These projects can be done be teenagers or adults. Teenagers my just what to help, not being sexist
but girls mostly.
Felt
Christmas Ornaments
Materials: Felt, Tailors Chalk, Heat n Bond Ultra, Ribbon,
thread, Glitter fabric, paint and paint brush (optional)
Directions:
The size of felt you need depends on how big you want your
decorations and how many you are making.
Using tailors chalk, mark lines along the length of the felt
to use as guides when stitching. You should space them approximately 1.5cm
(5/8") apart.
Then choose your stitches (testing them first) and sew each
stitch down a line following the chalk line. When done, give it a light press
on the wrong side of the felt to flatten it out again. Cover it with baking
paper to protect the iron.
On the paper side of the Heat N Bond, draw your circle to
size.. Repeat for how many ornaments you are making, lining them up and making
sure the tops are all level.
Cut it out roughly in one piece and then line up on the wrong
side of the felt. Iron onto the felt following the directions. Again, put a
piece of baking paper over the top to protect the iron.
Once completely cool, cut out along the lines.
Cut a short piece of ribbon. Use a 5cm (2") piece. Peel
the paper off the ornament and layer the ribbon how you wanted it, then put the
scrap of Heat n Bond on top. Then carefully ironed the scrap onto the back of
the ornament. You can use baking paper so very carefully keep the scrap in
place.
Once it has cooled, peel off the paper and then put the
ornament onto a plain piece of felt. Iron it down, using baking paper to
protect the iron and then once completely cool, trim the back piece of felt to
the size of the front.
Next step is optional. Using
a paintbrush, paint some glitter fabric paint onto the top square to make it
look like the little gold cap on the top of an ornament. Leave to dry
overnight.
Christmas
Lights Garland
Materials: Scissors,
Single Hole Punch, 130" of 3/4" Silver Ribbon, Pencil, 1 - 9 x 12
Yellow Stick-It Felt Sheet, 4 - 9 x 12 Glimmer Felt Sheets (4 Different
Colors), and Pattern
Directions:
Cut out 4 Bulb Shapes on each 9 x 12 Sheet of Glimmer Felt.
Cut out 16 Bulb Bottoms from 9 x 12 Yellow Stick-It Felt
Sheet.
Mark on your Bulb Bottoms with pencil where the holes will be
punched.
Remove adhesive-backing on Stick-It Felt and affix to bottom
of bulb.
Using the single hole punch, punch holes where you have
marked.
Arrange your garland in alternating colors on a flat surface.
Determined your arrangement, begin stringing the bulbs
together, tying a bow at both ends.
Finished Garland will be about 80" Long.
Quick
Stitch Holiday Ornaments
Materials: For each: batting, White thread or clear
monofilament, Sewing machine, Acrylic
paint – assorted colors, Paintbrushes – ¼” flat shader, fine-tip, Aleene’s®
Tacky Glue™, 7” length twine, Scissors, Patterns
For stocking; Brown
grocery bag – 1 (2-1/4” x 3-3/4”) piece, 2 (5” x 10”) pieces, Fine-tip permanent black marker, Red raffia
(or yarn or ribbon)
For bear: 2 (6” x 8”)
pieces brown grocery bag, Fine-tip permanent black marker, 10” length ¼” wide green picot edged ribbon
For star: 2 (7-1/2”)
squares brown grocery bag, Iridescent fine glitter, White raffia (or yarn or
ribbon)
Directions:
For stocking, cut 2-1/4” x 3-3/4” brown bag piece and round
corners for cuff. Transfer pattern to 1 (5” x 10”) brown bag piece. For bear
and star, transfer pattern to 1 brown bag piece each. For each, referring to
photo, paint designs. Let dry. For stocking and bear, draw details with marker.
For star, lightly sprinkle glitter onto wet paint. Let dry.
For stocking, bear and star, cut out design, adding ¼” all
around. Transfer pattern to batting and cut out, cutting just inside marked
line. Center and stack remaining brown bag piece, batting shape, and painted
design right side up. Machine-stitch bag layers together, using ¼” seam
allowance. Trim excess brown bag from design.
For stocking, glue cuff to top of stocking. Cut several (13”)
lengths of raffia. Handling several strips as 1, tie strips into bow. Glue bow
to stocking cuff. Let dry. For bear, tie ribbon in bow. Glue bow to bear. Let
dry. For star, cut several (13”) lengths of raffia. Handling several strips as
1, tie strips into bow. Glue bow to star. Let dry.
For each, fold twine in half to form loop. Glue ends to top
back of ornament for hanger. Let dry.
Hot Cocoa
Felt Ornament
Materials: felt – blue, brown and white, Embroidery
floss – matching colors, tiny bit of pink paint, thin batting, floral wire, and
need to make your own Pattern
Directions:
Start by cutting out all your pieces out of felt.
Place the cocoa piece over the top mug piece, according to the
placement on the pattern.
Sew the cocoa to the mug using a blanket stitch.
This is super easy and not scary at all. Start by bringing
your needle up about 1/4″ below the edge of the brown felt.
Sew a little stitch about 1/4″ from the left of this one,
putting the needle 1/4″ below the edge of the felt and bringing it out just
above the felt. Make sure the needle passes over the loop of thread.
Repeat this last step again to start forming the blanket stitch.
Sew all the way around the cocoa piece until you come back to
the beginning. For the last stitch, loop it through the first stitch to make
the thread lay flat.
Sew the eyes and mouth onto this piece by using small stitches
and following the pattern placement.
Fill the eyes in with long straight stitches.
Cut out a layer of thin batting the same pattern as the mug
and layer it between the mug front and back.
Sew together the mug pieces beginning with the inside of the
mug handle. Use a blanket stitch, making sure the batting doesn’t show between.
Sew together the mug pieces around the outside edge of the mug
using a blanket stitch.
Make faces on two of the marshmallow pieces according to the
pattern placement. Use french knots for the eyes.
Dab a tiny bit of pink paint on to give them rosy cheeks. :)
Layer together a marshmallow front and back with a piece of
batting between them. Start sewing them together with a blanket stitch about
halfway down on the right side. Sew across the top and down the left side about
halfway.
Place the marshmallow on top of the cocoa section of the mug.
Finish sewing the marshmallow closed, but for the rest of the
way around, sew it to the mug as you go.
Repeat for the other Marshmallow.
To make the steam “curls”, wrap a piece of wire around a pen
or something handy like that.
Leave a bit of wire (about 3″) on the end straight. Clip the
wire.
Feed the straight end of the wire down through the top of one
of the marshmallows, between the felt pieces. Force it through the felt in the
back just where the mug starts, then feed it into the mug pieces.
This will help it stay straight up. You can then bend and
adjust the curl they way you want.
Repeat with the other marshmallow and another wire curl.
Make a loop with embroidery floss and sew it to the back of
the ornament for hanging.
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