Felting Series, Part 1: Needle-Felted Cupcakes!

*Each week in the month of May, I will be posting a new needle-felting tutorial. Projects will include needle-felted cupcakes, lambs, wet-felted jingle balls and beautiful fairies! I would love it if you'd follow me, or check back so you don't miss out on any of the fun!

I have a super sweet DIY project to share with you today!!! 

I'm really excited about this because I looooove needle-felting! 

If you know me in real life, you know I'm just a little "addicted".  LOL! But anyone that's ever tried it understands, I'm sure! It is an easy and satisfying craft....the supplies are inexpensive, the sky's the limit when it comes to all the things you can create and you can usually complete a small project in one evening ~ which is like instant gratification for me when compared to knitting, sewing or other projects that I usually fumble along with and often give up on because I just can't find the time. 

So...let's make 

Needle-Felted Cupcakes! 

Materials You'll Need:

All you need is some wool roving in the colors of your choice. {I love these soft pastel colors ~ I buy them here}, a needle-felting needle like this and a felting mat like this.

{You can purchase these materials online, on Amazon, and etsy, if you can't find them at your local craft store}

Here we go! Bear with me, this is my first time creating a tutorial. Let me know if its confusing!

1.  The first thing you'll want to do is make a needle-felted ball. Take a piece of wool roving in your cupcake color (I used cream for "vanilla"). The amount you use depends on how big you want your cupcake to be. Just remember, it definitely shrinks once you start felting it so use more than you think you'll need.

2.  Start rolling the wool, tucking it in on the sides and poking it with your needle every once in a while to help it stay together. The tighter you roll the wool, the less felting you'll need to do. Stab the ball over and over to make it nice and firm.

3.  Once you have a nice round ball....use your needle to create a line at about the halfway mark on the ball and shape one half of the ball into the base of the cupcake. Keep stabbing it until you have the desired shape and make it flat on the bottom so it can stand without tipping over.

4.  For the cupcake "wrapper" choose a color to add to the base of the cupcake and stab away!

5.  Time for frosting! At this point, its not rocket science...roll a long strip of wool and wrap it around and around the top of the cupcake, stabbing it here and there to keep it in place {but don't stab too much, you still want it to be soft and fluffy!}

6.  Once your cupcake frosting is all done, add any details you would like. I'm just adding a cherry on top here! Have FUN with it! These delicious looking cupcakes are Zero calorie, Zero guilt! ;)

These make adorable gifts, pin-cushions, sweet home decor or play food for your little ones! 

Enjoy!

Don't forget to check back for another felting tutorial next week! We'll be making cute and fuzzy lambs like this little guy...

Until then...