Do you also like felt decorations for Christmas? Beautiful details that you can create yourself and with which you will give your home just the style you want for these. And since we know that no matter how creative you are, a few ideas as a source of inspiration can’t hurt, here we bring them to you! Easy DIY crafts to decorate your house with felt ornaments of Santa Claus, Christmas stars, boots to put next to the gifts… you are going to love them!
Christmas decorations with felt to decorate the house for Christmas
To make the felt Christmas decorations that we show you here, you will need:
- Felt of different colors and sizes
- Sheets or cardboard for the template
- tissue scissors
- Fabric glue (a hot glue gun can also work)
- In some cases needle and thread
- You will also need details to decorate your felt craft for Christmas: buttons, plastic eyes, bows or strings, pompoms…
Once you have everything ready, you will have to draw the figure you want on a piece of paper and then transfer it to the colored felt, cut it out to give it the shape, fill it according to the and decorate it according to the design in question. Now you only have to decide where in the house you are going to put it. We start with the batch of ideas!
Santa hat made of felt
For this hat, in addition to the materials from before, you will need a white pompom. Once you give it the shape of a hat, fold and cut the excess fabric, at the end of the whole you can make more touches if necessary. Now all you have to do is try it on to see how well it turned out. What do you think of this Christmas?
Christmas campaign
Felt decorations are perfect as a detail for us and also as a way to decorate the home, for example, the bell, remember to put some padding to make it look better, which you can put under the tree or hang on the door and all guests see it when they knock on your door. Are you going to put details in green or gold? Choose according to your tastes!
Felt reindeer to decorate the home for Christmas
How beautiful is this reindeer ! And how proud to say that we have done it, right? If you are skilled, you can add some pipe cleaners as legs, it will look beautiful on you. What do you think if you put a red scarf with diamonds on it?
Felt boots or mittens
Among the with Christmas motifs is the typical boot and mitten. Create your own in the color you like best, put some padding on it and add colorful buttons to make it more realistic. You can even prepare some to give to your friends, how adorable!
DIY Red Flowers
First you create the silhouette in red felt, then a few petals in that same color. Cut out and overlap the petals on the base, bending a little at one end so that it takes on relief. Complement with a pearl in the center. You already have your with which to delight your guests at Christmas Eve dinner.
More Christmas flavored felt craft ideas
We continue with our ideas of Christmas decorations with felt with which to give the home a unique and different style. And it is that there are so many things that one can do to make these little more special, that we cannot wait to get to know them. But it is also the perfect excuse to take some time for us. Go ahead and play background music while you are with your felt creations!
Ginger cookie
The gingerbread it is also typical of these holidays, a sweet that everyone likes and that awakens in us endearing feelings. The only thing that this time, in addition to getting into the kitchen, we will take the sewing box to design this cookie with felt, thread and little else. Once you have created your doll, you know, with some padding to make it look better, you can add all the details you want: bows, buttons, and plastic eyes. You have the option of preparing your gingerbread cookie as the original and you can also choose to give it a touch of yours, something funny or fun that shows your sign.
Santa cutlery holder
Cutlery holders can be created in many ways, for example from cardboard, cloth or toilet paper rolls. We can also design them with red felt and thus give them the appearance of Santa, it is not necessary to have the silhouette as it is, but the colors red, white, black and even gold like the one Santa wears on his buckle. If there are kids at home, invite them to do this craft, they will have great ideas to contribute.
Christmas lights with felt
What about these felt Christmas lights? You will need felt of different colors, stuffing, and thread to sew the sides and also ties to be able to hang them in the place you choose: the tree, the entrance, the living room… It is a wonderful detail for Christmas and, if you think about it, a good Alternative to the usual lights that spend so much light, what do you think? Are you also going to put them in your home?
Christmas sweets with felt
We complemented the gingerbread cookie from before with a candy cane, a heart-shaped candy and shortbread. To design all these you have to create and cut out your template, sew and fill and give them all a touch in the same color to make it look like they go together, like for example a few soft pink sugar drops.
Christmas tree
To make with felt you have to cut out two silhouettes, put cotton padding between them and sew them on the sides with large stitches. Next, you will have to put some brown felt for the trunk and add the decorations that can be buttons or something like that. Now all that remains is to put a bow on them and decide on which branch of the real tree you are going to place them.
Snowman
How about a felt snowman? It will take you a little more time since it is a slightly more laborious craft, but if you have time, do not hesitate to get involved with it, it can be a nice gift from the friend or for the little ones in the house. They will know how to appreciate that you have taken it upon yourself to do it yourself.
Christmas crafts embroidered by hand from felt to decorate the house
Before starting with your decorations, select the ones you are going to make, prepare the material, the details and the template that you can make yourself on paper or cardboard and get to work. It may not fit you as you see it in the image that you have taken as a model, but of course they will have a unique personal style. We are going to start with the and the lights. Which ones did you like the most?
Christmas ball
In two colors, with holly leaves on the sides and even with a small bow in the center. It’s just an idea, because you already know that when it comes to Christmas each one has a style and a shape. So, when you go to sew yours, put the colors and details that you like the most. But how good it turned out!
Christmas wreath with felt
You have two options: create a whole crown with felt or decorate a crown that you already have at home with this fabric. In both cases you will have your personal and beautiful Christmas. In many countries it is very typical to put it on the door and for guests to see it when they call, although you can place it wherever you like.
Felt angel
We have started with the simplest felt Christmas crafts Although if you think about it, it is not that they have much mystery, in the case of the Angel with felt, the first thing we have to do is create the triangle for the body, the circle for the head and some small rectangles for the arms and legs. From there you will have to cut back on the hair and some detail for the dress in felt of different colors, as well as to shape the face. And if you put some little wings on his back from him? He’s a Christmas Angel for a reason! Glue each element in its place and leave it as it is or put a loop on it to help you hang it where you like.
Santa Claus: felt craft
Making a felt Santa won’t take too much work either. What you must be clear about is if you want the whole doll or just the face so that you can prepare your elements of the template that you will later remember on the felt in the colors that correspond to it: red for the suit and the hat, white for the beard, beige for the face and black with a little gold for the belt. If you are only going to make the face you can fill it in and put a rope on it as a pendant. If you are going to create the entire figure, do it in a simple way by adding small details to make it much more beautiful.
Felt mistletoe
The following is a simple and successful felt craft, but it requires the correct details. Draw the template of the leaves finished in a point with lines drawn in the middle and sew once you have passed and cut it to your moss green felt. If you add some red balls you will have the perfect contrast and a most realistic mistletoe
