DIY Gnome Christmas Tree Ornaments
These adorable Christmas gnome ornaments are simple to make in just 5 minutes! Perfect ornament craft for kids and adults alike!
Yield: 1 ornament
Cost: $8
Materials
- 1 pattern print the downloadable gnome hat pattern
- 1 marker black
- 1 pair scissors
- 1 piece felt
- 3 yards bulky yarn
- 1 piece of twine 12" long
- 1 hot glue gun with glue sticks
- ¾" wooden bead wooden doll head, flat on one side
- 1 button or flat bead about ½" in diameter
Instructions
- Download and print the gnome hat pattern. (See Red Button under Supplies section above, to download the pattern)
- Cut the pattern out, around the black lines.
- Use the marker to trace the pattern onto the felt.
- Cut the traced pattern out, cutting on the inside of the traced marker line.
- Grab the end of the yarn, and loosely wrap it around your hand 15 times. Cut the end off. Carefully remove it from your hand and set it down on the table, still wound up as it was on your hand.
- Cut a length of yarn about 5-6 inches.
- Cut a piece of twine about 10-12 inches, depending on how big you want your hanging loop to be.
- Lay the 5-6" piece of yarn out on a table, then set the wound up yarn right in the center of it. Put the two ends of the twine together, and rest that on the wound up yarn, one inch past the center. Now bring the ends of 5-6" inch piece of yarn up, then tie in a double knot. This will secure the wound up yarn.
- Now grab the ends of the twine, and wrap the loop of the twine around the ends, then pull through to form a knot. This will secure your hanger onto the project.
- Use the scissors to cut the loops off either end of the wrapped yarn to make a pom pom.
- Use the hot glue gun to apply glue to the upper right half of the hat pattern, starting the glue line slightly right of the center so that your twine loop can fit through in a step below.
- Fold the glued part of the felt up and over to the right, to form a cone shape, leaving a small hole at the top for the looped twine to go through.
- Now push the looped twine up through the felt cone.
- Use the glue gun to secure the cone hat to the front and back of the yarn pom pom.
- Apply glue to the flat side of the wood doll head, and glue to the center of the front of the gnome, where the hat meets the yard body.
- Apply glue to the back of the bead or button, and secure about ¾ of an inch up, where the felt lines meet.