Campfire and S'mores

Campfire and S'mores

Create a picturesque camping scene with mini campfire and s'more ornaments, made using felt, cardboard, cotton balls, and a foam "marshmallow."

Get the tutorial at Enjoying The Small Things.

Painted Walnut and Sweater Hoop

Painted Walnut and Sweater Hoop

Painted Walnut: Coat a walnut with acrylic paint(Craft Smart Acrylic Paint in Pale Blue, 69 cents; michaels.com). Once dry, apply a layer of clear nail polish for a shiny finish. Glue a bead to the top and bottom. Add an extra dab of glue on top; affix loop of string to hang.

Sweater Hoop: Fit the inner circle of a 3" embroidery hoop over the desired section of an old scarf or sweater. Cut out section, leaving a ½" edge. Fold excess fabric over hoop and hot-glue in back. Attach outer hoop and thread ribbon through hardware at top to hang.

Deer Head and Music Sheet Tassel

Deer Head and Music Sheet Tassel

Felt Deer Head: Download our template, then trace crest portion of the template onto a cork coaster (99 cents for four; ikea.com) and cut out. Trace head portion of template onto felt and cut out. Repeat with cardboard, then trim so it's slightly smaller than the felt. Hot-glue felt to cardboard, then glue cardboard to cork crest. Paint thin sticks white (or leave brown) and hot-glue between the felt and cardboard layers. Glue a loop of twine at back to hang.

Music Sheet Tassel: Cut a two-sided page of sheet music featuring a favorite holiday carol into ¼" strips. (You can also print your own.) Next, glue a ¾" wooden bead to the end of a wine cork (this will help create dome shape at top of tassel). Bend strips over the bead and cinch around the cork with a rubber band. Cover exposed rubber band with a spare strip. Curl ends of paper around fingertip to fan. Loop string through strips at top to hang.

Snowman, Starbursts, and Tree

Snowman, Starbursts, and Tree

Button Snowman: Glue three white two-hole buttons (turn top one perpendicular to create eyes) to white felt; trim felt, leaving a ⅛" edge. Wrap with a piece of rickrack. Cut small hat shape from gray felt and adhere to top with hot-glue. Then glue ribbon behind hat to hang.

String Starbursts: Trace a 2 ½" circle on a 3" birch slice. Mark eight evenly spaced points around the circle and insert small nails. Wrap embroidery floss around nails, making square and star shapes. Add a nail to the top; tie on a loop of string to hang.

Fabric Tree: Use pinking shears to cut two triangles measuring 4 ½" H × 2 ⅜" W from fabric. We used Scoot Fabric ($9/yard; deenarutter.com). Hot-glue long edges of triangles closed and stuff with batting. Insert cinnamon stick in opening at the bottom of triangles and glue fabric closed around it. Thread a loop of string through the top to hang.

Craft Stick Skis and Ribbon Candy

Craft Stick Skis and Ribbon Candy

Craft Stick Skis: Paint two wooden craft sticks (Craft Smart Acrylic Paint in Pale Blue, 69 cents; michaels.com). Adjoin sticks with hot-glue making an X. Paint two toothpicks white. Hot-glue metal snaps (we used size 1) to one end of each stick. Color opposite ends black. Hot-glue a ¾" piece of twine in a loop to each black end. Hot-glue one pole to the top ski. Glue second pole at center of first. Glue twine to ski tops to hang.

Ribbon Candy: Coat a 24" piece of ribbon in fabric stiffener. Hang to dry (about an hour). Fold ribbon into loops as shown above, adding a dab of hot-glue between each layer. Glue a bead to the top and bottom. Add an extra dab of glue on the top; affix loop of string to hang.

Paint-by-Numbers

Paint-by-Numbers

A dime a dozen at flea markets, a few of these amateur paintings can yield scads of one-of-a-kind tree trimmers. "I've always been inspired by the shape of vintage ornaments," says the creator, who cut out the silhouettes using heavy-duty scissors. (Get her template here.)

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