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The Bear(s) Went Over the Mountain

This family of polar bears has come all the way from the icy arctic to tell you about Polar Bears International; an organization dedicated to the conservation of polar bears through research, education and stewardship. At PBI, you can learn about how to keep the earth a healthy place for polar bears and other arctic animals.

Sharing stories and art about polar bears can bring awareness to people of these amazing animals and encourage respect and care for them. Jan Brett has written and illustrated a beautiful children's picture book called "The Three Snow Bears" where polar bears are the main characters and Goldilocks is an Inuit girl named Allo-ki. Jan's website is a treasure trove of art and craft activities based on the over 37 books she has written and illustrated.  Learn about Jan's adventures with polar bears and how to draw a baby polar bear here.

Photo of the Year

Smiling girls, proudly sharing their needle felted creations pretty much sums up evertything I could ever hope for Woolpets. With a few directions, some tools and imagination, you can make something magical.

I began designing needle felting kits five years ago with this as my goal - to bring joy to those who like making things.  This is the best gift of all. To make something yourself for the pure joy of it is a wonderful thing. Satisfaction that money cannot buy. 

Thanks so very much to the Sivret sisters and Evans sisters for sharing their adorable creations.

 

Here Comes Ski Bunny...

...and a kitty cat too.

These snow shreddin' woolies are here to tell you how to make a pair of skis for your Woolpets. You need a pair of craft sticks, some toothpicks, paint and felt. Paint the craft sticks and toothpicks if you'd like, or just leave them plain. Make bindings using tiny strips of felt glued on the craft stick. Glue strips of felt to the ski poles for straps.

The ski bunny can be made using the Woolpets Spring Bunnies Needle Felting Kit.  There's even blue dyed wool roving so you can make a blue bunny, too.

We also have a Ski Sheep Needle Felting Kit that contains everything you need to make a ski sheep, inlcuding the skis and poles.

Grab yourself some hot chocolate, get in a cosy chair near the fire and have fun needling and playing with your Woolpets!

 

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

Seattle's BEST independent weekly newspaper has a suprise inside.....

...Woolpets! Craft, not crap! That's one heck of a compliment! Thanks so much to our dear friends at Clover for mentioning our kits. Read the whole article from The Stranger here.

Woolpets was also recently mentioned on a local public radio program, "Weekday". About a week or two ago, Woolpets kits were included in The Annual Toy Show! The 2011 Edition. Thanks so much to Teaching Toys and Books for mentioning us.

Our local toy retailers ROCK! Thanks guys!

 

Snow Folks

Snow rocks! Can I touch your mohawk? 

So happy that it is cold enough for snow and snowfolk!

Don't forget to get a Woolpets Snowmen Needle Felting Kit. You can needle felt a couple of snowmen on Thanksgiving while the relatives sit around and eat turkey. Each kit has enough wool in it to make at least two snowmen.  Have fun and be creative with your snowmen! You could even make a snowpet. Best of all, these snowfolk will last forever, even when it gets warm outside.

Happy Turkey Day! Gobble, gobble....

Penguin Land

Penguin heard some noise outside of his igloo home. 

Here comes a whole gang of penguins, ready for a snowball toss or perhaps....

they are going to make a snowman?

Want to make your own family of penguins? Well, we make sure that our needle felting kits are stuffed with lots of extra wool roving. All FIVE of these penguins were made using wool (a half-ounce of grey and some black and white) from ONE Woolpets Penguin Needle Felting kit. That's five penguins for the price of one. Who can beat that?

Find your local Woolpets retailer here at our website.

A Poem for Autumn

Whiskey Frisky

Hippity-hop

Up he goes

To the treetop!

Whirly, twirly,

Round and round,

Down he scampers

To the ground.

Furly, curly,

What a Tail!

Tall as a feather,

Broad as a sail!

Where's his supper?

In the shell,

Snap, cracky,

 Out it fell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Mice

This charming couple, made using the Woolpets Mice Needle Felting Kit, would like to share an idea with you. Ordinarily, they prefer hanging out in their everyday clothing- a blue shawl for Mistress Mouse and a black top-hat and tie for the respectable Mr. Mouse. But if you like to celebrate the holidays, the mice can easily be transformed into....

....Santa Mice! Ho ho ho and a block of cheese, please.

Wouldn't someone love to receive a pair of Santa Mice, needle felted by the one and only you? 

Nightcap for Sleepy Sheep

Sweet dreams!

A Sleepy Sheep....

....is the easiest kind to care for. And, if you are interested in learning how to make your own woolly sleepy sheep, all you need is a  Woolpets Sleepy Sheep needle felting kit.

This kit contains everything you need to make at least two sheep; wool, felting needles and step-by-step photo instructions which are very easy to follow. 

If you are going to be traveling over the holidays, it could be great to have a project to do while waiting at the airport or riding on the train. And, you could give the finished sheep to the person(s) whom you're visiting. If you are going to visit someone crafty, bring an extra bag of wool along and make sleepy sheep together. A whole flock, sleeping peacefully. 

This is one of the easiest Woolpets needle felting kits to start with. Once you've mastered the sleepy, you can move on to the standing sheep, which is only a bit more difficult because you have to make legs and attach them to the body. 

You can find a list of retailers who carry Woolpets Needle Felting Kits on the website's shop page.

Happy Felting!