Gnomes seem to be taking over the holidays this year!
I have been tempted to buy some, they are pretty irresistible!
But I decided to make some instead…
Do you ever get an idea and just have to follow up on it right then and there, no time for shopping, you just have an overwhelming urge to get started?
Yeah, me too!
I had 2 empty wine bottles and fluffy white yarn in my craft stash
Alas, no red felt, but 2 shades of green
I mixed lengths of puffy white yarn with lengths of fuzzy white yarn for interest and texture
Hot glue made quick work of securing the yarn to the bottles
Before you know it, you have a full beard!
Now for the hat
I centered it over the top of the beard yarn and secured it with glue
Next, wrap it around until it overlaps in the back
Trim excess and secure seam with glue
Roll yarn into a ball forming a pom pom
Gather the top of felt evenly, glue it together and then glue yarn pom pom on top
A nose was fashioned out of a large flat backed glass bead {craft store vase beads} and I used cotton balls for the hat trim
I painted the “nose” an orange-pink to match the pom pom
The second dome was made in the same way, but he has a sea shell nose and lime glass beads on his hat, with cotton ball pom pom
The yarn tree was made simply by tightly wrapping a styrofoam cone with fluffy orange-pink yarn
The tree got a white yarn ball pom pom on top
Mix and match gnomes from my craft stash and bottles
cost: Free!
Stop back by on Friday and I’ll show you how to paint gnomes!
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I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Dishing it & Digging it, Between Naps on the Porch,
Merry Monday Make it Pretty Monday Celebrate and Decorate,
Delicious Dishes Recipe Party Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday