Needle Felting An Emperor Penguin | Making Felted Realistic Animals

I often see Emperor Penguin chicks. But ever since I watched the "Face to Face with Emperor Penguins" (    • Face to Face with Emperor Penguins in Anta...   ) video from Chris Long of WildKiwiAdventurer, I am completely charmed by the adults. His video inspired me to make my own Emperor. Here's how I made it!

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Supplies Used To Create The Penguin

I have included Amazon affiliate links for some of the items below. This means I may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you) if you click through and make a purchase. Thank you in advance if you decide to support my work using these links. Doing so helps me continue to create content for you!

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🐾 Orange Carded Merino https://www.etsy.com/shop/BigSkyFiber...
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🐾 Black ("Dark") DHG Merino Prefelt https://www.sarafinafiberart.com/coll...
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Reference Photos In The Video

The photos of Emperor Penguins on Snow Hill Island I used in my video are by Denis and Chris Luyten-De Hauwere. The photos are public domain and free to use. Nevertheless, I still want to credit them for their amazing work.

Emperor Penguins and Chicks https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Closeup of Emperor Penguin Feet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Three Emperor Penguins Walking https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

For filming and editing I use

🐾 Camera: Logitech 4K Pro Webcam https://amzn.to/3IXjqBE
🐾 Microphone: Blue Yeti USB Microphone https://amzn.to/3IWZGy5
🐾 Phone: Google Pixel 5
🐾 Recording: OBS Studio https://obsproject.com/
🐾 Editing video: HitFilm Express https://fxhome.com/product/hitfilm-ex...
🐾 Editing photos: Affinity Photo https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/

Other places you can find me

My website: https://theneedlefelter.com/