Grow a cute Christmas tree with your own hands from wool. It does not require watering, does not drop needles, but eternally cheers up.  

On this masterclass we will create an adorable Christmas tree in the wet felting technique. It can grow in to a Christmas tree decor, a brooch, a key chain, a table decoration or a fridge magnet. This Christmas tree is a wonderful small gift that evokes warm feelings. And handmade gifts are in trend now.

The workshop is quite simple, but it contains a lot of useful techniques to improve the general felting skills. It is suitable for beginners. You can work with any wool. 

At the workshop I will show you how to felt a Christmas tree in the wet felting technique from start to finish. We will work together live. The broadcast time is 2 hours.

What do we need? 

1. Mat for wet felting. I use ribbed kitchen cupboard mat from IKEA shop. It sold in rolls in kitchen section of IKEA. You can find something similar. 

2. Soap.

3. Water container.

4. Scissors with sharp tips.

5. Piece of mesh fabric (tulle, thin mosquito net or some fabric for tutu skirts), size A5 is enough. You can also use a piece of nylon stockings.

6. Needle felting tools: mat (dishwashing sponge is fine) and felting needle size 38, gauge star. Medium size needle will work too.

7. The material for the template is a piece of thick plastic bag or laminate underlay 2 mm thick. 

8. Wool: you can make a Christmas tree out of absolutely any wool - coarse carded wool will make a fluffier and denser version, you will have to shave it, and extra fine merino will make a smoother and softer one. Carded wool is easier to work with. I work with extra fine Australian merino in 18-20 micron ribbon (tops). The finished tree, measuring 7 cm in height and 7 cm in width at the widest point, took 7 g of extra fine Australian merino. The more wool you use, the larger the tree will be.

9. Optional. Glitter for sparkling surface decoration (unfortunately, not eco-friendly). Any glitter with larger particles (preferably 1-2 mm) will work, but dust is not suitable.

10. If you're going to humanise the Christmas tree, you'll need eyes for the toys. On my Christmas tree they are just embroidery. You can felt the eyes (you need wool of a suitable color), use beads, make eyes from oven baked polymer clay or buy ready-made eyes for toys, 4-5 mm in size. To attach plastic eyes you need super glue-gel.

11. Sewing needle and embroidery threads: cotton or woollen muline floss, ordinary sewing threads, wool threads. Any embroidery looks great on felted surface. I work with woolen floss, it seems to me, it harmonious most of all. I used green, black and yellow colors. Also the bow is made of pink thread.

12. Decor. I decorated the tree with sequins. You can take beads, buttons, felted beads, completely embroidered, use braid or lace.

13. Optional. If you want to turn the Christmas tree into a brooch, you will need a clasp and thread for sewing in matching colors. You can also make a useful fridge magnet out of a tree, then you need 1-2 strong magnets (a neodymium magnet), good size is 10x3 mm.

14. Razor, if you work with coarse wool.

15. An owl.

16. A chopstick. 

17. A measurement tape. 

18. Hand towel.

When will the workshop be held?

This is a recording of the workshop, which was held on December 13, 2024. 

Join the class, let’s felt together!

How to join the livestream or to watch the recording?


To join the livestream or to watch the recording you just need to do a simple registration on the website (you name, email and create your own password for setting your personal account).

As soon as you register, you have a personal account on my website, where all the livestreams take place and all your purchased and free learning materials are stored. A recording of this livestream and workshop will also be stored there.

In your personal account, select the hedgehog livestream picture, click on it, and it will take you to the livestream page. Have a good creative time!