Pintester Movement: Ho Ho Ho Edition!

Yep, The holidays are just around the corner, so Sonja at the The Pintester has challenged us to make a Christmas ornament that we've seen on Pinterest.

 

 Find ALL the ornament creations Here.

 I found this super cute felt flower ornament at The Crafted Sparrow.

Unfortunately, none of the pictures are available, so I had to wing it based on the pin picture and the instructions.

Materials:

3 sheets red felt

2 sheets of green felt (different colors)

Red ribbon

Red beads

Styrofoam ball

Hot glue gun

Unique Stitch or Tacky glue

I used a pint glass ('cuz that's how I roll) to outline circles on my felt.  I was able to get 8 circles per sheet. Then I cut out 24 of them. You may need more or less depending on the size of your circles and how big your Styrofoam ball is.

Cut all those circles into a spiral. 

Just eyeball it.

If you want to avoid a lot of hand cramping and frustration, use sharper scissors than I did.

kinda looks like a sperm...*snort*

Roll the felt, point side in, using the little circle/sperm head thing as the base. Put some glue between the felt roll and the base so it can't unravel.

Make A LOT of them.

The original instructions say to use a hot glue gun for the entire project.

I didn't want to.

I have a love-hate relationship with the glue gun. So I scoured my house looking for a bottle of Tacky Glue, which I know is in this place SOMEWHERE...but I couldn't (and still can't) find it.

I did however, find some Unique Stitch, and felt is in fact a fabric so... there ya go.

Cut a leaf shape out of the lighter green felt.

Use that one as your template and make 3 more.

Glue 2 of them to the dark green felt and cut them out.

Then glue the other 2 light leaves the the other side of the dark leaves you just cut out so you'll have 2 leaves total with a light center on either side.

When I couldn't avoid it anymore, I brought out the glue gun.

Don't get me wrong.

I like hot glue, it's awesome stuff.

I don't love the strings and the fact that I burn myself because I don't pay close enough attention.

Anyway...

My Styrofoam ball had a hole at one end.

So I filled it with hot glue and shoved the ends of the ribbon into it.

Then glued on the leaves and started sticking on the flowers.

I found it helpful to put the ball-o-flowers in a glass to aid in attaching the bottom flowers.

The original ornament had one bead in the center of each flower.

I had red seed beads already (I'm not sure why) which are quite a bit smaller, so I just plopped a little hot glue in the center of each flower while cursing at the glue strings and sprinkled some beads in.

When you're done, step back and revel in your creation.

Tah Dah!

This bad boy is getting shipped to Jodee over at the Cheesblarg for her very first Christmas tree!

I hope it's a biggie because this ornament is Gigantic!

If you don't want a ridiculously large ornament, use a smaller ball and use a smaller glass as your circle template.

So there you have it. My first Christmas Craft of the season.

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