How to make Christmas decorations with felt

When Christmas arrives, most houses change their appearance and are filled with Christmas decorations. The Christmas tree is one of the stars when decorating our home and is that we can place all kinds of ornaments. Likewise, we can create them ourselves with the shapes and colors that we like the most. One of the easiest ways to make them is with felt, a material that is very easy to manipulate and that will allow us to be very creative. If you also want to create beautiful Christmas decorations, do not miss this article about how to make Christmas decorations with felt.

You will need to:

Felt
Scissors
Paper
Pencil
Cotton, wadding or other stuffing
Cola or needle and son
Tape or string

Steps to follow:

one

To make Christmas decorations with felt the first thing we have to do is draw on a piece of paper the pattern of the ornament: if you want it to have a tree, star, bell, etc. shape. It is important that you create the same silhouette but in two sizes to make it on two-color felt; thus the effect will be much more visual and colorful.

two

If you are not a very handy person, you can choose to search online already made templates of different Christmas figures, well, you just have to draw following the guidelines of these drawings. We offer you this image that you can print and use perfectly to make Christmas tree ornaments .

3

Once you know what shape you are going to make, the next thing is to cut out the template and then you will have to draw the slightly larger silhouette on the felt of a color. In this way, we will create depth to our Christmas decorations.

4

Next, you will have to put the template back on the felt and draw another tree exactly the same as, as you will intuit, the ornament has to be visible on both sides. In this way you will be able to hang it anywhere in the tree and that can be seen from all perspectives.

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The next step is to repeat the operation that we just explained but using a small template ; that is, draw a smaller tree on a piece of felt and then draw another one of the same size on the felt of the same color. This way we will have a tree of one color of a bigger size and another one smaller and of a different tone; This will go perfectly to create the contrast and get a very original Christmas ornament .

6

Cut out the felt by the lines you have marked, you must have a total of 4 felt Christmas trees . Glue each small tree with glue on one of the largest trees, that is, intercalating the colors to achieve a more visual and striking effect.

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Next, you must glue or sew the felt Christmas trees together but above all, remember to leave the upper end free to introduce the filling. Once it is dry, fill the Christmas felt ornament with cotton, wadding or some other spongy material.

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To be able to hang it on the tree it is essential that you place a piece of string or a ribbon on top of the ornament. Glue the part you had left open and you'll have your felt adornment ready for Christmas !

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If you want a more original result, you can personalize the decoration with objects such as buttons, glitter, letters, etc. Another good idea is to post photos of the family members and, thus, you will get an adornment totally adapted to you. Will be great!

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