I loved this book when I was little and had no idea there was a sequel until I bought the original earlier this summer as a gift for one of my son’s friends. For those who haven’t read it, it’s a tale of a town where all the food falls from the sky. (It’s also been turned into a movie recently but the plot appears to be quite different). I decided (the night before the party of course) to make some felt food to go with it, hence the odd assortment pictured above.
The meatball and ravioli are needle-felted. The ziti is wet-felted, made by wrapping wool roving around a pencil. The donut, sauce and pickle are made out of acrylic craft felt, though the frosting on the donut is needle-felted wool.
I’ve made a ton of felt food in the last year or so, mostly as gifts for my son, his friends and young relatives. I bought some fantastic fruit patterns from Bugga Bugs, and for other items I’ve just made things up as I went along. I even made one of my favorite desserts – a chocolate éclair – which became proof that even if you don’t let your 4-year-old son watch television, he still will turn everything into a weapon. “Really?” I asked him. “You’re going to shoot me with a chocolate éclair?”
Check out the article I wrote for AP about felt food in my tutorial page above, along with a how-to on making felt sushi.
wow…that is SUCH a great gift! I LOVED that book when I was younger. It always made me hungry…..
We just checked out those books from the library and the kids LOVE them. Love all the felt food you made. Looks so yummy!
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