Recycled Christmas Ornaments

I made these recycled Christmas Ornaments “on a whim”, earlier in the week and thought I would share these with you today. Not only are they “recycled”, but they are also lovely keepsakes. We love making all sorts of DIY Ornament Ideas !

Recycled Christmas Ornaments are fun adn easy to make

The green Christmas Tree Ornament is made from one of Pip Squeak’s (stained) cardigans and the snowman is made from one Red Ted’s (also stained) baby cardigans (we do love a good Snowman Craft). So we couldn’t pass them on…. and now we have a lovely little “no knit” knitted momento from them.

Keepsake Christmas Ornaments – Materials

Old knitted cardigans or jumpers,
buttons or felt scraps (I was going to use buttons, but liked the felt better in the end),
ribbon for hanging,
needle & thread,
PVA glue.
Toy stuffing or old tights to fill.
For the snow man some pipecleaners for the arms.

How to make your keepsake ornaments

1) Trace your Christmas Tree or Snowman Pattern onto the REVERSE side of your old cardigan. Insert your ribbon for hanging.

2) Sew around the outside (by hand or sewing machine)

3) Trim the fabric.

4) Turn right side round, it may look a little funny, but you can reshape with stuffing.

5) Stuff.

6) Decorate with felt or buttons! I played “around” for a while until I liked the look of the tree and the snowman! For the pipe cleaner, I “stuck” the pipecleaner into the snowman as far as possible and then sewed in place to secure them a little. The scarf is just “wrapped around” his neck and I cut some strips into the ends to make “tassles”.

Pip Squeak took a shining to these straight away.. I think they are her favourite this year!

Fancy more adorable but frugal Christmas Ornaments? Try these Dried Orange Slice Reindeers