Pinecone Elves

Just a couple more pinecone crafts, promise! This one is a tiny bit harder than the others only because I had to play around with getting the size of the felt shapes right - don't get scared, it isn't "hard" hard and they turned out so stinkin' cute that it's worth a couple minutes to figure out. 

You'll need a couple different colors of felt shapes - cut a tall thin triangle for the hat, 2 mittens, a long strip for a scarf, and the feet/base is an upside down heart; a pinecone, a small wooden ball for the head, a bell or pompom for the top of the hat, needle and thread, markers, hot glue.

Tip - draw the templates for the hat, feet, and mittens on paper to determine the right sizes before cutting them out of felt.  

Note: play around with the size of the triangle for the hat - you need to be able to fit it snugly over the small wooden ball/head once you've sewn it into a hat (it resembles an upside down ice cream cone once it's done).

Start by folding the triangle in half and stitch along the side to keep it closed and form a cone. I started at the bottom of the hat and then added the mini bell or pompom to the very top to finish. Make sure it fits snugly over the wood ball and then pipe a thin circle of hot clue around the inside bottom of the hat, and put the ball inside so almost half of it is covered.

Next, hot glue the head to the top of the pinecone - you might need to snip out a bit of the center of the pinecone to give the head a solid place to sit.

Hot glue the mittens to the sides of the pinecones, and the feet/heart shape to the bottom making sure it is sticking out a bit in the front so it looks like toes peaking out. If your pinecone is lopsided at this point and won't stand up, just add another piece of felt to the underside to give it balance.

When I first made these I thought I'd like them without faces - but changed my mind and added 2 small black marker dots for eyes, and one red dot for a nose.

click here for original source of thee cutie elves