Felted Eggs and Bubble Fun

Yesterday we decided to try felting Easter eggs! Felting is something I've always wanted to try and just thought it would be too hard. I found wool roving about a week ago on sale at a local craft supply store. It was such a good price that I decided to give it a try! I'm so glad I did. The boys had a blast felting these eggs.

We used plastic eggs that we had left over from a few years ago for the core of our eggs. I let them choose the colors that they wanted and we wrapped the eggs in layer after layer of bright cheerful wooliness. The oving seemed really loose on the eggs at first, and honestly I wasn't sure how this was going to work. We ran really hot water in the kitchen sink and added lots of dish soap. Then we carefully dipped the wool covered eggs into the hot soapy water and started pressing the wool in towards the egg center. At first we did not scrub or try to move the roving around at all we just sort of compacted it.

Slowly it began pulling together and feeling more like felt and less like individual strands of wool. After it seemed to be holding together pretty well on it's own we began scrubbing it in our hands, really sudsing it up by repeatedly dipping it back into the hot soapy water. Soon we had lovely felted eggs! We rinsed all of the soapy water out and set them aside to dry.


After we were done making the eggs we had lots of sudsy water left over. So Logan showed the little boys how to blow huge bubbles with their hands. Lots of wet messy fun ensued!

Garden Clean-up

This afternoon while baby Claire was napping, the little boys and I decided to finally get some of our long put off yard work done. Poor Logan was going to help us but he has been feeling too sickly for the past two days to much more than sleep.

We chopped down the dead ornamental grasses pulled weeds and gathered broken tree limbs. Matthew and Ethan helped haul everything down to the garden spot so we could burn it there. In another week or two, our neighbour with the tractor is going to come till it up for us again (hopefully).

We waited until dark this evening to set the pile on fire. Fires look so much more impressive in the dark!

Enjoying the fruits of their labor!

Sand Pit Volcano

Today Matthew and Ethan were playing in the sand in our backyard. (We had an above ground swimming pool set up here over the summer). Matthew came inside to tell me that he had built a volcano and could I please give him the stuff to make it erupt! What Fun! Who doesn't love erupting volcanos in their very own backyard?!? So we pulled out the vinegar and baking soda and away they went. Even Logan decided to join in on the fun.

Ready to start!

Here goes!

It really works! "This is so cool, Mom!" Check out his exited little face! This is why I homeschool my kids! I love that they use their imaginations so freely, and are so excited to experiment with new things.

Checking out the post-eruption goo.