Crafts with knitting yarn can be really fun during or before the Christmas season. The festive season is perfect for making crafts, in the form of wrapping Christmas gifts or creating Christmas decorations. For example, some homemade pompoms or a DIY Christmas tree made of wool are perfect Christmas decorations that you can make with your children. Nowadays we are all a bit impatient, and some wool crafting techniques seem very cumbersome and boring. That's why we've put together some simple instructions that you can use to get inspiration for your next DIY project.
Make pompoms out of wool
After some experimentation, you will surely find easy ways to make beautiful and fluffy wool pompoms. Just follow the instructions to get the whole thing working.
Materials:
- Cardboard or cardboard – the thicker and stronger, the better.
- Yarn - We have found that the thick, chunky yarn is more suitable for the large pompoms, while fine yarn works best for the small sizes. However, there are no hard and fast rules here.
- Scissors – sharp instruments are a must for cutting and trimming.
- Cardboard templates – You can also cut these out yourself.
Directions:
- Cut out a shape that resembles a rectangle with the slit running down the middle but not all the way to the end. You can see in the picture that three or more different sizes are possible.
- Wrap them in twine, using thicker yarn for the larger templates or finer yarn for the smaller ones.
- Once the thread is wrapped around the cardboard, tie it tightly in the middle.
- Slide it off the end, flip it over, and tie it even tighter on the other side.
- Use your sharp scissors to cut off the looped ends. It will look very shaggy and a bit uneven.
- Now the whole thing just needs a good cut, which is the big secret of crafting with wool for a round, fluffy pompom.
- Instead of throwing away the leftovers, store them in a plastic bag for future craft projects. By the way, you can use the pompoms for various Christmas decorations or in anything you imagine.
The best thing about this technique is that you can make the pompoms so quickly without having to follow complicated steps. Children will also master this art as they develop their craft skills. However, when the little ones make pom poms they will probably need help, but it's a really easy craft with wool.
Advent wreath made of pure wool
Christmas is just around the corner, but you still have time to make a beautiful Christmas wreath out of wool. This is also a simple and quick craft project that you can complete in the evening after work. It only takes about 2-3 hours to attach all the wool to the wreath frame, but you don't need any knitting, crocheting or other special skills.
Materials
- A frame made of foam or any material
- Clean, raw pieces of wool (sheep, alpaca or mohair)
- Safety pin or other needle for crafts
- Ribbon
Instructions
- To attach, first pick up a few pieces and open or fluff them if necessary.
- Use one of the needles and insert the needle into a piece of wool so that the tip of the needle is in the center.
- Insert the needle into the top of the wreath and repeat the process, placing wool and needles around the circle.
- Once the top of the wreath is completely covered, start tucking it around the outside as well.
- First attach additional pieces to the inside of the wreath. How much of this you use per needle depends on how full you want your Christmas wreath to look. The more wool you use, the larger and fluffier your work will be.
- Now all you have to do is tie a pretty loop around yourAdvent wreath as a door wreathto be able to hang up. Choose a matching red bow to make the whole thing more festive and create a contrast.
Wool Christmas trees
ThisChristmas tree decorations wrapped in yarnis suitable both as a free-standing decoration and as an ornament for hanging on the tree. Christmas trees are fun to make, and if you're making crafts with preschoolers, this will also be great motor exercise for little ones.
Materials
- green wool yarn
- Pompoms in different sizes and colors (the more colorful, the better)
- Shiny balls are optional but look even more fun.
- Cardboard or cardboard
- Scissors
- white craft glue
Instructions
- First cut out the triangles from cardboard. This is more of an adult task as cardboard is a little more difficult to cut.
- Tie the thread to the triangle, somewhere in the middle. You can add some glue to hold the yarn in place before continuing.
- Add a generous amount of white craft glue to one side of the triangle.
- Start wrapping the wool yarn around the triangle-shaped figure. Make sure you have wrapped the thread around all three sides.
- When you're happy with the look of the wrapped tree, finish the yarn by knotting it.
- Tie a knot and secure it with some glue. You can use more to glue the pompoms.
- If you want to make these into Christmas ornaments, simply tie some wool yarn to the back/top of the wrapped Christmas tree ornament and the fun can begin.
Garland as Christmas lights for gift wrapping
Add a woolly touch to your surprises with this simple Christmas gift wrapping idea. Make an elaborate and colorful chain of pom poms using just a green marker or thread and glue. The children will love such creative packaging as much as the gift itself.
Materials
- Kraft paper
- smudge-proof marking pen (Edding)
- Yarn/thread
- Adhesive tape and glue stick
- different pompoms according to your wishes
Instructions
- First, pack the gift box with kraft paper using the adhesive tape.
- To recreate a string of Christmas lights, draw the swirls with the green pen or tie the thread around them.
- Glue or string colorful pompoms along the drawn lines. Complete!
