Free Felt Mitten and Ice Skate Ornament Craft Project Tutorials

Are you looking for a new winter or Christmas craft to make that isn't expensive? The two tutorials for the felt mitten and ice skate ornaments can be made for any winter holiday and for winter parties.

Materials needed for the craft projects.

Tracing paper

Fine tip pen

2 lightweight cardboard that is four inches cut in a square

8x14 inch pieces of felt

Contrasting pearl cotton

Fur trim for the mittens - the amount will depend on how many you will make

Skinny trim for the skates - the amount will depend on how many you will make

Paper clips for the skates - the amount will depend on how many you will make

Fiberfill

Felt mitten and ice skate projects.

Wreaths. With both of these felt craft projects, you can include making a wreath with each of the two items. You could make a third wreath with a combination of the two projects.

Garland. The same thought could apply with the garland as the wreath. However, with garlands, you can have several different ways of making this holiday craft.

Upgrade a door hanger for a wreath. Most door hangers come undecorated, especially the cheap plastic ones. By gluing either or both of the objects to a plastic door hanger, you can have a fresh new one in just a short time.

Upgrade a cheap read and white stocking. Around the white band of the stocking you could add the mittens or skates to it for a fun way to decorate them instead of leaving them plain or using glitter.

Enlarge the patterns for stockings. You could enlarge the patterns to make unique stockings for family, friends or pets. These could be made for children's hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living centers or other medical centers for the terminally ill to brighten their rooms.

Place setting or name tags. If you throw winter parties for any holiday, birthday or an event, these two items could be made for putting a name on them for guests. They can be placed in front of the plate where the guest will be sitting. They can also be pinned on a person as a name tag for those attending an event. If this is the case, have markers handy for the guests to write their names on their choice of name tag.

The patterns and tutorials for the mittens and skates.

Make a felt mitten and ice skate ornament for your Christmas tree using these free tutorials. You will need to sign up with Better Homes and Gardens website to get the downloadable patterns for these fun Christmas ornament projects.

The upside to signing up with this website is you will be able to receive their newsletter that has more craft projects along with recipes to make at home. I have signed up for it and made several of their dishes and crafts.

However, you will need to be sure to print a copy of the instructions from the link above for the mitten project. The ice skate ornament project is linked at the bottom of the instructions for the mittens.