On the 1st Day of Christmas

my true love made for me, a Felted Christmas Tree!

As a Christmas present to Braden I have been thinking of making him a felt board.  I would like to create different scenes (car, house, store, seasonal themes, etc) that can be changed through out the year.

So, I found this cute Christmas tree idea on Pinterest to try first and see how much he would enjoy it.  He certainly has fun taking them off the tree or swiping at it so they all fall to the floor.  We are slowly working on picking them up and decorating the tree again.  He has a hard time getting the pieces to "stick".  But, I think it is a great start in helping him learn to clean things up when he is finished.  

Here is my tutorial:

Materials:

36x36 green felt (found at ACMOORE)

Various colored felt (8x11 pages)

Command Strips

Pictures/Stencils of Christmas decorations

Heat n Bond 

Scissors

First I spread out the green felt and used a marker to create my tree outline.  That way I could get the tree shape just the way I wanted and the marker side would be on the back.  Braden helped a little with this process.

Ready to Draw the Tree

Cutting The Tree Shape

I'm All Done Mom!

Next I used the command strips to hang the tree on the wall.  Then looked for various Christmas decoration outlines online that could be printed and used as stencils.  I found a candy cane, gingerbread man, and a few different ornaments.  This blog has downloadable instructions with ornament outlines.  The presents I created free hand  and then using the stencils I cut the other pieces out individually.  

Any details that I wanted to put on top of the ornaments or to add stripes on the candy cane I used heat n bond.  I ironed the colored felt to the heat n bond, cut out the shapes I needed and then ironed them on to the Christmas decorations.  

I love the final product and so does Braden!

The Tree All Decorated

Little Man Posing with the Tree

{This holiday season I have decided to try some new crafts & home made gift ideas.  From December 1st-12th I will be posting the tutorials for things I have tried - "12 Days of Christmas Crafts"  I would love to see/hear about other ideas.}  

I was even successful in creating my own blog button - so please share!