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Home » Craft Ideas » Felt Ball Christmas Ornaments

Felt Ball Christmas Ornaments

November 6, 2014 by Jenny 5 Comments

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Hi!  I am Laura from Corner House.  I am so excited to be here on The NY Melrose Family.  I am even more excited to share my new super-cute felt ball Christmas ornaments. They are just so fun and happy that they make me smile.  I can't wait to have a whole tree filled with them!

Felt Ball Christmas Ornaments

Felt Ball Christmas Ornaments

They are so bright, cheery, and easy to make, and a great project to do with your older kids (you just want to be careful with hot glue and little ones).  I think the hardest thing about making the ornaments was deciding on the colors: red/green/white, multi-colors, or solid white.  I think solid white would be beautiful and would look like snow balls on the tree.  You could even spray them with glitter spray paint.

So let's get to making some, shall we?

Felt Ball Christmas Ornaments Supplies

You are going to need:

- Felt Balls (about 65)

- 2.5 Inch Styrofoam Balls (you can probably use smaller Styrofoam ball and use fewer felt balls.)

- Red Yarn

- A Big 'ol Needle

- Scissors

- Pliers

- Hot Glue

- Hot Glue Gun

* A quick note on hot glue.  I like to use a low heat glue gun since I tend to touch the hot glue.  When buying hot glue, I find the clearer hot glue sticks work much better than the cloudy white hot glue sticks.

wm corner house step one felt ball ornament

Start by threading your needle and pulling the needle through the Styrofoam ball.  It is easiest if you use pliers to pull the needle through.  Next, pull the needle back through the ball the other way to form the loop to hang the ball.  Tie off the strings hanging out the bottom and then place a little hot glue to hold the knot down.

wm corner house make a yarn ball

Next, make the little yarn pom pom that's hanging off of the ornament.  First, cut about 2 yards of yarn and wrap it around three fingers.  Take another piece of yarn and tie it tightly around the center of the yarn on your fingers.  Then cut the loops on both ends and puff out the strands of yarn.

wm corner house blog yarn detail

Tie the yarn pom pom to the loop on your Styrofoam ball.  You can tie a new piece of yarn tightly around the yarn ball if you need more yarn to make the yarn ball hang down further.

wm corner house ornament details

Now start gluing on the felt balls.  All you have to do is put a little hot glue on the Styrofoam ball and stick a felt ball to it.

wm cornerhouseblog felt ball details

Work your way around the Styrofoam ball, pushing the felt balls together tightly as you glue them on to avoid gaps between the balls.

wm corner house felt balls christmas decor detail

Keep going until you can't fit anymore felt balls.

wm corner house blog felt ball ornament shot
Then smile and admire how cute it is.
If you are looking for felt balls to use for this project, you can get them from my Corner House Shoppe. (A girl's gotta support her felt ball habit somehow 😉  The NY Melrose Family readers can get 10% off in the month of November by using the code MELROSE10.
Plus, if you are as obsessed with the cuteness that is felt balls as I am, you may want join me next week (Nov.10 - Nov. 14) for my Holly Jolly Felt Ball week.
A full week of fun felt ball projects just like our Festive Felt Ball Wreath.  It is sure to have more felt ball cuteness than you can shake a stick at. 🙂  Plus, it looks super cute with our  "feel the cheer" printable.  Don't forget to check out our DIY snow globes here.
TP DIY felt garland wreath corner house

 

Laura is a happy wife and busy mother of 5.  In her "spare time" she loves to explore her creative side, everything from DIY home decor, to sewing, to baking, and just about everything in between.  At Corner House, there is always a project in progress.
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  1. Lisa Stroud

    November 12, 2017 at 2:10 pm

    Hi thank you for this great idea. Which size felt balls do you use?

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  2. [email protected]

    November 12, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    Adorable Ornament! I love the bright colors!

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  3. heather @french press

    November 11, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    I am in LOVE with this, what a cute ornament

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