AllFreeChristmasCrafts.com

Menu

Free Offer
6 Adorable Homemade Christmas Crafts for Summer

Download this FREE eBook now and learn how you can incorporate Christmas ornament crafts, Christmas crafts for kids, Christmas sewing crafts and Christmas crochet crafts into your daily life. Happy Christmas crafting!

Bonus: Get our newsletter & special offers for free. We will not share or sell your email address. View our Privacy Policy

Felt Gnome Ornament

By: Amanda A from frostingandglue.com
Felt Gnome Ornament
Felt Gnome Ornament

"Tis the season to get crafty! Create lasting memories by crafting this Felt Gnome Ornament with your family this Christmas. I love seeing our Christmas Tree filled with homemade ornaments. It's like walking down memory lane! This Felt Gnome Ornament is perfect for a family craft night! It's so easy to make and always turns out so cute. Your family will have so much fun customizing their own gnomes. Add pompoms, a bell, or sequins to get extra creative. Have fun!"

Primary TechniqueMixed Media

Easy

Materials List

  • Felt fabrics
  • Cotton or scrap felt pieces
  • Wooden bead
  • Needle
  • Thread
  • Fabric glue
  • Pencil
  • Fabric scissors

Instructions

  1. Start by selecting the felt fabrics for the gnome ornament. For this tutorial, I picked out a white piece, a dark brown piece, a tan piece, and a red piece. Once you have selected your felt pieces, trace the template patterns onto them. The template includes a gnome base layout, hat, shirt, shoes, beard, and mustache.

  2. Let’s start by stitching the snowflake pattern on the hat cutout. Start by placing your knot on the underside of the center of the snowflake. From there, stitch the 6 arms off from the center.

  3. Join every 2 center arms by stitching an arrowhead pattern between them. This will form a 6 point star pattern

  4. Now, stitch the 6 outer arms of the snowflake to complete the pattern. Draw the needle to the backside of the hat, tie a knot or 2, and cut off extra thread.

  5. Place the mustache near the top-middle part of the beard cutout and then place the beard near the top-middle part of the shirt cutout. Stitch the top side of the mustache along with the beard and the shirt cut out and join them together.

  6. Place the shoe cutouts on the bottom side of the base layout by slightly overlapping them with the base.

  7. Place the body pattern (beard-mustache-shirt) on the bottom side of the base layout. Prepare the needle with a thread matching the felt of the shirt and stitch around the outer side of the shirt pattern.

  8. This is when you will connect the shoes to everything as well, so make sure to catch a bit of the shoe as you go around the shirt. Make sure to keep the top side of the body pattern open for now.

  9. Place the hat pattern on the top side of the base layout and this will cover the top side of the mustache and the beard slightly. Now, stitch around the outer side of the hat and join it with the base layout. Keep a small opening to stuff the felt gnome pattern.

  10. Use cotton or scrap felt to stuff the gnome pattern.

  11. After stuffing the felt gnome pattern, stitch to close the open end.

  12. Cut a small wooden bead into half and use fabric glue to attach the half-cut bead right below the middle of the hat, on top of the mustache. Use glue to close the bottom side of the hat or stitch it closed, whichever you prefer.

  13. Cut out a small piece of ribbon and form a loop with it. Attach the ribbon loop on the backside of the felt gnome with fabric glue to complete the ornament craft.

This project was submitted by one of our readers, just like you.

Click Here to Submit Your Project!

Free projects, giveaways, exclusive partner offers, and more straight to your inbox!

Your Recently Viewed Projects

I have not made this yet so I cannot rate it.

Include a Photo Include a Photo

Click the button above or drag and drop images onto the button. You can upload two images.

Cancel Reply to Comment

Thanks for your comment. Don't forget to share!

Close

Report Inappropriate Comment

Are you sure you would like to report this comment? It will be flagged for our moderators to take action.

Thank you for taking the time to improve the content on our site.

Project of the Day

Chinese Lantern Tree Ornament

Bring in a new Christmas tradition when you decorate your tree with the Chinese Lantern Tree Ornament. In the Chinese tradition,… Continue reading: "Chinese Lantern Tree Ornament"



Something worth saving?

Register now for FREE to:

  • SAVE all your favorite projects
  • ADD personal notes
  • QUICKLY reference your projects

 

Connect With Us

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Twitter
Email RSS

About Us Advertise Contact Us FAQ Keyword Index Do Not Sell My Personal Information Privacy Policy Subscribe Terms of Service Unsubscribe Share Your Project

---- 1 ----