This is part 2 of the Advent calendar ornaments. You can find the tree instructions here and instructions for the other 12 ornaments here.
POINSETTIA
Scissors, leaves, 10 red petal shapes, pearls beads, red thread, thin gold ribbon, hot glue
Whip stitch the petals together.
Sew a pearl to the petal
Sew the petals together.
Notice that the flower is still very floppy.
Cut 2 small green squares.
Glue the leaves to a green square.
Cover the stems with the other green square.
Glue the gold loop to a petal. Glue the green squares with leaves to the back of the flower. This will also provide support to the floppy flower. The center needed something extra, so I glued a flower bead and a pearl.
CANDLE
White and red ribbon, white thread, leaves, 2 white candle shapes. 2 flame shapes, small poinsettia, thin gold ribbon, scissors, hot glue
Glue the gold loop to the corner of the candle. Whip stitch the candle and the flame shapes.
Glue the red and white ribbon around the candle.
Glue a tiny piece of gold ribbon to be the wick. Glue the flame to the wick and candle. Glue the small poinsettia to the bottom of the candle.
PRESENT
Scissors, 2 rectangles, blue thread, snowflake ribbon, thin gold ribbon, hot glue
Glue the gold loop to the corner of the present. Whip stitch the present together.
Glue the snowflake ribbon to the present.
Cut out 5 small pieces of ribbon.
Sew the piece into a loop.
Attach the next loop so they slightly overlap.
Attach all the loops to make a flat gift bow. It will be a little loose. But they will be glued to the present, so no worries.
Glue a rhinestone to the middle of the bow, and glue the bow to the present.
REINDEER
Red thread, brown thread, black thread, thin gold ribbon, 4 ear shapes, 2 head shapes, 2 eyes, 2 eye balls, 1 red nose, brown pipe cleaner, scissors, hot glue
Cut the pipe cleaner in half, and twist them into 2 antlers. Whip stitch the ears together. Glue the eyes and nose to the head. Sew on the mouth.
Sew the 2 heads together, but leave a hole on the top for the gold loop and the antlers.
Glue on the antlers and the gold loop.
SLEIGH
Hot glue, thin gold ribbon, red thread, green thread, 2 red sleigh shapes, green sleigh bottoms (skis? rails? whatever), scissors
Whip stitch the green sleigh bottom parts. When sewing the long rail, leave the middle open to attach the little legs.
Glue the legs into the long rail.
Glue the gold loop to the front of the sleigh. Whip stitch the sleigh, but leave a hole on the bottom for the legs.
Glue on the legs, and also a few sequins to give it more bling.
SNOWFLAKE
This snowflake gave me a hell of a time. It pissed me off, even though it was my own stupid fault.
Scissors, white thread, blue thread, snowflake points, hot glue
I whip stitched the points together.
So in between the last photo and this photo, what you don’t see is me assembling the entire snowflake and all pleased with my work. And then I realize that I made a star, not a snowflake. Stupid me forgot that a snowflake has 6 points, not 5. So I carefully tore apart the whole snowflake to redo it. Here, you can see the 5 finished points and the last point that needs to be sewn and bling’d.
I have 2 small white squares glued together. Then I glued each snowflake point to the square.
Snowflake, take 2
SNOWMAN
Scissors, hot glue, 4 mitten shapes, 2 black beads, 2 hat shapes, small white pompom, 2 medium snowball shapes, 2 large snowball shapes, 1 flower button, 2 carrot shapes, red thread, black thread, orange thread, white thread, light green thread, dark green thread
Glue the thin gold loop to the top of the hat, and whip stitch the hat together. Sew the black bead eyeballs to a medium snowball. Sew the flower button to the large snowball. Whip stitch the mittens and nose together.
Glue the pompom to the top of the hat. Glue the carrot nose and a mouth to the head. Whip stitch the medium snowballs and the large snowballs together.
Glue the hat to the head, and mittens to the body.
STAR
Gold thread, thin gold ribbon, 2 large star shapes, 2 smaller star shapes, scissors, hot glue
Glue the gold loop to the tip of the large star. Whip stitch the large star and the smaller star.
Glue the smaller star behind the large star. I added some bling to the center.
STOCKING
Polka dotted ribbon, thin gold ribbon, 2 stocking shapes, 2 heel shapes, 2 toe shapes, sequins, scissors, hot glue
Whip stitch the heel shapes and the toe shapes. Glue them to the stocking. This is a double sided ornament.
Glue the gold loop to the corner of the stocking. Whip stitch the stocking together, but leave the top open.
Glue the ribbon across the top of the stocking. Glue the opening together.
CHRISTMAS TREE
2 tree shapes, 2 trunks, sequins, green thread, brown thread, scissors, hot glue, thin gold ribbon
Whip stitch the trunk together. Glue the gold loop to the top of the tree, and whip stitch the tree together. Leave a hole on the bottom for the trunk.
Glue the trunk into the bottom of the tree. Glue sequins to decorate the tree.
CHRISTMAS WREATH
2 green donuts, thin gold ribbon, sequins, green thread, scissors, hot glue
Glue the gold loop to the circle. Whip stitch the donuts together.
Decorate the wreath with sequins.
