Felt is back in a big way for Christmas this year! The fabric has moved far beyond the crafts you remember from preschool. Thanks to a collective love for anything that reminds us of Christmases past, and inspiration derived from our favorite online home styling geniuses, the inexpensive fabric has become a classic way to add warmth and texture to your tree. Felt ornaments will bring a dose of whimsy and nostalgia to your holiday decorations.
The pros: felt is easy to work with, inexpensive, and even the simplest felt ornaments have a way of looking elegant. Beautiful embroidery, pom poms, and glitter add that magic touch, so that your ornaments rival anything you’d see at Anthropologie or West Elm. Time to break out the embroidery thread and hot glue gun, because these crafts are perfect to add to your WIPs for this Christmas!
Felt Vintage Christmas Bulbs
If you’ve ever wanted to try a more colorful Christmas color scheme, you could base it on these vintage Christmas light ornaments. You only need to know a couple of stitches to sew together the simple cutout shapes. The DIY includes instructions for using the vintage lights as either a garland, or as single ornaments.
Boho Christmas Star Ornament
A Christmas star ornament would fit right in with a white-and-gold color scheme in either a farmhouse or boho-themed home. A project for those just beginning to experiment with embroidery, this ornament will lend a high-end look to your tree.
Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments
The multicolored beads as decorations on these felt trees are so charming–raid your craft stash for fun embellishments. They would be a great addition to a kids’ Christmas tree!
Taco Holiday Ornaments
But first, tacos! Food ornaments started out as a trend, but have quickly become a tradition for many foodies. What better way to carry on that tradition (or start a new one) than with everyone’s favorite food–tacos? Better yet, this ornament is no-sew and comes together in less than 10 minutes.
Ribbon Candy Felt Ornaments
Anyone else remember those vintage ribbon hard candies? They were so enchanting to me as a kid, so I can’t wait to make felt ribbon candy ornaments. This tutorial is almost completely no-sew, except for adding the loop for hanging.
Felt Mitten Monogram Ornament
Anthropologie’s famous felt monogram ornaments have nothing on these mittens. They are perfect for use as gift toppers to personalize a gift and make it fancy. I would love to play around with different color schemes for these mini mitten ornaments!
Kids’ Drawing Ornament
Kids can help design these ornaments, so they are a craft kids can make as gifts for grandparents, or as keepsakes to remember when they get older! The secret is using freezer paper to iron-on the hand drawing to the felt.
Pink Glitter Holly Ornament
The only sewing involved with this holly ornament is in attaching felt balls to the cutout holly shapes, so it’s ideal for those of us who are crafty but sewing challenged. Of course you can make a regular old green and red holly ornament, but why would you when you can have glitter?
Felt Wool Ball Ornament DIY
If you want to try your hand at the actual process of felting wool, these are the ornaments for you! Rachel from A Beautiful Mess added easy embroidered embellishments to her felted creations made from a beautiful wool roving.
Charlie Brown Christmas Ornaments
There is nothing as Christmassy as a childhood Christmas special, and Charlie Brown Christmas ornaments would be a creative way to bring some of that warm and fuzzy Christmas cartoon energy to your home. It would be another fun way to decorate a kids’ Christmas tree.
Gnome Ornaments
Gnomes are the ultimate in Christmas cuteness. Definitely make sure to add these gnomes to your holiday crafting list. The embroidered snowflake on the hat is my favorite part!
Caravan Camper Ornament
Caravan campers have a cult following these days. Make these kitschy retro campers as ornaments for your vintage inspired tree, or hang as a garland in your camper to jazz it up for the holidays!
Felt Gingerbread Ornaments
A felt gingerbread house is a must-make for Christmas! I love the look of a simple brown gingerbread house with white icing, but I also love these pale pink and purple-accented gingerbread houses.
Nordic-Inspired Mitten Ornaments
These red, white, and gray Nordic-inspired mittens are inspiring me to add a red and white themed tree to your home this year. Very hygge–warm and cozy!
Embroidered Snowflake Ornaments
If you want to work on elevating your embroidery skills, definitely put this green snowflake ornament on your list! You could make a whole set in muted red and green for a traditional color scheme.
Polka Dot Monogram Ornaments
Another Anthro-inspired ornament, these whimsical letters feature gold and silver star-shaped glitter and mini pom poms for a snowy, marshmallowy mood.
Felt Hot Chocolate Mug Ornament
This ornament is the bomb…the hot cocoa bomb, that is. The felt mini marshmallows and embroidered snowflakes are adorable details that make this a must for your Christmas project list for the year.
Felt Stocking Ornament
A cute felt stocking is a staple for your Christmas ornament collection. You can use it on a tree, a mantel, or you can make them up as a great vessel for teacher, student, neighbor, or coworker gifts. The tassel is the icing on the cake!
Felt Donut Ornament
Sweets themed Christmas trees are a joy to create! If you don’t want to commit your main tree to sweets and candy, try it on a mini tree–it can be a new Christmas tradition for the kitchen!
Needle Felted Christmas Ornaments
A traditional red, green, and white color palette is becoming a frontrunner in the Christmas decor world (think the Home Alone house), and these ornaments are a brilliant fit. This tutorial is easy enough for a beginner who wants to try needle felting.
Felt Christmas Cookies
I’ve always been on a search for the ultimate classic childhood Christmas cookie, and I think this might be it. The icing on the cake (or cookie) is that these won’t disappear when you’re finished decorating them!
Red & Green Letter Ornament
Another beautiful red and green initial ornament to inspire us! The red and green flowers are reminiscent of poinsettias. It would be fun to start a tradition of making these for each new child or grandchild to label their stockings!
Avocado Ornament
Gift these adorable avocado kawaii-style to your friend who loves avocados…or keep them for yourself (they’ll match perfectly with your felt taco ornaments!)
Detailed Ornaments
These beautifully detailed ornaments are reminiscent of something you’d see at World Market. You can make these this year for your friends and family members–bonus, they will think you are the Leonardo Da Vinci of embroidery.
Felt Animal Ornament Set
This magical ornament set would be a great surprise for the animal lover in your life. Alternatively, you could make a set of just the polar bears for a very wintery themed tree.
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