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A DIY Rudolph Ornament

An easy-to-make Rudolph ornament for the Christmas tree.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Yield: 1 ornament
Author: Melissa Haines
Cost: $10

Equipment

  • Scissors
  • tacky glue I prefer Fabri-Tac glue

Materials

  • 1 clear plastic ornament
  • brown raffia or shredded paper
  • 3 felt pieces white, brown, and black
  • 1 red pom-pom for the nose about 1/2 inch wide
  • 1 brown pipe cleaner
  • ribbon or cording to hang the ornaments from

Instructions

  • First, stuff brown shredded paper into the ornament
  • Glue the red pom-pom onto the center of the round ornament
  • Eyes: The key to making Rudolph is the eyes. Shape felt to make wide teardrop shapes for the eye. Layer two white-felt squares and cut out a wide teardrop shape about one inch long.
  • Layer black felt and make a black teardrop about one-half the length of the white one and one more black teardrop shape just a smidgen larger than the white
  • Stack the eye shapes so the white shape mostly covers the larger black one. Only a small portion of the large black should show. Think eyeliner. Place the small black shape over the white, matching the corners, and glue them together.
  • Glue the eyes onto the ornament behind the nose and toward the top of the ornament.
  • Antlers: Rudolph has short, stubby antlers. He's just a little fawn. Use a brown pipe cleaner for the antlers. Twist it around the top of the ornament. Fold each pipe cleaner in half and in half once more to make stubby ornaments about one inch high
  • Ears: Cut-out felt ear shapes that are about 2 inches long with one straight edge and one curved edge
  • Gather the bottom together and squeeze it to make folds. Glue together.
  • Glue the ears behind the antlers

Notes

Instructions to make Clarice can be found within the post.