We started out by wrapping a paint pot in cling-wrap.  Then, using a ‘sponge’ style paint brush, we smothered the cling-wrap in ‘cell-mix’ (wall-paper paste).  It pays to get the children to hold the paint pot over the tub of of glue as they do this as it can be a messy business!

The children then wrapped layers of wool around the pots as freely as they liked.  Then we did another coating of the cell-mix over the top of the wool.  Now they are very ‘gluey’ at this point, and can take several days to dry.  When our little critters were dry, we removed the paint pots and cling-wrap, and then glued some joggle eyes on with PVA glue.

At the time, our children were right into discovering all about ‘space’, so our critters became ‘Woolly Aliens’!