Homemade Ornaments
Last year my daughter Clara and I decided it would be fun to make up some Christmas ornaments using Designer Templates. We started out with the idea of making them out of fabric and some cotton batting. They were fairly simple to make and turned out cute.
Supplies Needed for your Stuffed Ornaments
- Tiny Accents
- Tiny Holiday
- Tiny Traditions
- Fabric
- Cotton Batting
- Hot Glue Gun
- Scissors
- Pencil or Fabric Marker
How To Create Stuffed Ornaments
Step 1
Select the fabric and Designer Template you want to use.
Step 2
Lay your chosen Template onto the fabric, leaving room next to it for another of the same shape. Then, trace around it with a pencil or marker.
Step 3
Once you have traced the shape once, simply fold the fabric over, and then cut out the shape. This will give you 2 of the same shape to use for your ornament. (I used pinking sheers.)
Step 4
Make sure the 2 pieces of fabric are straight on top of each other with the patterns you want showing facing outward on both sides.
Step 5
Using a hot glue gun, glue the edges of the two pieces of fabric together, but only half way! This creates a pocket for your cotton.
Step 6
Stuff the pocket you created with cotton. Put as much cotton to create the dimension you want while still making sure that you can close the bottom edge.
Step 7
Glue the remaining edges except for a small section, and finish filling it with cotton.
Step 8
Glue the remaining section together to seal up the ornament. NOTE: If you plan ahead and add a ribbon to the last section that you glue together, you can tuck the ends of your ribbon inside of your ornament. If not, you can glue a ribbon to the outside of the ornament or use a metal hanger.
Step 9
Decorate the front with cute paper, buttons, and other fabric embellishments.
Step 10
Display your ornaments!
Do you have these Designer Templates yet?
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This year, we wanted to make more ornaments, but this time, we decided to make them a bit differently so that we could make more of them in a shorter amount of time. We simply used fabric and chipboard to create a few more for our tree. These ones were super easy to make, and they turned out darling.
Supplies Needed for your Chipboard Ornaments
- Tiny Accents
- Tiny Holiday
- Tiny Traditions
- Fabric
- Chipboard
- Spray Adhesive
- Scissors
- Pencil or Fabric Marker
How To Create Chipboard Ornaments
Step 1
Select the fabric and Designer Template you want to use.
Step 2
Trace and cut out your main shape from the chipboard.
Step 3
Attach a square of fabric over the top of the chipboard shape with spray adhesive.
Step 4
Use your scissors to trim the fabric around the edge of the chipboard.
Step 5
Decorate the top with other fabric shapes using your Designer Templates. Add buttons and any other cute bits you have.
Step 6
Hot glue a ribbon or twine to the back so you have a hanger for your ornament. And just like that, you’re done! Hang up your ornaments!
It’s really fun coming up with new ways to use the Designer Templates! if you decide to make any ornaments or other holiday crafts, make sure to share them! It is always inspirational to see what others create!
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