How To: Needle Felted Fruit – Strawberry

Last week I showed you how to make a Needle Felted Kiwi fruit for fun pretend food play. This week you can add to your felt fruit collection with this cute little strawberry. Make one or a whole punnet of felted strawberries in assorted hues.

These little Strawberries are very easy to make and a good place to start if you are new to needle felting. They are very decorative and would look very sweet as a Christmas ornament too, just add a hanging loop from the top.

If you aren’t familiar with the technique of needle felting check out this post – Needle Felting Basics

You will need:

• Wool Roving – red & green (also called wool fiber)
• Felting needles
• Foam Pad

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 How to Needle Felt a Strawberry:

1. To make the basic shape, take a small ball of red roving and start needling to form a small conical shape. Add layers of roving and keep needling until you are happy with your shape.

2. To make the leafy stalk, take a small amount of green roving and needle it in the center to hold its form. Pull out and twist the loose fiber on the edges into 5 points. Finish by needling each point into a leaf shape.

3. Join the 2 parts, start by deep needling the leaves in the center to the base, then work the needle around the edges of the leaves.

4. Finally to tidy up any stray fibers, give the strawberry a ‘surface needle’ (rub the needle across the surface).

You’re done!

If you enjoyed this project you may also want to make a Needle Felted Kiwi Fruit or a Needle Felted Pear.

Enjoy!

You may also like:

• Needle felted brooch
• Needle felted Rattle Ball
• Felt Craft Pop Cactus
• Wet Felting Projects to try