Friday, December 17, 2010

DIY YARN-WRAPPED CHRISTMAS TREE & SNOWMAN TUTORIAL.


i have been shopping for christmas decorations all month and NOT finding anything i like.
it's all so...RED and GREEN...and i wanted to change it up.

my friend nicole and i decided to make some of our own decorations.
i snapped a few quick shots of my little set to share.





 here's how we did it...

SNOWMAN MATERIALS:

1) 3 small square christmas gift boxes for the body

2) yarn, ribbon, trim, or ric rac
(make sure you have some white or off-white yarn)

3) felt & fabric scraps

4) an extra christmas light
(orange, or just paint it orange)

5) buttons and/or beads

6) brown floral wire

7) glue gun

8) fabric scissors

SNOWMAN INSTRUCTIONS:

1) glue your gift boxes together, staggered.

2) wrap them in white or off-white yarn,
using dots of hot glue here and there.

3) glue on beads or buttons for eyes

4) glue on an orange christmas light for the nose.
i didn't have an orange light so i painted mine.

5) glue some buttons or beads on the snowman's chest.

6) create a scarf and glue it on.
i wrapped yarn around the neck,
added strips of felt with yarn pom-pom ends,
and added a fabric bow on top.

7) using wire cutters or good scissors,
trim some floral wire,
and twist it to create hands and arms.
use glue gun if you need to secure the "fingers".


CHRISTMAS TREE MATERIALS:

1) cardboard or styrofoam cones from the craft store

2) yarn, ribbon, trim, or ric rac

3) buttons and/or beads

4) glue gun

5) fabric scissors

CHRISTMAS TREE INSTRUCTIONS:

1) starting at the bottom, wrap your cones with yarn,
securing the yarn with dots of glue gun here & there.

2) add yarn, ric rac, or trim using the glue gun.

3) embellish with beads, buttons, or anything you can find!
i had a cute doily and a sparkly pom-pom on hand.

hopefully i can find time to take pictures of all the touches of christmas around our place.
today has REALLY felt like the beginning of christmas for me.
i gave a final exam, went to the psych department holiday party
(everyone gobbled the red velvet white chocolate chip cookies i made last night),
graded the exams and worked on final grades for my awesome students,
drove home in the rain, and wrapped christmas gifts.
now i just need to get dolled up so will and i can go to my company work party :)
and in the next 3 days we have 4 parties to go to also...
what a fun weekend!!!

next week i will finish up my christmas shopping
and get ALL the gifts under the tree!
so fun!!! are you ready for christmas???

5 comments:

  1. So well done. You two are a coupla geniuses.

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  2. QUESTION! What is your snowman's nose made out of? Is that a teeny tiny Christmas light? These are my kind of decorations. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. LOVE those yarn-wrapped christmas trees. one of my favorite diy christmas decorations i've seen!

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  4. I love anything covered in yarn, these are so cute!

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