Make your own Harvey Beaks Ornament!
Here’s a step-by-step guide to making your own felted Harvey Beaks ornament by our awesome PA, Allison Sribnick!
Materials Needed:
Scissors
Felting Needle
Sponge (Not a soft one)
White Felt for Base and...

Make your own Harvey Beaks Ornament! 

Here’s a step-by-step guide to making your own felted Harvey Beaks ornament by our awesome PA, Allison Sribnick

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Materials Needed:

Scissors

Felting Needle

Sponge (Not a soft one)


White Felt for Base and Highlights

Blue Felt for Harvey’s Head

Black Felt for Eyes & Eyebrows

Orange Felt for Beak

Red Felt for Mouth

Pink Felt for Tongue

Steps for Harvey’s Head

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1. Unravel the ball of white felt until it is completely flat. Next you want to roll it towards you loosely. Do your best to make sure not to press down on the felt. You want it to maintain its round shape.

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2.  Place your felt on the sponge, so as not to mess up your working surface. You will notice the felt does not want to keep its shape when you release it. This is where the concept of needle felting comes into play. Take the needle and start poking at all the loose fibers. While you are pocking, make sure to rotate the ball so it continues to maintain its shape.

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3. When you are done, the felt should start to feel thick and firm and look like a compact egg.

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4. Take the blue felt and start close to the end of the egg. You are going to wrap it slowly around the egg until it is completely covered. It’s OK if the ends are still white. You can go back and take smaller pieces of the blue felt and cover them.

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5.  Pull off two small pieces of blue felt and set them aside. These are going to be Harvey’s hair tufts. You want to roll them towards you and felt them until they look like the picture above. One should be longer than the other.

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6. Take the loose ends of the hair tufts and place them on Harvey’s head. You want to felt those on top using the needle, and then use a piece of blue felt to cover up the attachment area.

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7. Roll two balls of white felt for his eyes and place one on each side of your head. Carefully felt them in place and use the needle to shape them until they are round.

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8.  Do the same step you did for the eyes with the black felt for his pupils.

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9. Next, take the black felt and roll it back and forth in your hand until it makes a long thin snake. Cut off two pieces, that are about the same shape for Harvey’s eyes brows, and using the needle felt those above his eyes.

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10.  Pinch off a small piece of orange felt and mold it into the shape of Harvey’s beak and felt them between his eyes. Make sure to shape it with the needle, like you did with his eyes.

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11. Follow the same step you did for the beak by using the red felt for the inside of Harvey’s mouth. Once the red is felted make a small pink ball and felt that for his tongue. 

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12. The final felting step is making four small white balls for the highlights on Harvey’s eyes.

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With needle felting you can make the many different faces of Harvey Beaks. Good luck and happy felting!