Turn inexpensive Christmas trees from the dollar store into adorable gnomes! This is an easy Christmas craft you can complete in under half an hour.
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Ingredients
2Small Artificial Christmas Treesfrom Dollar Tree
1Fleece Scarffrom Dollar Tree, or 1/4 yard fleece
1Pair of Boots Ornamentfrom Dollar Tree
1Pipe Cleaner
11.5 inchWood Ball Knob
1Floral Foam Round
1Jingle Bell
Instructions
Open each Christmas tree and pull off the cylinder at the bottom. Turn the trees upside down. Separate out the bottom layer of branches and push them into a single bunch. Fold the bunch 90 degrees and push it into a boot ornament.
Connect the two trees together by pushing the metal trunks through a floral foam round.
Cut two 9x20 inch pieces of fleece from the scarf. Cut as shown to make a hat shape. Sew pieces together along each long side.
Keeping the hat inside out, fold the bottom up 2.5 inches and sew around to secure. Turn the hat right side out and fold up the bottom 2 inches to create a cuff.
Fold a pipe cleaner in half and glue the folded edge inside the wood ball knob. Use the pipe cleaner to attach the knob to the trees for a nose.
Place the hat on the gnome, making sure it comes down to the nose. Hot glue a jingle bell onto the pointed end of the hat. Fluff the branches and stand the gnome up.
Notes
If the gnome isn't standing up, make sure the bunch of branches is pushed firmly into the boots. Stand it up and press down from the top, bending it slightly forward or back if needed until it balances and stands up on it's own.