DIY Holiday OWL Ornaments

What you’ll need:

• Felt.  (I used red, mustard yellow, and white)
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors
• Fabric paint
• Needle/thread
• Trash bags

First:

Cut out your OWL body outline.

Each owl requires a front and a back.  So cut out 2 shapes for 1 OWL.

Second:

Cut out enough white circles for all of your owls. (I made 9 OWLS so I cut out 18 white circles)

*make them quite large, so that the eyes look OWLY*

 The same thing goes for the black pupils.  Cut out enough for all of your OWLS.

I also cut out brown eyes for some of my owls, so the yellow owls didn’t have yellow eyes, and some of the others had brown eyes to make them all look a bit different.

EX:

Also, you’ll need to cut out a beak! An easy A shape will do.

Third:

Cut out this S shape for the top of their eyes. This completes the OWL look.

Fourth:

Cut out this apple shape for their bellies.

( I sewed some on but it took too long so I hot glued the res on their owl bodies.)

*if you do decide to sew them on, sew them on BEFORE you sew the bodies together.*

Fifth

Cut out your OWL’S wings like above photo.  Then, cut a slit half way through the wing, this allows for the wing to have a wing shape like:

Each owl will need 2 wings.  Once you’ve cut these out, put them aside. I sewed them on very last.

Sixth

Sew the 2 pieces together.  I used this basic to sew them together.

*DO NOT sew completely together.  Leave a space that you can easily stuff your plastic bags into*

All you do is stick your needle through both pieces then wrap the thread around the needle once to make this kind of stich. Easy peasy.

Seventh:

Now stuff your OWLS with grocery bags.  It’s a pretty good way to recycle them if I do say so myself.

Once you’re done use the same sewing technique to sew them back together.

Eighth

Glue on their faces.  Glue on their eyes, noses, and the S shape for the top of their eyes.

I painted the white dots on all of the black pupils to add some cute detail.

I also painted HOPE, and NOEL, and JOY on their bellies to add some more cute detail.

Ninth

Cut a long rectangle shape from your felt.  At each end cut slits to make it look like a scarf, and wrap them around your OWLS.

Tenth:

Sew on your wings ( you can sew them on before you put on your scarf, it’s easier)

I just sewed a stitch or two to the body and it worked just fine.

Last, you sew on your thread to the top of their heads .  You can glue them too, but I sewed mine.

Blurry pic, but you get the picture.

Now:

Now, you have all these cute owls ready for hanging. 

*for even more Christmas detail, I glued dots or snowflakes on some of the bellies and put white glitter on them to add a snowy effect*

& for a little easy DIY holiday extra:

*with just 3 easy steps*

What you’ll need:

• A thick-er thread
• Two colors of felt ( I used red&white)
• Scissors
• Hot glue

First:

Cut out a bunch of circles around the same size

Second:

Place 1 circle on the bottom of the string & put a dot of hot glue in the center

Third:

Place another circle right on top

& repeat.  I did one white, one red.

then this happens, and you’ve got yourself a cute string of circles to wrap around your tree!

Have fun decorating your Christmas Tree!!!

From your One&Only,

Rozslin