Onesies for teacher

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H wanted to make a gift for his teacher who has left school early for the year to have a baby. She already has one baby that is over a year old. The idea that we came up with was to needle felt some designs on some onesies. His school' s mascot is the bee. So we made two onesies with a bee. The pink one will fit the older baby and the yellow one will fit the new baby. The flower was just an extra. This was a great project for him, because he could do the whole thing with very little assistance. One of the gifts that he got for Christmas was the Clover needle felting tool and mat to put underneath. I cannot say enough good things about these two products. The felting tool has a lock and a guard on it so you really would have to try to stick yourself with the felting needles. The mat has a solid base to it so that even if you are poking vigarously with the felting tool you can't poke your leg. I feel totally comfortable letting him, (7- years old), make needle felt projects without any supervision. So the flower onesie he made completely on his own. For the bees because they are a little more detailed, I helped with holding the wool in place and he tacked them done. Of course once they are done being tacked down, he could finish it up. I did do the wings for him because they are the most detailed and he didn't think that he could handle it. I just love how these turned out and I think he was tickled too that he could make something so cool all on his own!