Christmas is my favorite time of year. There is something enchanting about cold weather, decorating the house, delicious food, family time, and of course celebrating the birth of Jesus. When I need a little decor inspiration, Pinterest never fails to give ideas to get your house in the Christmas spirit. A few months ago, my husband made a hall table for my living room and I wanted to decorate it in a more neutral, woodsy theme for Christmas. I kept coming across two crafts that looked fairly simple and cheap: a pine cone tree and a sock snowman.
For the sock snowman, I didn't have any long, white socks to use so I started out with a white piece of fabric from Hobby Lobby.
First, I folded it in half, then hot glued both sides to make a pouch with one opening.
I then flipped it inside out so the seams were hidden inside.
I poured white rice inside the pouch and tied the top with string.
I tied another piece of string around the middle of the snowman to give the appearance of two snowballs.
I tore burlap so that it was frayed on the edge. Then I hot glued the burlap around the snowman head to build a hat.
I tied string around the top of the hat to make a furry ball and added some twine around the base of the hat to give it a finished look.
Then I just added accessories with hot glue, brown fabric for eyes, twine for the scarf, buttons from Michaels, and a wooden nose wrapped in orange fabric. (My husband made the nose out of dowels by sanding them into a cone shape.) I made two slightly different sizes and I think they turned out so cute!
The pine cone tree was very simple, but a little time consuming. I bought a styrofoam FloraCraft cone from Hobby Lobby and wrapped it with brown fabric using a hot glue gun.
I bought some smaller pine cones from Target and starting from the bottom up, hot glued each one around the tree. I used the largest pine cones for the bottom and gradually went up the tree to the smallest pine cones on top.
Please note, this will use a lot of hot glue so make sure you have plenty on hand. Very simple and rustic!
I love the Christmas feel my hall table brings to my home! Give these crafts a try and let us know how you did.
Happy Crafting & Merry Christmas!
Jodi
"Hello! My name is Jodi from The Whispering Pines. I love to decorate, refurbish old furniture, create small crafts and come up with unique party ideas. I also have a knack for organizing and enjoy experimenting with new recipes. My style is rustic with a touch of farmhouse. If you ask my husband, I could live in antique shops and home decor stores. I love being inspired by others and hope, you too, can gather a little inspiration for your home!"
"Hello! My name is Jodi from The Whispering Pines. I love to decorate, refurbish old furniture, create small crafts and come up with unique party ideas. I also have a knack for organizing and enjoy experimenting with new recipes. My style is rustic with a touch of farmhouse. If you ask my husband, I could live in antique shops and home decor stores. I love being inspired by others and hope, you too, can gather a little inspiration for your home!"
