With cold winter days comes the need for a little extra warmth, and hand warmers are a simple way to keep fingers comfortable while crafting. In this project, you’ll needle felt decorative hearts to accessorise your hand warmers, adding a handmade touch while keeping your hands toasty as you stitch, felt and make throughout the day.
SUPPLIES
-Cut off about an inch of the foam pad. This will help it fit into the hand warmer easier
-Cut a square piece of corrugated cardboard
-Fold a piece of paper in half and cut out a small heart, trace it to the centre of the cardboard
-With a craft knife carefully cut out the heart on the cardboard
-This is your felting template
- Put the foam pad inside the hand warmer. Make sure the thumb hole is on the right for the first one, then on the left for the other hand warmer
- Place the cardboard template as shown and pin in place
- Take a small piece of wool felt (your colour choice)
- Start felting within the heart shape
Step 4
- Continue felting and shaping the heart within the template
Step 5
- Remove the template
Step 6
- Remove the form pad
- Turn hand warmer inside out
- Carefully trim the wool fibres until flush with the hand warmer
- Repeat to other hand warmer
- Turn hand warmer right side out
- Now slip onto your hand and get warm and cosy
Happy Crafting,
Ana
PS- These make a great Valentine Gift! ❤️
