How To Make Felt Mittens For Decorations

Brand felt mitten Christmas ornaments for friends and family unit with my complimentary mini mitten printable template. At that place'south a monogram on the mitten front and a heart on the mitten back. I had a lot of fun making these handmade felt Christmas ornaments using super pretty wool felt and colorful embroidery floss. Download my felt ornamentation pattern outline template beneath to make your own mini mitten ornaments for the Christmas tree.

I'1000 obsessed with mittens every bit cheerful holiday decorations. Each year, I wrap the kids' presents using these mitten printable Christmas gift tags. And I too made mittens DIY souvenir card holders to decorate holiday gift cards for our teachers. Making the mittens printable template was easy because I simply turned my printable mittens template into a pocket-sized felt ornament design outline template.

You tin make personalized mitten Christmas ornaments for friends and family. I made an East monogram for Elise and an L monogram for Liam. Add a niggling bit of stuffing to make stuffed felt mitten ornaments or leave the top open to hold tiny treats.

The archetype "I think I can make that" dilemma

These handmade wool felt mitten ornaments are inspired by some super cute monogrammed felted ornaments that I saw at Anthropologie. Such cute winter hat ornaments, sweater ornaments, and — oh wow — mitten ornaments! And at that moment the classic maker mantra instantly flashed in my head: "I think I tin can make that."

See also: 'Pom Pom Monogram DIY Christmas Ornaments' »

The "I recall I tin can brand that" confidence is a double-edged sword. I like to think that I can make just virtually anything, and there'south a sure pride in making that comes along with that. However, the messy truth is that making handmade things takes time, sometimes a whole lot of time! So it's important when making handmade ornaments to weigh the time versus the reward. Will it exist fun to make? Is it going to salve a bucket of coin? Can I add a special twist that makes it more than special?

I decided to DIY these felt mitten ornaments instead of purchase them because I wanted the kids to have something that I made for them. Someday I want the kids to put these handmade mittens ornaments on their ain Christmas copse and call back that time when Mom made me this mitten ornament …while on road trips.

My roadtripping felt mitten ornaments arts and crafts

And then I slowly — very slowly — handmade these felt mitten ornaments over the course of a yr (and no, information technology shouldn't take yous that long to make your ain). I started making these mitten ornaments a few weeks before Christmas on a long weekend to NYC with Shane to celebrate our anniversary. Hither I am stitching the on the plane to NYC.

Well, I didn't terminate the ornaments in fourth dimension for Christmas that year. Darn. I set my half-finished mitten ornaments in my "to do" pile. I finally finished stitching them in the automobile on a family route trip from Arizona to San Diego with Shane and the kids.

These felt ornaments really bear a lot of memories; that's an extra hidden value of handmade. Now I wouldn't recommend procrastinating a year when making these ornaments but I think they were worth the await.

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Supplies for making felt mitten Christmas tree ornaments:

Kathy'due south free mitten ornament printable template (PDF)
Wool felt
Embroidery floss
Good fabric pair of scissors
Stuffing (optional)
Pretty hooks for hanging Christmas ornament

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How to make DIY felt mitten ornaments with personalized monograms:

Footstep 1: Assemble supplies to make felt mitten ornaments

Choose colors for your mitten Christmas tree ornaments. Elise wanted pink and purple wool felt for hers, and Liam wanted his favorite color, greenish. I ordered some beautiful wool felt from Benzie on Etsy. They have and then many colors that information technology was difficult to narrow it down.

Step ii: Cut out the mitten fronts and backs using my gratuitous mitten pattern

Impress my free mitten ornamentation blueprint onto newspaper and cutting out. For each mitten ornament, cut these pieces from wool felt:

Two mittens
2 mitten cuffs
Two mitten accents
One monogram alphabetic character
1 heart
One long rectangle strip for hanging (you'll fold it in half)

Stride 3: Embroider felt pieces onto the mitten front and back

This is where you can really get creative. Start by attaching the wool felt mitten cuff, monogram, heart, and mitten emphasis to the mitten base. Y'all can cull your favorite embroidery stitches using embroidery floss. I kept referring back to those beautiful handmade Anthropologie mitten ornaments for sew pattern ideas.

Step 4: Stitch the mitten ornament front to the back

Once the mitten fronts and backs are finished, run up the mitten front to the dorsum. Add together a little bit of stuffing (optional) and sew together the acme shut. Or you lot can get out the meridian open to tuck in mini candy canes or small presents. Just be sure to fold a long rectangle in half and sew it into the top every bit a pretty wire hook for Christmas ornaments.

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Exist sure to pin this felt mitten ornament DIY project:

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And see more DIY Christmas arts and crafts projects including my printable mittens gift tags and personalized vacation mugs for cocoa.

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