Wall hangings for Christmas? Sure! Make these little wall hanging decor pieces using the new Christmas buttons from Buttons Galore and More. You can make them as gifts or wall art yourself. They’re also a great craft to do with the kids, no sewing required! If you like to sew, stitch everything together instead of using glue.
Materials you need:
- Santa and Friends Christmas character buttons by Vicki Schreiner
- Red, green and white felt
- Craft glue or hot glue and glue gun
- Scissors
- Coordinating ribbon
How to make Christmas button and felt wall hangings:
- Cut 4 squares, approximately 1.5″ wide, out of green felt. The squares do not need to be exact.
- Glue each square on to white felt. Trim white leaving about 1/8″ showing around edges.
- Glue each green and white square onto red felt creating a single large square. Trim to one single square. leaving approx. 1/2″ red border around the entire square.
- Glue 1 holiday button in the center of each green square.
- Using red felt, make 2 hanging loops and glue to top back of piece.
- Embellish with ribbon and extra holiday buttons as desired.
- Finish with a dowel through the hanging loops and a ribbon to hang.
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Jen Goode is the owner and “doodler in charge” of JGoode Designs, a Denver based art and design studio. She has been a creative professional since 1996, developing art for a variety of uses in an array of mediums from handmade crafts to Graphic design and illustration. Jen, a designer member of CHA, is a tech savvy, work-at-home mom of 3 who shares her creative inspirations with other moms through her sites Projects for Preschoolers and 100 Directions and as a featured contributor on various sites throughout the web. Jen's motto is "Inspiring Smiles Every Day".
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