Crafting with felt for Christmas

Creative Christmas with felt gnomes

Christmas is just around the corner and what could be more fun than handmade decorations that radiate warmth and creativity? In these instructions, we'll show you how to use craft felt to make enchanting gnomes that will not only only brighten up your home, but also put a smile on the faces of your loved ones. Whether small or XXL, these felt gnomes are the perfect eye-catcher and give you the opportunity to make the most of your creativity!

Gnome in the forest

felt is ideal for crafting figures such as our woodland gnomes. Glued to craft cardboard sheet , they are stable enough for you to stand them up for decoration.

Making Christmas elves

The children can join in with this idea - it's great fun! Only the hot glue gun should be used by an adult.

The template shows the outlines of all the gnome figures. First, you should copy or print out the template sheet. You can simply cut the individual figure parts out of the Paper and use them as stencil for the individual felt cut-outs. Each figure part can now be conveniently placed on the felt , transferred with a pen and then cut out:
The hat, beard, face and hands are cut out of thin felt sheets .
The gnome's body is also cut out of a felt sheet . In a further step, the body is glued to craft cardboard sheet , bent into the shape of the body and glued together.
Now position the cut-out felt beard on the upper edge of the body and glue it on.
Then glue the hands, face and moustache in place. Finally, the gnomes have their finished face with wobbly eyes and wooden balls as a nose.

Now shape the hat into a pointed bag and glue it together. Attach a wooden ball to the top. Finally, you can apply some hot glue inside the hat so that it sits firmly. Alternative: if not fixed, the elf can be used as "packaging" for a bottle, for example.

Create an XXL elf
For those who are looking for something a little more eye-catching, the XXL craft set is ideal. You can use this set to create two impressive gnomes measuring approx. 33 cm in height and 13 cm in diameter. These large creatures are guaranteed to be the highlight of your Christmas decorations.