How to Make a Grinch Gnome Ornament in Minutes!
I love, love, love, the Grinch and this Grinch gnome ornament is the latest in my Grinch crafts series. You can make it in just a few minutes and it makes an fun gift or package topper.
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Grinch Gnome Ornament
Here at Ruffles and Rain Boots, we have spent many an evening enjoying a trip to Whoville and really love the story of The Grinch. With a little leftover fur and some scraps, I felt the need to add a Grinch ornament to the tree.
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The best part about this Grinch gnome ornament is that it’s, well a gnome. I didn’t realize how cute it would be until I made it. If you need this cutie in your life, let’s get started.
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Tips to Make Grinch Christmas Ornaments
- First, you have to HAVE to use green fur. You can grab some green fur here (you can get the little sample size, it’s more than enough) or make your own. I made this how to color faux fur video tutorial for you here.
- If you’ve never cut faux fur before, flip the fur over and cut the fabric only with an Exacto knife. You guessed it – I have this video of how to cut faux fur the right way.
- When you’re making the hat, be sure to be very careful with the hot glue. If you make a mess, you’ll need to clean it up immediately because it will show through. If you make a mistake, you can let the glue dry and then cut it off with scissors or a craft knife.
- I used a wine cork as the base for this adorable Christmas ornament. But you could use a chunk of dowel or even a ball of styrofoam. It doesn’t really matter because you aren’t going to see the backside, so again – de-stash your craft supplies and use what you have.
How Do I Make this Grinch Gnome Ornament?
I’m so glad you asked. Below is our written tutorial. The full Grinch gnome ornament video tutorial is here on YouTube.
How to Make a Grinch Gnome Ornament in Minutes!
This is the easiest tutorial for how to make a Grinch gnome ornament. I mean, it's ridiculously cute--but also so easy to make, you'd be crazy not to grab your hot glue gun and go!
Materials
- Scraps of Red Velvet Fabric
- Scraps of Fluffy Pouffy White Fabric
- Green Faux Fur
- Tiny Portion of Black Polymer Clay
- 1 Wine Cork
- White Embroidery Thread
- Tiny Glitter Christmas Lights
Tools
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun & Glue
- Oven
- Exacto Knife
Instructions
- Start by making a gnome nose with the tiny portion of polymer clay by shaping it in a small triangle with rounded corners.
- Bake the clay according to the directions on the clay packaging.
- Cut two small triangles from the red velvet that will fit on the top of the wine cork when joined together.
- Hot glue the two triangles together face-to-face and allow the hot glue to dry completely.
- Turn the hat right side out.
- Cut the faux fur into a tiny triangle shape sized to fit on the front of the wine cork. This is the beard.
- Cut a tiny rectangle of faux fur to make a mustache. Part the fur in the center of the tiny rectangle and brush it to each side--and a mustache is born!
- Hot glue the beard onto the front of the wine cork.
- Tuck the hat down onto the wine cork.
- Hot glue the back of the hat in place first, tucked down as far as possible on the back of the wine cork.
- Based on where the hat sits, glue the mustache onto the beard, just below the brim of the hat.
- Hot glue the nose onto the mustache.
- Cut a 1/2-inch wide section of white pouffy fabric just long enough to wrap around the hat.
- Hot glue the white pouffy fabric around the brim of the hat.
- Cut a small circle of white pouffy fabric about the diameter of a quarter.
- Place a line of hot glue around the edge of the circle of fabric and then press it together, forming a pom pom.
- Hot glue this pom pom onto the end of the hat.
- Fold the hat over and hot glue it in place in a bend.
- Attach a length of embroidery thread to the hat as a hanger, but leave the ends long.
- Hot glue the tiny Christmas lights onto the long end of the thread and loop it over the hat.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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