Add some enjoyable to your Christmas tree with these cute DIY Santa gnome ornaments! They’re straightforward to make with just some supplies wanted.
Christmas Seasonal Simplicity Collection
Welcome again to the second week of the Christmas Seasonal Simplicity Collection! Every week my running a blog mates and I shall be sharing quite a lot of Christmas initiatives to encourage you for the season. From dwelling decor and crafts to seasonal recipes and present concepts – there’s one thing for everybody! Final week we confirmed you some enjoyable Christmas crafts and DIY initiatives {you possibly can see my gingerbread man garland HERE} and this week is all about DIY Christmas ornaments.
DIY Santa Gnome Ornaments
I at all times attempt to make at the least one DIY Christmas tree decoration every year. Not solely are they enjoyable to make, however I additionally love wanting again on the previous ornaments that I created every year – particularly those that I made with the children. It’s superb what number of recollections may be tied up in a craft venture!
I wasn’t fairly positive what to name this venture – I used to be torn between it wanting like Santa Claus and wanting extra like a Santa gnome. I ended up going with Santa Gnome nevertheless it might completely simply be Santa Claus too. Both means, I believe it turned out fairly cute and it’ll add a pleasant pop of purple to our Christmas tree.
Santa Gnome Decoration Tutorial
Add slightly enjoyable to your Christmas tree or different Christmas decor with these enjoyable Santa gnome ornaments! They’re straightforward to make and look so cute hanging from the tree.
Supplies
- white yarn {I actually favored this multi-tone yarn that I picked up from Michaels}
- purple felt
- hat sample {obtain HERE}
- wooden bead for nostril {or pom pom}
- fake fur ribbon {I received mine at Michaels} or different fake fur
- sizzling glue gum or different craft/cloth glue
Directions
Beard
- Reduce a chunk of cardboard 5 inches excessive {I used an outdated cereal field} to make use of to make Santa’s beard. Reduce a slit within the backside nook to safe your wool.
- Safe the tip of the yarn within the slit and wrap the yarn across the cardboard roughly 25 occasions.
- Reduce the tip and slide it off the cardboard. Tie some extra yarn across the prime of loop, leaving a tail of 15-16 inches at one finish. You’ll be utilizing this because the loop for the decoration.
- Reduce the loops within the backside of the beard.
Pom Pom for the Hat
- To make the pom pom for the hat, wrap yarn roughly 20 occasions round three fingers.
- Fastidiously pull the loop off your fingers and tie a chunk of yarn across the center of the loops. Reduce the loops on both finish and trim as wanted to kind a pom pom.
Santa Meeting
- Obtain the Santa hat sample HERE and minimize it out. Hint it over the felt and minimize out. It is possible for you to to make 2 hats for every eight half of x 11 felt sheet.
- Place the beard on the Santa hat so the highest of the beard is across the stage of the place the curves begin on the hat design and the tail goes as much as previous the highest of the hat. Glue the yarn down from the highest of the beard to the highest of the hat. Fold the yarn again over itself to kind a loop to hold the decoration. Glue down the second piece of the yarn to the within of the hat alongside the identical line as the primary piece.
- Glue the hat collectively. Begin by simply folding over the tip of the hat, safe with glue, and then glue alongside the remainder of the hat.
- Sizzling glue the pom pom to the highest of the hat. Be sure you hold the hanging loop free when gluing.
- Fold the fur ribbon in half and sizzling glue collectively. Glue the ribbon to the underside of the felt hat overhanging the ribbon slightly bit over the felt. Make sure the seam is behind the hat.
- Use the new glue so as to add the wooden bead.
And also you’re all carried out! In the event you’re making a number of Santas, making them meeting-line model will make it a lot faster to make. I made about four in an hour.
Current Topper
I believe these Santa ornaments would additionally make a cute current topper too. It clothes up the current properly and provides a personal touch to any present. Your recipient can have one present straight away to hold on their tree and a second present to place below the tree for Christmas. What may be higher than that? 😉
I hope you get an opportunity to offer these Santa gnome ornaments a attempt! I’d love to listen to in case you make them!
Extra DIY Christmas Decoration Concepts
For extra Christmas decoration concepts, take a look at these cute concepts from my running a blog mates. Simply click on on the hyperlinks under the images to view the tutorials.
DIY Mini Cloche Greenback Retailer Christmas Ornaments at The Comfortable Housie
DIY Concrete Ornaments at Taryn Whiteaker
Clay Bell Ornaments at Zevy Pleasure
DIY Printable Nutcracker Ornaments at Sincerely, Marie Designs
DIY Boho Wooden and Tassel Vacation Ornaments at Tatertots and Jello
How To Make DIY Paper Christmas Star Decorations at Life is a Celebration
Cinnamon Stick Sleigh Ornaments at A Fairly Life
Simple DIY Picket Christmas Ornaments at She Gave it a Go
DIY Santa Gnome Ornaments at Clean & Scentsible
Sweet Cane Ornaments at Love Create Have fun
MOD Podge Paper Ornaments at Place of My Style
DIY Reindeer Decoration
Popsicle Stick Ski Ornaments
DIY Printable Christmas Ornaments
