I love the felted rainbow colored acorns from the Magic Onions and her Etsy Shop.
Sadly, I seem to be the only crafter in America who can't figure out how to do
successful wet-felting. I've tried and failed miserably.
I was in the back yard last week, surrounded by millions of acorn caps
and wondered if you could add a pom-pom to get the "fuzzy acorn effect".
So, yesterday I sat down in the studio with a craft glue bottle in hand
and started gluing pom-poms into acorn caps.
(bet you could use a glue gun too - but this was more kid friendly)
(bet you could use a glue gun too - but this was more kid friendly)
I even tried trimming a few with scissors to get a more pointy "acorn effect"
I like the round ones. (the little gray ones remind me of pussy willows)
Then I decided they needed some colorful leaves to keep them company
and started cutting leaf shapes out of my felt scrap basket stash.
Ta-da...so happy!
I think these will find a home in our fairy land after the thanksgiving holidays!
21 comments:
These are so cute and cheerful! I need to find some acorns...
Those acorns are adorable!
Fantastic idea!! I love how they turned out!
these are great. ML! we made the wet felted ones last year at our parent-child waldorf school class, and it was super fun, but my hands were red and irritated after doing it, actually, so this way seems more painless. i hotglued little golden threads to the tops of ours and hung them on our christmas tree last year... such a natural, sweet touch to the tree! this year i might make them into a cute seasonal garland, but instead i'll try your pom-pom method because i don't know that my palms can take the felting again. ;)
I love the pompoms in the acorn caps!!! They look great! I will have to try it. I, sadly, am not really much of a wet felter either!
Beautiful display!
Oh I wish I had acorn tops around here! Those turned out too cute and would be a nice addition to a sensory box.
These are so cute. I can't wait to go acorn cap hunting.
This is such a bright and pretty complement to the usual autumnal colors of Thanksgiving!
What a good idea - those are so CUTE! If only there were acorns in Montana... acorns come from oak trees, right?
That looks adorable!
Cute, cute, cute!! Love the acorns! If only I could find some in the yard... :)
I'm going on the search for acorns this morning. YOU come up with the most INCREDIBLE ideas!
That is such a great idea! Wish I would have seen these a few days ago. I just did a post about acorns and am going to link this post to it at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com
How absolutely cute is that! Love it and love the colorfulness of it.
Awesome!
Dena
sweetpicklesandchocolate
If all my acorn caps laying in the yard weren't covered in snow right now, I would definitely go get some so I could make these. They are VERY cute. thanks for sharing such a great idea! I'm definitely bookmarking this one.
What a great project ... I think we'll be going on an acorn hunt - in the rain - this afternoon :)
What a cute project, I love the fun colors you used!
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So dang cute!
I have to bookmark this for next year. My daughter would love to make these.
How fun would it be to make the acorns in fall colors and then string them to make a garland!
I am going to post a link to your cute acorn pom poms on my blog tomorrow!
These are gorgeous. The rainbow idea is wonderful. Thank you for stopping by and sharing your space. I am your newest follower. Best!
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