Saturday, December 1, 2012

Adorable Yarn Christmas Ornaments




Hey! Sparkle Scissors here! This is one of my favorite Christmas crafts to do. It's super simple, but SO cute!       Hope you enjoy it!

You will need the top or bottom of a ribbon spool, lots of yarn, scissors, masking tape, and ribbon or the decoration of your choice.


Step 1: Unravel about 6-7 (I know, I know) feet of yarn and cut. Now, tape the end of the yarn to the spool circle thing (It doesn't matter which side).

Step 2: Pull the other end of the yarn through the hole in the center and wrap around.


 Make sure that the yarn is really closely bunched together. Repeat. After doing that a few times, it should look like this:


Step 3: Keep going.

Step 4: And going.

Step 5: Once your yarn is wrapped all the way around the circle, tie it off in what you determine to be the back by placing the end through one of the wrapped strands of yarn and tying a knot.


Step 6: Decoration time. If you chose to do ribbon like we did, just lace some ribbon through a few strands of the wrapped yarn and tie a pretty little bow. Be sure to double-knot it.
   
                                                   
Step 7: Once you are satisfied with your decorations, cut another piece of yarn that is about 4 inches and thread it through a strand of wrapped yarn on the top.  Tie a triple knot and cut off the excess.  This will be the loop to hang it on the tree with.
Step 8:  You can add some color by wrapping some ribbon around it the same way you wrapped the yarn:


                                                       

       Yay for you, you are finished!!  Now you can hang your LOVERLY new ornament on the tree!