DIY felt ornaments

I saw {this post} from Somewhat Simple the other day and I knew that I wanted to make something similar with Natty's help!

 

She helped me pick out sheets of felt.  I drew circles of different sizes - the largest is 2.5" in diameter, the middle is 2" and the smallest is 1.5".  She and I used the spare buttons that come with her Matilda Jane clothing and then we found some extra lace trim that I had laying around.

We cut out the circles, layered them with hot glue and glued the button on the top and trim on the underneath. 

I think they're adorable!!

I'm working on some other handmade holiday items that I'll share soon!

mod podge ornaments

My sister came over this weekend and we mod podged some ornaments!!

We used the same method as the {mod podge pumpkin}.  

Start with clear glass {or plastic} ornaments and fabric scraps.

Cut the fabric into 1x1" pieces and start sticking 'em on your ornament!

We used wooden dowel rods to help hold the ornament while we mod podged.

 We put the rods in a cup to hold the ornaments while they dried.

 We put the top back on and added a hook....

 We cut some scraps with regular scissors and some with zigzag scissors.  The zigzag pieces frayed much less than the others and it looked pretty cute on the ornament too!

Mod Podge Ornaments

I was at Hobby Lobby last week and they had all their Christmas things half off! I grabbed these 4" clear glass ornaments, not sure what I was going to do with them, but figured at half off I could figure something out!! I attempted {this} and got frustrated when it wasn't working right!! My second attempt was Mod Podge-ing fabric squares onto the ornaments. Super easy and super cute! I hung them up on some pine branches to dry...the Bears one {above} is still a little wet, but the Mod Podge dries clear and acrylic-like.

Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornament

Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments

My kiddos made these tonight and they are super cute and super easy!!

For one ornament, you'll need three craft sticks. I used the jumbo ones that are already colored. One doesn't get cut at all, one gets cut by 2" and then you'll have a remaining 4" piece. The last stick gets cut to 6".

I glued the tree together before I let the kiddos have at it..2" piece on top, 4" piece next and 6" piece last. I put glue (elmer's glue all) in a container and gave them q-tips to use to put glue on the buttons to then glue to the tree.

N is only 2.5 years old and did so great! B took his time a little more but they both came out super!!

I added some ribbon to the back to make a hanger with hot glue and off to the tree we went to hang them up!!

*Older kiddos could use plain colored sticks and paint them themselves.