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Christmas tree gnomes.
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Christmas Tree Gnomes

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 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 Small Artificial Christmas Trees from Dollar Tree
  • 1 Fleece Scarf from Dollar Tree, or 1/4 yard fleece
  • 1 Pair of Boots Ornament from Dollar Tree
  • 1 Pipe Cleaner
  • 1 1.5 inch Wood Ball Knob
  • 1 Floral Foam Round
  • 1 Jingle 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.
    Top branches of Christmas tree bent and placed inside boot ornament.
  • Connect the two trees together by pushing the metal trunks through a floral foam round.
    Two small artificial Christmas trees with posts going into the same 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.
    Two pieces of fleece 9x20 inches; fleece sewn into hat shape.
  • 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.
    Bottom of hat turned in and sewn to create a cuff; hat with cuff turned up.
  • 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.
    Pipe cleaner folded in half and glued into hold in wood bead.
  • 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.
    Two gnomes made from upside down Christmas trees.

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.