Learn how to make a Valentine gnome using air dry clay and a few simple tools. This is a fun Valentine craft for kids, teens and grownups!

These gnome ornaments are such a fun DIY Christmas decoration! Yarn and a clay pot become a whimsical ornament for the Christmas tree in just a few minutes. It's such a quick and simple craft! These Christmas gnomes look great on the tree, or as part of a wreath or garland! Gnomes are known as good luck symbols who protect the home, making these cute little Scandinavian inspired ornaments the perfect homemade gift for the gnome lover in your life. This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which

Use these DIY Gnome Garden Ideas to give an interesting look to your garden. These are easy and worth giving a try.

What better way to celebrate Christmas than with beautiful macrame Santa gnome? Mix with your other handmade macrame decorations to make the perfect sustainably decorated tree this Christmas. It is delivered to you via instant download, in PDF format. ✅PDF file INCLUDE: - Brief tutorial with pictures The instructions are in English only. ✅This listing is PDF-tutorial - NOT the finished piece. Materials are not included. The files will be available for immediate download after receiving the payment. Once the payment is confirmed, you'll receive an email with the link that leads you to the download site (you will receive the email at the email address you filled in your Etsy account). Or download directly from your Purchases page. If you can't download, please inform me, and you will receive the file as an e-mail attachment within 24 hours. It will be sent to your profile e-mail address, let me know if you want it sent to a different e-mail. 🔍Skill Level: All Skill Levels. This is a surprisingly fast and enjoyable project to beading - great for beaders of all skill levels, including absolute beginners. It would be helpful if you have some experience with jewerly making, but don't be afraid to tackle this amazing project, it's very interesting. You need to know how to start and end new lengths of thread in the middle of a project. Get ready to make beautiful beaded things for the holidays. If you will have any questions, you can always contact me directly. ✅Recommended Tools and Materials (not included): • Yarn (2 colors); • Line, glue gun, scissors; • Big wood beads 14mm; • Base rings (i use 38mm); • Cardboard or plastic sheet; • Device for feeling or small comb. The image is just a visualization and an example of how this bag can look like. It has similar colors but they are not identical to the color of the beads given in the PDF file. The displayed colors may vary on different monitors due to individual graphic settings. 👉Visit my shop's home page to view our full selection of Tutorials, Patterns and Kits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrazyAcademy ⚠️By purchasing this pattern you agree to the following: - This pattern was designed by CrazyAcademy with a lot of love and considerable time. Please respect "CrazyAcademy" copyright. - The pattern is for your personal use only; - It is expressly forbidden and unfair to reproduce, distribute, sell or use this pattern for any purpose without CrazyAacdemy permission. But of course you can sell your jewelry made after this (not mass production) or publish pictures of it naming "CrazyAcademy" name as designer of the pattern. - CrazyAcademy would be very happy to receive a photo of your finished jewelry. - If you notice something flawed, I would be grateful for your hint. - I do not refund for lost or stolen packages. - International Buyers – Please Note: Duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs may be prior to buying. inspiration to you and enjoy your creativity, Your CrazyAcademy!

In today's post: Learn how to make super easy macrame gnomes - no macrame experience needed! This is a cute craft project you can complete in under half an hour. Use these adorable little gnomes

These little needelfelted gnomes are my favourite gift for the little people in my life (and some of the bigger people too!) They are quite easy to make, and have so much character. Use them in storytelling, for play, or as a little pocket friend to whisper secrets to! They make a lovely Valentine's gift, with the hearts needlefelted onto their tunics. These little gnomes are made in the same way as the ones featured in the Trille de Bois Waldorf School Tapestry. Love Gnomes: Materials: 0.2 ounces wool batting/roving in 4 colors: hat, skintone, tunic,leggings small amount of wool roving for boots ( optional) small amount of wool/mohair locks for hair and beards pipecleaner felting needle and sponge (a good kitchen sponge will work) sewing needle and thread Finished, the Love Gnomes stand about 6 inches tall. You can make them taller or smaller by adjusting the length of the pipecleaner, and the amount of wool you use for the legs. Divide the skintone wool roving, so you have small long strips, about 0.5 inch wide and 6-8 inches long. Cut the pipecleaner to measure 8 inches. Fold in the ends of the pipecleaner so they meet in the middle. Using a very small amount of roving, wrap wool around the folded end of the pipecleaner. Start wrapping about 0.5 inch from the bend, and wrap around to 0.5 inch past the bend. The more evenly and securely we wrap on the wool, the easier our finishing is, so take your time with each step! Fold the bend in the pipecleaner tightly, and wrap remaining wool around the folded end . This gives a really nicely finished hand, with no wire ends exposed. If the hand looks too heavy or lumpy, just unwrap it, and start again with a smaller amount of wool. It's always better to work with less wool, and add a few more layers if necessary, than to have too much wool, and need to needelfelt indefinitely to get the size you want! Repeat on other side for the other hand. Wrap a small amount of tunic color around arms, Start at one end of the arms, and wrap the wool around until you reach the other hand. As you wrap, pull on the wool roving a little, and as you near the end you will just be left with a few fibers. You will probably be able to wrap evenly to the other hand, then start wrapping back towards the middle to finish. Wrap these last fibers around tightly and the wool will hold itself in place. Once the arms are wrapped, roll them gently in your hands to secure the wool ends. Take a piece of your leggings color wool, about 4 inches by 6 inches, and roll it up tightly. Needlefelt over the leg, remembering to turn it over and work on all sides so it stays round. Leave about 1 inch at one end fluffy, to attach to the arms. Wrap the fluffy end of each leg around the middle of the arms, passing the extra wool around towards to middle, between the legs. This gives a little extra body shaping. Wrap some some tunic colored wool around the legs, just under the arms to start to build up the body shape. Wrap the wool over one shoulder, then under an arm, and back up and across the body, in a criss-cross pattern. Then wrap again just around the body under the arms, until it is nice and plump! The body will come down in size with needlefelting. Start to needelfelt the body. Felt all over, always turning to keep the shape rounded. Felt under the edge of the tunic to make it stand out a little from the legs. Felt under the arms to attach the body to the arms, and pull the body into a tunic shape. Using the strips of skintone wool roving, roll up a ball that is about 1.5 inches in diameter. Roll as if winding a ball of wool, keeping the surface as even as possible. If you find a little bit sticking out, roll the next wrap so that the bump is covered. Needelfelt lightly over the whole head, keeping the round shape. You can either needelfelt the whole head until it is the right size, or you can gently wet felt it. I like to do this in order to get a nice smooth surface for the face. Optional wetfelting: Apply a drop of natural dishsoap to the head. Hold it in the palm of one hand and very gently roll it with the other hand, not pressing or squeezing. After a minute or two you'll feel a felted skin on the surface, now roll more vigorously for another 2 minutes and rinse well under running water. Shape it into a nice round head and set aside to dry. Sew the head onto the body. You could needle felt, but I like to sew it to be sure it is well secured and ready for play! I sew through the body then through part of the bottom of the head, and work in this way around the whole head twice- I want to be sure it isn't going anywhere! At this moment the little doll comes to life! Select a piece of hat colored roving, that measures about 4 inches long by 2 inches wide. Wrap the roving around the head, keeping the face clear and covering the whole back of the head. Try to wrap it into a cone if possible, but this is not essential as we can needlefelt it into shape. Felt in lines from the head to the point of the hat. This will secure the wool for the hat, attach the hat to the head and begin the basic shaping. Shape the top by felting, working around the hat until you get it to nice tip. Felt the brim of the hat by needling up along the edge between the face and the hat wool. This helps define the face and tidies up any woolly fibers remaining there. Wool locks are great for hair and beards as they have all that natural crimp and curl. You can also use wool roving or yarn. To attach a beard, take a small amount of wool roving, or locks. Lay the fibers out, half over the face and half over the body. Felt along the chin line to attach. Then fold the top locks over, and felt along the chin line to hold in place. This gives the most natural beard look! To attach long hair, try the beard method but attach the wool along the hat line along the back. For short hair, just needelfelt a little wool roving, locks or yarn all along the underside of the hat. Check the face for an extra shaping required, A little extra needlefelting around the temples is usually good. For the boots wrap a small amount of wool around the bottom of the leg. Needelfelt all over. To shape the boot, needle felt only in a line about 0.5 inches up from the bottom, this will make a fold in the foot.Once the fold is in place, turn the boots and shape as you go. Do some felting on the bottoms of the boots to give a good sole (Because all the gnomes have good soles!). If you aren't using a separate boot color, use the same process as above without adding the extra wool. This will still make the foot shape at the bottom of the legs. I don't usually add faces to my gnomes, but if you'd like to- this is my method- it makes a nicely shaped eyes and mouths, without having them indented into the face. Use only a few fibers of wool, and needlefelt them in, only partially, and only in one spot. Don't pull your felting needle out all the way-just needle in the one spot. You'll see the wool fibers shortening as they get tucked into the skin. Leave a tuft sticking out. Clip off the tuft of wool fibers, as close into the skin as possible. Ta-daa! Use this method for the mouth also, but felt in a short line, maybe three needle widths across. If you want a little smile, felt the middle of the mouth downwards, toward the chin. Clip off any extra fibers. Needle felt a little heart onto the gnomes tunic, and then, if you haven't already, decide to which special person your little love gnome will be giving his heart! I'm giving away two finished Love Gnomes or 2 kits for making your own. Please leave a comment below to enter. I'll draw two names on January 25th, and the winners can each chose either the kits or the finished gnomes. Good luck! Enjoy! Fiona

Kabouter met krullende baarden en gebogen hoed. Dit is een ideale kit voor kabouterliefhebbers! * Als dit de eerste keer is dat u naaldvilt, heeft u een compleet pakket nodig om het project uit te voeren. De complete set bevat materialen plus startgereedschap (een milieuvriendelijk viltschuim met hoge dichtheid en twee viltnaalden). * Het Basispakket bevat alleen materialen. Het voltooide project meet ongeveer 6-7 centimeter lang. Heb je die joviale mannetjes met punthoeden door je tuin zien rennen? Er wordt gezegd dat ze geluk brengen, en misschien zijn ze op dit moment bezig met het verbergen van schatten. Complete set (📌inclusief alles in de basisset plus schuim en twee naalden): - Een vilten schuimblok van de hoogste kwaliteit, gemaakt van milieuvriendelijke materialen, duurzaam en stevig - Hoge kwaliteit van 100% wol. Inclusief witte kernwol en diverse kleuren wol voor de kabouter met blauwe muts of oranje muts. Deze wol is afkomstig van schapen die op Amerikaanse boerderijen zijn grootgebracht. Het wordt zorgvuldig gewassen met een milieuvriendelijke zeep en aan de lucht gedroogd. Bij deze processen worden geen agressieve chemicaliën gebruikt. De wol is zacht en glad, voelt zeer snel aan en pluist niet, goed voor het gladde, consistente eindresultaat - Krullende lokken voor baard - Pijpenrager - Twee glazen ogen -Twee 38 gauge sterviltnaalden gemaakt in de VS - Tutorial - met gedetailleerde foto-instructie - De kitlevering is goed voor één kabouter Basispakket (📌zonder schuim en naalden) bevat: - Hoge kwaliteit van 100% wol. Inclusief witte kernwol en diverse kleuren wol voor de kabouter met blauwe muts of oranje muts. Deze wol is afkomstig van schapen die op Amerikaanse boerderijen zijn grootgebracht. Het wordt zorgvuldig gewassen met een milieuvriendelijke zeep en aan de lucht gedroogd. Bij deze processen worden geen agressieve chemicaliën gebruikt. De wol is zacht en glad, voelt zeer snel aan en pluist niet, goed voor het gladde, consistente eindresultaat - Krullende lokken voor baard - Pijpenrager - Twee glazen ogen - Tutorial - met gedetailleerde foto-instructie - De kitlevering is goed voor één kabouter Tijd om te maken: Geschatte 2 tot 3 uur Let op: wees zeer voorzichtig als u met een viltnaald werkt, deze is extreem scherp en heeft kleine weerhaken nabij de punt. Houd naalden uit de buurt van kinderen jonger dan 3 jaar. Oudere kinderen, minimaal 7 jaar of ouder, moeten zorgvuldig onder toezicht staan van een volwassene. ====================================================== Mijn motief voor het ontwerpen van deze kit komt voort uit mijn leservaring. Ik heb deze kunst 6 jaar lang onderwezen; mijn studenten, variërend van basisschoolleerlingen tot senioren. Naaldvilten is geen algemene kennis, maar aan het einde van elke leuke sessie gebruiken ze hun geleerde vaardigheden als een persoonlijke therapeutische hobby. Ik heb van hun fouten geleerd om hen te helpen met hun projecten en die van vele anderen. Deze kabouterkit was een project gemaakt voor een kunstles, en wordt nu uitgepakt zodat iedereen ter wereld ervan kan genieten.

Completely Icelandic, down to the traditional patterning of the Icelandic woolen jumper and volcanic rock. They didn't have any banker gnomes getting put into gnome jail though.

Macrame Seasonal Gnome The most perfect little decoration to add you your collection! Made to hang anywhere! I have made these in more neutral tones and to cater for different Christmas decor themes. Each gnome is handmade so may vary slightly from each other. They are approximately 8 inches from hat to beard. Not including the hanging cord. ***Warning*** - this product is not a toy and should be kept well out of reach of children as contains small parts. Be sure to follow my socials @handmadebysian1 for more info and pictures on my products. I would love to see how you have styled these pieces. Why not leave me a review and add a picture. ☺️

How to Make Bagpipes Out of a Garbage Bag and Recorders: This instructable is how to make a simple bagpipe like instrument out of basic household materials. Granted, it does not sound all too much like a bagpipe, but it works similarly and is fun to mess around with.

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I had a request for my gnome to be knitting. He decided to be cool and not show off his knitting skills to much so he's just holding the needles :D

Gnome felting kit – perfect for beginners! A do it yourself needle felt starter kit for anyone new to wool felting. Craft your own fun gnome décor with this diy needle felting kit! No previous wool felting, sewing, knitting, or crocheting experience/skills are necessary to create these sweet little gnomes, making this needle felt kit ideal for crafting beginners. This delightful diy craft kit allows you to make one cute gnome in the color of your choosing or choose the option to make all three. Your finished gnome will measure approximately 3 inches tall, depending on how firmly it is felted, and the project will take around three hours to complete if you are a felting newbie. The wool for this adorable needle felted gnome is collected from the specialty breed sheep raised on our farm in North Dakota, and processed at our own mill, so you can be assured of the quality and integrity of our wool felt kits! All our needle felting kits are packaged in resealable plastic bags making them the perfect gift for any crafter or fiber enthusiast! Why not create your own group of these endearing gnomes to add a touch of homemade charm to your home? Our beginner Gnome craft kit comes with – wool glass eyes two felting needles felting cushion detailed instructions with photographs of each step by Fiber Artist Teresa Perleberg DOES NOT include needle and thread to sew on the eyes OPTIONS: 1. Complete kit – This kit has everything listed above, and is everything you need to complete this kit. 2. No cushion and needles – I offer this option for those who would like to purchase more than one kit. You will only need one set of needles and one cushion for multiple felting projects. Please note that I remove the cushion and needles from a complete kit for this option. The packaging will stay the same and will state that the cushion and needles are included even though they have been removed. 3. Wool Felting Cushion – Choose this option to switch out the foam cushion for the eco-friendly wool felting cushion designed right here at Shepherd Industries. The perfect option if you are planning on felting more than this project as it is better for the environment, better to work with than foam and will last a lifetime.