Needle Felting

5th grade students tried out needle felting. Students used real fibers from Alpacas and special needle felting needles to create original artworks. Alpaca fur is different from most hair or fur because it is barbed all along the hair shaft. The needle that students used is also barbed. When you push the needle through the alpaca fur with the needle, it tangles it all together which makes it possible to combine two pieces of different colored Alpaca fibers.