Felted Wool Ball Ornaments are one of my favorite Christmas tree decorations to make. Super easy (you need some wool, Styrofoam balls, soap and hot water!) and a fun activity to do with a toddler or older kid. After all, who doesn’t like playing in soapy water!

Ava and I had fun making these. Unfortunately I did not get any photos of us doing this project as soap was flying and Anders has just started crawling (read: tearing around the house)! But we had a blast! 🙂

Ingredients

• Styrofoam balls – they come in different sizes and can be found at craft stores like Jo-Ann’s Fabric
• Wool (find carded wool or roving online or your local yarn store)
• Decorative long pins (optional)
• Ribbon or yarn for tying around the balls
• Soap & Water (liquid soap for hand or dish washing works great)

Directions

• Wrap a bunch of loose wool around Styrofoam ball – it should be loose and fluffy
• Dip in hot soapy water and start ‘packing a snowball’
• Repeat this – making the ball very sudsy and keep ‘packing’ and rubbing it for 5-7 minutes
• The loose wool will shrink and turn into felt and ‘hug’ the surface of the Styrofoam ball
• Rinse in warm water and gently squeeze off excess water with a towel
• Decorate and let air dry