procedure. Felt boots will keep you warm in cold winter weather and your feet will always be protected from frost.

We often associate the word “felt felt boots” with something warm, funny and outdated. “Simple as a felt boot”, “Roll Vanka” - these sayings have forever entered the everyday life of the Russian people. But few people know that felting felt boots was considered one of the most profitable crafts in Rus', and felters were held in high esteem by every rank and class. Felt boots were considered a luxury, and only wealthy people could afford them. In peasant houses there was usually one couple for all family members.

Even despite all the modern technologies, warmer and more practical footwear than Russian felt boots have not yet been invented for the harsh winter. They are still worn in villages and shown in the collections of Russian and Western fashion designers.

Do you want to know how to make felt boots?

Our master class will help you! Since felting felt boots is a long and labor-intensive process, you should not immediately make them in full size. We will try to make mini felt boots that you can give to friends as a New Year's souvenir or hang them on the Christmas tree as an unusual toy.

By and large, all you need to create mini felt boots is wool, hands and water. But how to make felt boots neat and aesthetically attractive?

For this we will need some additional materials:

• wool for felting (skein)
• a small piece of building insulation (can be replaced with any flexible waterproof material)
• soap solution (you can add dishwashing detergent to the water)
• Also prepare the following tools:
• film or oilcloth for work
• napkin for felting (you can use a mosquito net)
• spray
• scissors

1. Cut out a template from a piece of building insulation - as in the picture. The insulation is convenient because it can then be easily removed from the finished felt boots.

2. Spread film or oilcloth on the table. Now everything is ready to go.

3. Take a skein of wool in your left hand, pinch the ends with your right hand, pressing the wool with your fingers to your palm, and pull it out. It is necessary to pull, and not tear off or tug, in order to get a translucent fluffy strand of wool. We will lay out the template with such strands.

4. We begin to lay the first layer, placing all the strands in one direction - across the template. Spread evenly, slightly going beyond the edges of the template.

5. Lay the second layer perpendicular to the first. If we placed the strands across, now we place them lengthwise. We make sure that there are no “holes” or gaps. The layers should not be too thin, but not too thick. You need to “feel” the wool.

6. Lay the third layer, placing the strips of wool at an angle of 45 degrees.

7. We make the fourth layer - we secure the previous third layer with very thin transparent hairs. Can be laid out in different directions.

8. We wet our workpiece with a soap solution. You need to wet it thoroughly so that the wool is well soaked. Cover the top with a napkin or mosquito net. Press on top several times with your hands. We do this carefully so that the wool does not move.

9. Remove the napkin, pick up the template along with the wool with your fingertips and turn it over.

10. Bend the wool that extends beyond the edges of the template. Smooth it out so that there are no wrinkles. Even if it was not possible to smooth out all the folds, do not be alarmed, they will smooth out during the felting process.

11. Now we lay out the same layers of wool on the other side. We try to fill empty spaces.

12. Wet it with soapy water and cover it with a napkin. Press on top several times with your palms.

13. Remove the napkin, turn the template over and bend the protruding strands of wool, as the first time.

14. A very important point: our workpiece must be symmetrical. If you notice any unevenness, place some wool there, cover with a napkin and press several times.

15. Now you can safely start felting. We wet the template with soapy water, cover it with a napkin and begin to rub. Scrub lightly at first, then when you feel the fur begin to fall off, work as hard as you can. Don't forget about the sides of the workpiece. Let it sit for about 15-20 minutes.

16. Remove the napkin and press it with your fingers, especially in the bends. The wool should fit tightly around the template. Gradually you will feel for yourself how hard it is necessary to felt the workpiece.

17. Take scissors and cut our workpiece into two equal parts.

18. Now you need to felt the edges. To do this, do not completely remove the template and rub the edges with your fingers.

19/. Delete the template. We put felt boots on our fingers and continue to feel. An excellent result can be achieved by rubbing the workpiece on oilcloth. Friction heats up the wool and makes it mat better. We constantly monitor the amount of soap solution. You can periodically dip your felt boots in a container of soapy water.

20. We make sure that the felt boots are the same and even. If one turns out to be larger in size, felt it separately, giving it the desired shape.

21. You can easily check whether the felt boots are ready or not by pinching them with your fingers: if a lot of hairs have separated, you need to felt them again.

22. Rinse our mini felt boots in clean water and leave to dry.

If you want to repeat this fascinating process, you can pile New Year’s gifts on all your friends, or try making life-size felt boots. Using exactly the same technology you can make mittens, slippers and many other wonderful souvenirs, items of clothing and shoes!

We express our gratitude to the Klubok studio for the master class.