Seed pod babies (little kids' craft idea)

In the midst of trying to clean up my various work places around the house this week (the 1800s era old oak square table in the corner of the living/creating place downstairs, the little sewing machine table upstairs, with lots and lots of supplies stashed underneath, and our craft pantry, which is essentially the bottom steps of an old nanny/servant staircase that we closed off, leading off the kitchen)... I found a few things that just seemed to go so well together.

Some  very little wooden peg dolls we were going to do something with a long time ago. Some tiny little, sweet acorn caps I deemed too small to make into felted acorns. And some lovely milkweed pods I had used to make these rainbow felted decorations for the shop.

And with little babies on the brain around here (and one very extremely anxious  big sister), we decided to make some little seed pod babies.

First my daughter chose some wool, some seed pods, and picked through the acorn caps to find ones that fit on the peg dolls.

Then we hot glued their hats to their heads, tipping them a bit so their "faces" could peek out.

Then she used the wool roving, and carefully (and tightly) wrapped the wool around the dolls' bodies. Next she used bits of carded wool to make little beds inside the seed pods.

Finally, we hot glued the carded wool to the pod, and the peg dolls to the wool.

And we had a big family.

Some of the other wooden peg dolls were quickly put into action to be the parents, siblings and even ancestors of the little babies. Because it really does take a whole village.

Have a wonderful weekend! See you back here on Monday.