For a child playing with natural wool fibres offers a beautiful sensory experience.
Make your own felting mat.
How do i make a rice bag to use as a needle felting base i have been using a blue foam pad since i started needle felting as featured in most of my tutorials which has been really great to use but i am finding that tiny bits of blue do come off of it now onto the piece i am working on and fibres tend to stick to it and the whole thing is looking a little fluffy holey and worse for wear.
A support tube keeps the puzzle mat from collapsing and damaging the puzzle.
A large piece of felt.
You could use the blanket maybe as a base adding wool roving felting in layers onto the blanket.
The ones i ve seen are about 3 4 thick solid felted wool.
Spread the sushi mat out on the towel and put a piece of bubble wrap bubbles up over the sushi mat.
There is no wood in a wool pressing mat.
To make a small piece of pre felt you will need.
I used a 2 ft length of pvc pipe i got at a home improvement store for about 4.
This tutorial will take you through the process of making your own wet felted play mat.
Spread an old towel onto your work surface then put a round stick sushi mat on it.
You could also use a cardboard tube from a tube of wrapping paper.
You could use your blanket as an ironing board cover like others have described.
How to make your own puzzle mat.
There is something special about a hand felted woollen play mat.
To make your own puzzle mat you re going to need two things.
From one of these lengths pull a fine tuft of wool and place it on the bubble wrap as shown in the photo.
You put the puzzle together on the large surface of the mat then the felt can be rolled up with the puzzle sandwiched within.
Merino wool fibres a round stick sushi mat small bubble bubble wrap net 2 rubber bands soapy water in a mister spray bottle a bar of soap and an old towel.
Some kind of tube.
A mat that is custom made for a certain puzzle size should be at least 4 inches.
I have no idea if my felted wool pressing mat performs like the ones i left abandoned in my cart.
I do know that creating this was fun and it felt kind of adventurous because i could find no diy made from scratch felted wool pressing mat tutorials on the world wide web.
The organic properties of wool soothe the delicate senses and nervous systems of children.
Step 1 measure and cut the piece of felt to the size you want.
Take a piece of merino wool top about 45cms long then split it down the middle lengthwise to make two easy to use lengths.