The Making of a T-Rex Dinosaur by Needle Felting

​Step one: Come up with a plan and possible design. Get a model, make some really bad sketches, and take measurements to keep proportions

Step two:  I had figure out to make him stand up!  I didn't have anything else on hand and I wanted to get started. I used  22 gauge wire that we use for our electric fencing. ​

Step three: I wrapped core roving around the aperture . 

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​​I want my Mummy!  In step four, a felting needle was used to anchor in the edges in preparation for the covering.

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He needed to look somewhat like a realistic dinosaur, so I blended natural dark roving with some hand dyed green roving on my Brother drum carder. I wanted to have plenty so I didn't run out. He has been slimed. End of step five.

​Step six: More blending was done to get the underbelly coloring. Natural gray roving was mixed with hand dyed yellow roving.

Step seven: ​Hand carders were used to get the red color blend that was used for the inside of the mouth.

 Step eight: He needs upper AND lower teeth! Points will be shaped on each individual tooth.

Step nine: ​Choppers!

Step ten: ​Yes, that is a cherry pit. I was sizing for the eyes and getting ready to needle in the lower dentures.

​Trying to escape. He heard there was chocolate upstairs.

Eyes, nose, toes, and claws were needled in to give him more character in step eleven.

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Posing for a finished shot. He stands about 13 inches tall and is 23 inches long from nose to tail tip. He took about 24 hours to complete.

​The big T-Rex was the 3-D model. The felted T-Rex is roughly 1/2 the size and will be a "desk buddy" for my son at work. Of course artistic license was taken ....

ROAR!