ornaments

it has been so much fun sharing the Holidays with noah this year. he loves everything  - the lights, the snowmen, Jesus, and most of all creating and helping me. every time i turn around noah is saying "i do" or "noah do" - this is a fun age! sometimes a bit trying but i love it. i am sure when he is a teenager i won't be hearing the "noah do" anymore so i will take it when i can.

it is amazing to see how much he has changed in this last year from a social to a physical perspective. one day the pants we bought for him seemed to fit and the next week-BAM- it is like he is wearing high waters! anyhow, we wanted to make something for all the grandparents' trees and our own. last year noah brought me an ornament home from a friend's house where he had traced his feet and hands on construction paper to make a reindeer so i decided to start with that and come up with something made out of felt.

so here we welcome noah's moose ornaments!

 

i know these look a lot like reindeer but noah is obsessed with moose right now and so anything with antlers are moose to him.

anyhow we love this because it is a great way to document your kiddo's feet and hand size - the face is made with the feet and the antlers with their hands.

here is a list of what you need to get started:

1. felt (brown for the antlers and light brown for the face and scraps for the eyes) from one 9" x 12" piece i could make 2 moose from my 2 year old's hand and feet size.

2. chenille stems (1/moose)

3. fabric glue

4. googly eyes

5. buttons (for nose)

6. stuffing (i used some fluffed up cotton balls since i didn't have any handy)

7. hanger ribbon (i used maya road double stitch velvet)

8. scissors, scrap paper and pen.

instructions:

1. trace your kiddo's feet and hands on scrap paper and cut two pieces each out of the 2 brown felts.

2. next stuff the "Feet" piece with the cotton and glue the edges. then cut 2 white circles for the eyes and glue on. add the googly eyes and button nose (noah chose the blue noses).

 

3. next take your chenille stems and cut them in half. glue to the back of the antlers. these will help them to stand up since the felt is "floppy"; this will also allow you to pose the antlers if you want.

4. glue the antlers to the back of the head. then you can add some foof if you want like this one (but noah said he didn't like the foof so we just added the hanger); the bow was made by taking muslin and wetting it then misting it with our maya mist.

 

5. finally, take a sharpie and write your kiddo's name, date and age on it. i thought it would be fun to see these and how the "grow" as noah grows!

 

and enjoy your reindeer/moose!

Comments

[Beth W]

Just precious-I'm going to copy and paste this one.

[slammie]

That is so stinking cute! I might have to head to the craft store this weekend to do that!

[Tona]

Too cute! Love the idea.

[Christina]

What a cute project! I think I might do this for my 4 year old & maybe even the 8 month old if she cooperates.

[Monica Coffman]

I love these!! Very cute! I used this as our Daily Inspiration today at Scrapfreak. :)
http://www.scrapfreak.com/forum/showthread.php?p=689680#post689680

[Julie O.]

So sweet. My kids have done a paper version of this at school. I like this way much better and I like that it can hang on the tree. Adorable!

[Julie O.]

So sweet. My kids have done a paper version of this at school. I like this way much better and I like that it can hang on the tree. Adorable!

[NancyR]

My great-nephew will be here tomorrow night and he loves to craft so I am going to make this with him. Thank you for such a fun project to do with kids.

[NancyR]

I love this project. My six year old great-nephew will be here tomorrow and we always make something. Thank you for an easy Christmas ornament we can make.

[slammie]

Just bought the stuff to make 3 sets this morning. Can't wait!!!