Instructions for Christmas craft kits!

ByRasa Pelham
Three handmade felt bird decorations in different colors, being held in a hand. The birds feature various stitching patterns and hanging loops.

Missed your chance to order Christmas craft kits? Well here is your chance to make your own hanging decorations with the materials you have. These instructions are exactly the same as you would have found in the Friendly Nettle craft kits.

A handmade blue crocheted star decoration with a central circular opening, resting on a wooden surface.

HANGING BIRD DECORATION

You can download the cutting pattern here!

Cut the bird pieces out of felt material (you can use something else, but felt is easiest as it does not fray)

Stitch two bird body pieces together all around the edge. Blanket stitch is the most suitable. remember to leave a gap for the stuffing.

Green felt bird decoration piece with a needle and yellow thread on a wooden surface.

Fill the bird with stuffing.

A green felt bird decoration in progress, filled with white stuffing and stitched with yellow thread, placed on a wooden surface.

Insert both ends of the ribbon into the gap and stitch through the body pieces to secure the ribbon and close the gap.

A handmade green felt bird decoration with a blue ribbon, partially stitched and lying on a wooden surface.

Next, stitch and stuff the wings the same way as the body.

A table showing cut felt pieces in light blue fabric on the left, and a partially assembled felt decoration with yellow stitching on the right.

If you would like to, you could embroider the wings before attaching them to the body. You can embroider the bird body as well at this stage.

Two felt pieces shaped like bird decorations, one featuring yellow dots and the other with cross-stitch patterns, resting on a wooden surface.

Attach the wings to the body by making just few back and forward stitches.

Two handcrafted felt decorations in various shapes, featuring decorative stitching in contrasting colors, placed on a wooden surface.

You are done!

Two handmade felt bird decorations, one in green with decorative stitching and one in light blue with a checkered ribbon, displayed on a wooden surface.

Now the crochet star decorations….

A handcrafted blue crochet star decoration with a central hole, displayed on a wooden surface.

CROCHET STAR DECORATION

For this project you will need some yarn and a matching crochet hook

A diagram illustrating crochet symbols including chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet, double crochet, treble crochet, and double treble crochet, along with a star shape pattern.

Start with 10 chain stitches. Slip stitch at the 10th stitch to form a loop. (round 1.)

Close-up of a blue yarn loop with a crochet hook on a wooden surface.

Work 20 single crochet stitches all around the loop. Slip stitch at the 20th stitch. (round 2.)

Crochet foundation chain loop with a bright orange crochet hook on a wooden surface.

Work 6 chain stitches to begin triangle crochet (click here to learn more about it).

A small loop of blue yarn with an orange crochet hook, placed on a wooden surface.

After each completed triangle slip stitch at the 4th stitch on the 2nd round. (round 3.).

Close-up of a blue crochet piece in progress, showing a circular shape and an unfinished star pattern with a crochet hook.
Crocheting a blue yarn loop with a pink crochet hook on a wooden surface.

When 5 triangles are completed finish the star off by snipping the end of the yarn and pulling it through to the back.

A close-up of a blue crocheted star decoration with a hook and yarn on a wooden surface.

Happy Christmas waiting!
Rasa xoxo

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