Well darned if I didn’t get into the holiday spirit this year! Or, more likely, looking at my sad, tiny fake tree with 5 ornaments on it was so depressing that I had to do something about it. Instead of retrieving the thousands of ornaments stashed away at my parents’ house waiting for me, I figured I’d make some more to add to the pile.
I found some patterns and ideas on Pinterest, naturally (they’re all pinned on my DIY board).
Know anyone with two tiny hands and an even tinier head?
These tiny mittens (pattern here) and hat (steps here) just turned out so cute! And the best part was that they were so fast and easy to make (as opposed to some of my year-long adult-sized projects). The mittens probably took an hour each and the hat was even faster. These were also ideal for using up scraps of leftover yarn—I didn’t have to buy anything.
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, how fake are your branches.
This one came within an inch of running out of yarn. DRAMA.
P.S. There’s a piece of toilet paper tube under there.
I had been on the hunt at Goodwill for a Scrabble set with the original wooden letters for so long that once I finally found one, I forgot what I wanted it for. So I’ve had a bag of the letters sitting around for a couple of years, and I finally put them to good use!
Guess which one is my favorite.
These were super easy to make. I just hot glued the letters together and glued a piece of ribbon to the back. Again, a project where I didn’t have to buy anything—hooray! The only thing I don’t love is that the hot glue can look a little goopy in between the letters, so I think if I made them again, I’d use wood glue.
Snow day vibes.
Be careful who you give this to. You don’t want people to think you’re calling them fat.
It had to be done.
Merry Christmas & happy holidays (sung to the tune of the ‘N Sync song, of course)!
Adorkable DIY 