{"id":2636,"date":"2010-03-12T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T20:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2010-03-12T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T20:25:48","slug":"woolen-pompom-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"Woolen Pompom Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The kids playing while the mamas are crafting. (Remember, one mama is always watching the kidlets.)<\/p><\/div>\n

I’d like to post all the crafts we did for our cycle 4 of the Waldorf in the Woods playgroup, but this particular craft deserves a post of its own.<\/p>\n

With Devana<\/a>‘s directions (she’s our friend who happens to be a Waldorf teacher), we made adorable chicks for our Easter\/Spring baskets.<\/p>\n

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We used less than an ounce of well-carded chick-colored wool roving and TWO cardboard circles with the centers cut out. Yarn will work too. You'll also need a piece of string.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wrap the wool roving (or yarn) tightly around BOTH circles until you can't squeeze through the center anymore for maximum fluffiness.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Using a sharp pair of scissors, cut the wool roving BETWEEN the two circles.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tie the piece of string around the whole thing between the two cardboard circles. TIE TIGHTLY. DOUBLE TIE. Trim ends.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Slip off the cardboard circles. If you don't need to use them again, you can cut them off carefully.<\/p><\/div>\n

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You'll have a shaggy, soft pompom. Trim into a proper chick shape with sharp scissors.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finished chick has a tiny felt beak and bead eyes glued on. We wet-felted an egg (around a wooden egg) as our project the following week. These will be great in our candy-free baskets!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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