• Welcome
  • About
  • Portfolios
    • Art Books
    • Pattern Books
    • podcasts
    • You Tube Channel
  • BLOG
  • Classes
    • Handknit hats
    • Art Inspired Clothing and Home Furnishings
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
Menu

Lindsay Obermeyer Art Studio

Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number

Your Custom Text Here

Lindsay Obermeyer Art Studio

  • Welcome
  • About
  • Portfolios
  • Media
    • Art Books
    • Pattern Books
    • podcasts
    • You Tube Channel
  • BLOG
  • Classes
  • Shop
    • Handknit hats
    • Art Inspired Clothing and Home Furnishings
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

Handmade Holidays :: Mistletoe Ornament

December 3, 2017 Lindsay Obermeyer
Christmas doesn't come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more....   -- Dr. Suess from How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Christmas doesn't come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more....
-- Dr. Suess from How the Grinch Stole Christmas

A few years ago I began making the majority of my gifts.  I would make jam, knit socks, bead a necklace.  Making your gifts is fun as you think about that loved one during the entire process of making and then have the fun of giving away the fruit of your labor.

This mistletoe ornament will look equally good suspended in the doorway as it does on a tree. It's a great way to make use of the spare white buttons you have rolling around in the bottom of your junk drawer.

You will need:
3" Smoothfoam ball
1 sheet of emerald green craft felt
Christmas green acrylic paint
5-8 white buttons in assorted sizes
scissors
hot glue gun (with dual low and high setting)
6 " 20 20 gauge wire
sponge brush
awl or knitting needle
ruler
1/4" double-faced white satin ribbon
wire cutters

Let's create!

1.     Paint the ball.  Paint the ball green using your sponge brush.  HINT: You may want to stick a toothpick into the ball in order to hold it without getting your fingers covered in paint.  Allow to dry.  Paint a second coat if necessary.

2.     Make leaves:  Cut the felt into 1.5" strips.  Cut pointed ovals.  Don't worry about perfection.  Have you ever seen the exact same leaf twice?  Make approximately 40.  

3.     Punch hole in ball.  Use an awl or a metal knitting needle to punch a hole straight through the ball. Touch up entrance and exit holes with paint if necessary.

4.    Glue leaves around the ball.  With the hot glue gun set to low temperature, glue 4 leaves at the top of the ball.  Continue glueing the leaves into place. Tucking the lower layer under the top layer so that leaves overlap each other. 

6a00d83451d4c869e2019b00a25fcf970d.jpg

5.    Add the buttons.  Turn your hot glue gun to high temperature and add an assortment of white buttons to the top. 

6.    Make the hanger.  Cut a 6" piece of wire.  Make a spiral at one end with the round nose pliers.  Push the wire through the bottom.  Make a larger spiral at the top.  Cut a 6" piece of ribbon.  Thread it through the large spiral.  Pull the ends even and make an overhand knot.  Trim edges even.

In How To Projects Tags buttons, christmas, christmas tree, felt, free pattern, handmade, handmade holidays, holidays, hot glue, hot glue gun, ornament, smoothfoam, vintage
← Free Pattern :: Pearly Queen Dog Collar made with Buttons →

Welcome! If some of these posts seem familiar, they were on my previous blog "Serendipity" which I ran for 10 years on a different platform. I copied popular posts to my current new blog. Enjoy and let me know what you would like to read about.

My blog posts have been archived by category. If you can't find what you want quickly then look up a how to by medium in the search. If you have any problems, please let me know!

THANKS! Lindsay

  • How To Projects
  • Inspiration
  • Studio Update
Readers fave Posts

Valentine Wreath

Garter Rib Baby Blanket

Quick Knit Bias Baby Blanket

Multistrand Knit Necklace

Loom Knit Baby's Cap

Loom Knit Zippy scarf

Quick Knit Cowl

Two Color Knit Cowl

Infinity Scarf

Quick Knit Beret

Check out all the FREE knitting patterns!!

Check out all the FREE knitting patterns!!

https://etchall.com

https://etchall.com

Powered by Squarespace