Love all things Harry Potter? Looking for a fun Harry Potter themed DIY Christmas tree décor? These Harry Potter Mini Embroidery Hoop DIY Christmas Tree Ornaments are PERFECT then! This is a great Harry Potter Christmas craft for the Harry Potter fanatic and they're also perfect for gifting to the Harry Potter fans in your life, this Holiday Season! My favorite part? It costs under $5 to make this pair of Harry Potter Mini Hoop Ornaments (Harry Potter + Hedwig!)These Harry Potter Mini Embroidery Hoop DIY Christmas Tree Ornaments are project #9 in our Kids Sewing Series, here at One Savvy Mom™.
Hi friends, how have you been? We spent Saturday at the holiday craft fair, selling all of the fun goodies and tree ornaments that we crafted over the past month or so. This was such a fun activity (for a great cause!) I sure hope that the stars align and we can do it again next year (perhaps even as an annual family tradition!) Mid-week last week, while we were gathering and boxing everything that we had completed, my daughter started talking about The Crimes of Grindewald movie that just hit theaters. Which snowballed into a conversation about her love of all things Harry Potter, and then eventually, a dare of sorts to make a mini hoop template that was Harry Potter themed. She said I couldn't. I said it was definitely doable, and well, here we are! These were actually very easy to assemble. Definitely a project that a child could do (I recommend for ages 8+.)
Read on to grab our free Harry Potter and Hedwig printable templates and make your own Harry Potter Mini Embroidery Hoop DIY Christmas Tree Ornaments, this Holiday Season!
Harry Potter Mini Embroidery Hoop Christmas Tree Ornament
What you'll need:
- Grab my free printable template HERE
- Scissors
- A needle
- Liquid stitch (used to affix eyes, glasses, eyebrows and a few of the stripes on the scarf)
- 4" Embroidery Hoop
- Fabric in your choice of color (to use as a base in your hoop for all of your felt appliques) I used blue for the pictured ornament.)
- Peach felt or ivory felt (face)
- Maroon felt (scarf)
- Yellow felt (scarf)
- Black felt (eyes and glasses)
- Brown felt (hair and eyebrows)
- Yellow embroidery floss (scarf)
- Black embroidery floss (mouth)
- Ivory or light peach embroidery floss (face)
- Brown embroidery floss (hair)
- Light pink embroidery floss (scar)
- Thin ribbon of your choice to create a hanger for your mini hoop (about 12")
- Use the template to cut out all of your felt appliques (refer to imagery and template.)
- Place fabric in your hoop. Make sure that it is tight / secure.
- First, affix your maroon scarf piece by laying each small yellow stripe piece over top, yellow embroidery floss and a few simple straight/back stitches through each stripe. Use liquid stitch to affix the stripes to the areas of the scarf that are hanging from the hoop (refer to imagery and template.)
- Next, affix your ivory / light peach face felt applique, use corresponding embroidery floss and a simple back stitch (around the entire perimeter of the applique) to affix.
- Now, affix your brown felt hair applique using brown embroidery floss and a simple back stitch around the entire perimeter of the applique.
- Next, use liquid stitch to affix the black felt glasses applique, the black circular eye appliques, and the small brown felt eyebrow appliques. Allow adequate time for drying.
- Use two straight stitches (forming a V shape) and black embroidery floss to create the mouth.
- Use light pink embroidery floss and 4 straight stitches (forming the shape of a lightening bolt) on the forehead area (refer to imagery above and below.)
- Add a thin ribbon hanger (knotted or tied in a bow top center.
Hagrid the Owl Mini Embroidery Hoop Christmas Tree Ornament
What you'll need:
- Grab my free printable template HERE
- Scissors
- A needle
- Liquid stitch (used to affix black felt center of eyes and black felt beak)
- 4" Embroidery Hoop
- Fabric in your choice of color (to use as a base in your hoop for all of your felt appliques) I used blue for the pictured ornament.)
- Gray felt (center circle)
- Black felt (center of eyes and beak)
- Light brown/caramel felt (eyes)
- White felt (face / mask, wings, feathers,envelope)
- Read felt (small seal on envelope
- 1 Brown pipe cleaner
- Brown embroidery floss (spots on feathers)
- Light brown embroidery floss (eyes)
- White embroidery floss (face/ mask top and bottom, wings, center feather stitching)
- Thin ribbon of your choice to create a hanger for your mini hoop (about 12")
How to:
- Use the template to cut out all of your felt appliques (refer to imagery and template.)
- Place fabric in your hoop. Make sure that it is tight / secure.
- First, affix your large felt circle. Center it and use gray embroidery floss and a straight/back stitch around the entire perimeter to affix.
- Next, affix one of your felt wings. Use white embroidery floss and a straight / back-stitch around the entire perimeter to affix. Repeat this step to affix the second wing.
- Now, affix each of the feathers on one of your wings. Use brown embroidery floss and one simple straight stitch / back stitch (top center of each feather) on each feather. Repeat this step until both wings are covered top to bottom with rows of layered brown spotted feathers (refer to imagery.)
- Next, affix the mask piece to the top center using a few straight/back stitches on the top perimeter and the bottom perimeter (refer to imagery.)
- Now, using light brown embroidery floss, the light brown felt eye appliques, and a simple back stitch (around the perimeter of each eye piece) affix each of the base eye pieces.
- Next, use liquid stitch to affix the black felt eye center pieces and black felt beak. Allow adequate time for drying.
- Using a brown pipe cleaner cut two 1 1/2" pieces and 4 1" pieces. Twist one 1 1/2" piece (as the center) and two 1" pieces together to make a leg/claw. Repeat this using the other 3 pieces to create a total of two legs/claws for your owl.
- Now, holding one of the pipe cleaner legs/feet in place (bottom almost center - refer to imagery) use brown embroidery floss and a tight straight stitch over top of the pipe cleaner (repeat the stitch 20+ times working your way from bottom to top until firmly in-place. Repeat this step to affix the second foot/claw.
- Using white embroidery floss and random various sized straight stitches, create the feathered center of your owl (over top of the gray circular center.)
- Finish, by creating the envelope with seal. Stitch the rectangular white felt piece and the triangular white felt piece together using white embroidery floss and a simple straight stitch / back-stitch. Affix the small red felt seal onto the completed envelope by stitching a simple H into the center (refer to imagery.Affix the envelope to the owl's claws using brown embroidery floss and a few simple (tight) straight stitches over top the center claw (to the felt envelope) on each of the owl's legs/claws.
- Add a thin ribbon hanger (knotted or tied in a bow top center.)
Happy crafting and Happy Holidays, friends!
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