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Christmas holidays
December 15, 2014

cozy felt Christmas tree garland & $100 Jo-Anns card giveaway

It finally snowed here over the weekend, much to my kids’ delight. We’ve had unseasonably warm weather, which I’ve been loving, but the kids keep telling me it doesn’t feel like Christmas until there’s snow. I’ll admit, there is something about a snowy day that makes me want to turn on the Christmas music and bake or craft. This week I picked a cozy little craft: this simple felt Christmas tree garland. (If you’re working on holiday crafts too, you could win a $100 Jo-Ann Fabrics gift card – more info at the end of the post!)

cute Christmas tree garland - Land of Nod knockoff - easy DIY holiday decoration

I saw the photo below on Pinterest a while ago. It leads to the Land of Nod’s website, but the item is no longer available. No worries, since I probably wouldn’t have ordered it anyway, especially when I can make it myself for just a few dollars.

 

felt christmas tree garland

I could tell the garland was made from felt, but I couldn’t tell if the pieces were sewn together or not. Since snowy days also tend to make me feel a little lazy I decided to go with a no-sew approach. I felt a bit like a kid doing an art project at school, cutting out my Christmas trees and circles out of felt and gluing them together. It was surprisingly relaxing.

christmas tree garland made from felt

To make your own easy DIY felt Christmas tree garland, you just need inexpensive sheets of acrylic felt in different colors, scissors, and a glue gun (or other adhesive). I wanted my garland to look a lot like the inspiration piece, so I traced the shapes of the trees in Photoshop and printed out a template. (Want it? Click here to download it.)

different color sheets of felt along with printable tree templates

Fold a piece of felt in half and cut two of the same tree at the same time. Decorate as desired with hearts, circles, or stars cut from felt, then just glue the two trees together, sandwiching a rectangle of brown felt in between to act as a trunk.

cutting a christmas tree shape out of cream felt

NOTE: Make sure not to put any glue at the very tip of the tree – you’ll want the two layers to open up slightly so you can glue a string between them later on.

The striped tree was my favorite. For that one I just cut out one tree, then cut strips of felt in other colors and glued them onto the tree. Then it was easy to flip over and trim the excess strips away, leaving me with a striped tree.

making a striped felt christmas tree

 

 

 

Once I had nine trees made, I glued them onto some string about 6 inches apart to make a garland, perfect for stringing up on a mantel.

gluing string through tip of felt christmas tree

Since we don’t have a mantel, I just have it taped up on a wall right now. Cute and cozy, right?

felt christmas tree garland hanging on a fence

 

 

 

cute Christmas tree garland - Land of Nod knockoff - easy DIY holiday decoration

Thanks to Jo-Ann Fabrics for providing me with a gift card in exchange for writing this post!

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  1. Sarah @ a Happy Little Home says

    December 3, 2016 at 11:35 pm

    I love this project! So super cute & I love working with felt – it makes me think of other fun garlands to make from felt, too. Thanks for sharing this!

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  2. Monica says

    December 16, 2014 at 8:04 am

    Autumn! You just designed my teacher gifts for the year — ones that my kids could actually do. So great! I have a small collection of felt banners for various occasions (mostly from Target) that I love. Thanks for sharing your incredible talent.

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  3. kathy says

    December 15, 2014 at 8:14 am

    Next year I’ll do this with grandchildren, very cute. Thanks

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