Today was the best day ever! The girls and I went over to Knit Wit's house (my good friend and super hero sidekick) to get ready for The Craft Crow's Ornament Exchange. The theme we had to work with this year is "Fairy Tales."
Knit Wit's husband had recently chopped up some branches and created a TON of wooden ornaments, so we decided to use them as our base.We then drew from a variety of items for inspiration, and decided to create a couple of differnt gnome ornaments.
Knit Wit's husband had recently chopped up some branches and created a TON of wooden ornaments, so we decided to use them as our base.We then drew from a variety of items for inspiration, and decided to create a couple of differnt gnome ornaments.
The first item we made was a gnome mushroom house. After cutting out all the felt and fabric pieces we would need for the ornaments, Knit and I created a "base" that the kiddos could glue onto later. The base consists of wooden ornament (sanded by Knit's eldest) and a red felt top.
The top has a front and a back, which I hot glued onto the top of the wooden ornament, over the previously drilled hole.
The top has a front and a back, which I hot glued onto the top of the wooden ornament, over the previously drilled hole.
Now comes the kid friendly part! First, the kiddos glued on the felt grass (using tacky glue) on the bottom front of the ornamaent, leaving space for the door.
They then glued the rest of the felt and fabric pieces on the ornaments, which includes felt windows, felt/fabric gnomes, and felt spots for the mushroom tops. This is the front of the final product...
For the second ornamanet, we broke out the Modge Podge! We also continued to use gnome fabric scraps.
adorable!! I love what you came up with for the ornament exchange! I originally wanted to do gnomes and mushrooms but couldn't think of anything - this is super creative!!
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ooh! i hope you are sending one of those to north carolina! so fun!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks you guys! We had so much fun making them!
ReplyDeleteGOT mine today!! they are even cuter in person!! thanks SO much!! i'm a happy gal!!
ReplyDeleteOh, I am so glad it got there in one piece! Yabba Dabba Doo!
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