Felt is a great and popular craft material. And of course not without reason. The material is robust and durable, but still feels very soft. The delicate felt is also easy to handle, making it easy to create beautiful crafts. Felt is available in different sheet thicknesses and is offered in a wide range of colors. You can use this to create crafts for different occasions and give shape to your creative ideas. Crafts with felt for Christmas will be the topic of today's article. Below you will find great and easy craft ideas with felt that will fascinate both children and adults.
Make a Christmas tree and decorations with felt for Christmas
What would Christmas be without a magically beautiful Christmas tree with the glittering Christmas tree decorations that go with it? Our first pre-Christmas suggestion would be to cut out a Christmas tree out of fabric or felt and simply hang it on the wall. Of course, you can decide for yourself about the size and location. Maybe hang your pretty work of art at eye level with your children so that they can come up to it at any time and be amazed.
A beautiful Christmas tree made of felt would only be half as beautiful without the right decorations. You can also make your own Christmas tree decorations out of felt. Let your child actively support you. This makes the anticipation of Christmas even greater among young people. It offers you the opportunity to design jewelry with different motifs, in different colors, sizes and entirely according to your own ideas. You don't need to be able to sew to make this great craft. All you have to do is cut out the shapes you want and let your little one have fun making them.
Although a traditional Christmas tree carries a lot of meaning and memories, its unusual and modern interpretations look no less attractive. Without a doubt, such a Christmas tree in a trendy ombre look will add to the warm and cozy Christmas atmosphere. First, get craft felt in two or three colors and a Styrofoam cone. Cut out several equal-sized rhombuses from the colored felt plates and attach them to the cone with a slight overlap using craft glue. The great color gradient and the material used make this felt craft absolutely unique.
If you would like to involve younger children in the craft project, this version of the felt Christmas tree would be an excellent idea. Crafting with felt can be really easy. Have the little hands cut out circles from the craft felt in different sizes. Now you simply have to stack them on top of each other and fix them together with hot glue. Decorate the mini-sized Christmas tree with small felt balls or glue tiny, glittering beads.
Craft ideas with felting wool
If you want to make a beautiful Christmas decoration with felt fabric, you can perhaps copy this simple craft project and make colorful garlands out of felt balls. You can either purchase the balls pre-made from craft supplies or make them yourself from felting wool. Have your children pluck the felting wool, shape it into balls and dip it in a soapy solution of warm water and soap. Now the children can roll the felt balls between their hands. This makes the colorful balls smaller and firmer. If they are already dry, you can simply thread them with a needle and thread and the festive garland is ready.
Make angels with craft felt for Christmas
If you would like to create a cute Christmas angel as a Christmas tree decoration or a themed decoration for your home, you are welcome to use craft felt again. You can either cut out the filigree figure and its angel wings from felt sheets or, as in the picture above, shape the angel figure from felt wool. The body consists of a felt ball in two parts. If you would like to give the angel a nice face, a wooden bead that you have previously painted would be ideal for this purpose. The delicate angel wings can be made from glittering organza strips. The sweet lucky angel would also make a great party gift.
Make a snowman
Make your own snowman, is always a good craft idea with felt fabric. While the real snowman quickly melts under the sun's rays, you can enjoy the homemade snowman indoors for a longer time. To make these cute snowmen, you first have to cut out two equal eight-shaped pieces of felt, fill them with fiberfill and glue them together. Thin branches quickly turn into arms. So that the felt snowman doesn't freeze, he gets a warm scarf. Now it's your children's turn.
Using colored gel pens, they can give the creature a face and paint on buttons. Alternatively, small wiggly eyes and glue dots can be used. You can use the same principle to create all kinds of Christmas decorations. With or without sewing, you can create an almost endless number of figures using stencils or craft templates. When crafting with felt at Christmas, you can let your imagination run wild and embellish the small crafts with rhinestones, beads or glitter and give them an individual touch.
Make gifts with craft felt for Christmas
As you know, it is a time-honored tradition to fill Christmas stockings with gifts for your loved ones and hang them by the fireplace. If you want to distribute loving handmade gifts to family members at Christmas, you can use craft felt again. To do this, cut out the stocking shape from double-layered felt and sew it on by hand or with a sewing machine or glue the parts together. Then attach a loop to the top edge so you can hang the socks.
Think about the recipients and decorate the Christmas socks for each person, taking into account their interests and preferences. This way the beautiful gift will look original and will melt its recipient. You can also use felt to make individual decorations for the gift stocking. What do you think of a cheerful gingerbread man made from craft felt that you brought to life with your own hands? A flying andfunny reindeerwith the sleigh full of gifts is also a great decoration idea.
As a Christmas gift you can make a colorful and original cup coaster with felt. For this personal gift idea, you actually only need a beer mat and several different colored felt balls, which you can make yourself out of felt or buy. Glue the colorful, small balls of felt wool together with the hot glue gun and the cup coaster for glasses and cups is ready.
Table decoration for Christmas
If you are already thinking about how you will spend the festive seasonDecorate the table for Christmas, this craft idea comes just in time and can be great inspiration for you. Making such a table runner with felt is child's play and satisfies the need to decorate your home in a festive, atmospheric and creative way. Using templates, the small and large snowflakes can be cut out in no time and attached to a plain table runner.
