Christmas Tree Crafts

Felt Christmas Tree Ornament

Materials:
- Scissors
- Needle
- Various small buttons and decorations
- Several balls of cotton
- Green felt
- White embroidery floss


- Cut two Christmas tree shapes from green felt, by doubling the felt over so that both sides of the tree can be cut simultaneously.
- Sew the decorations to one side of the tree cutout. Do not worry about the back side felt cutout, as this will be on the inside of the decoration.
- Starting at the top of the tree, using white embroidery floss, blanket stitch around the tree, leaving the top open. Pull apart cotton balls and put the cotton inside the ornament, just enough to add some thickness, but do not fully stuff.
- Finish stitching the ornament together, and add a loop at the top with the white embroidery floss for hanging.



Country Christmas Tree Ornament

Materials:
- Green and brown felt
- Three small red buttons
- Black embroidery floss
- Needle
- Several balls of cotton
- Ribbon
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors

- Cut two triangular tree shapes from green felt, by doubling the felt over so that both sides of the tree can be cut at once. Likewise cut the the rectangular stump from brown felt that has been doubled over so that both sides can be produced at once.
- Using black embroidery floss, hemstitch around three sides of the stump, leaving the top open. Pull apart a cotton ball and put about half of the cotton inside the felt stump.
- Sew the three red buttons to one side of the triangular tree shape.
- Hemstitch around the tree leaving a gap at the bottom to insert the stump. Fill the tree with cotton through the hole in the bottom.
- Insert the stump just far enough into the bottom of the tree to hemstitch the stump to the tree.
- Glue a loop of ribbon to the back of the tree near the top for hanging the ornament. Additionally glue a bow for added decoration to the top of the tree in the front.



Christmas Tree Ornament

Materials:
2 Lifesaver Candies
1 Marshmallow
1 Very Small Candle
Ribbon or Yarn


Use a bit of ribbon or yarn to encircle the marshmallow and attach a lifesaver candy to the side of the marshmallow (to look like the handle of a candle holder). Glue a lifesaver candy to the top of the marshmallow. Insert a small candle into this lifesaver.



Christmas Tree Sun Catcher

Materials:
- Glue
- Colored Tissue Paper
- Green Construction Paper

Cut a Christmas tree shape out of the constructin paper. Use a hole puncher and punch out holes all over the tree. Glue colored tissue paper to cover the holes you punched. Hang in windows for a lovely stain glass look.


Chenille Stem Christmas Tree Ornament

Materials:
- 12" chenille stem (or bumpy chenille stem as in the picture)
- 12 to 18 pony beads (red and white, or multicolor)
- ribbon or wire for hanging the ornament

- Slide 12 to 18 pony beads on a chenille stem, being sure to mix the colors.
- Bend the tree at the bottom forming approximately a 2.5" base. Now bend the chenille stem back and forth, making each bend a smaller length than the bend before it until you end with a little curl of chenille stem at the top.
- Tie a wire or ribbon at the top to hang your ornament.