Holiday crafts are the best, don't you think? They are fun to make and can be used as festive decor. Many crafted items also make wonderful handmade gifts that can be shared with family and friends. Today, I am sharing a step-by-step tutorial for adorable Valentine's Day gnome ornaments.
To make your own Valentine's Day gnome ornament:
1) Gather your supplies. You'll need: a ruler, sharp scissors, and empty paper towel roll, a pom pom, a bit of felt (or other heart-shaped embelishment for the hat), hot glue, and two colours of yarn (white and pink or red).
2) Cut a 1 cm slice from an empty toilet roll. Then, cut approximately 35 strands of yarn (30cm in length). Note: You may need more or less yarn. It will depend on the weight/thickness of the yarn.
3) Loop all the strands (one at a time) through the cardboard roll and pull tight. Continue until the entire cardboard piece is covered.
4) Push all the yarn down through the centre of the roll to create a hat "brim", and tie the top of the hat (about an inch from the top) with a piece of matching yarn. Tie a loop (at the top of the piece of yarn used to tie the top of the hat) to create a hanger for the ornament.
5) Trim the top of the hat to make a pom pom, and use hot glue to attach a felt heart to the front of the yarn hat.
Next, make the pom pom for the beard:
You can also find a video explaining how to make pom poms here.
6) Wrap yarn around your hand approximately 60 times (or more if the yarn is a lighter weight/thinkness).
7) Carefully remove the yarn from your hand and tie a piece of yarn tightly around the centre.
8) Cut the loops with sharp scissors, and trim the pom pom until it is round and fluffy.
Then, assemble the ornament:
9) Use hot glue to attach the hat to the handmade pom pom.
10) Use hot glue to attach the pom pom nose.
Here's a 3 minute video that shows you how I made my Valentine's Day gnome ornament.
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)
So cute!
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