How To Make Santa Button Ornaments
Learn how to make button ornaments that look like Santas for your own Christmas tree or to give as DIY gifts!
What You Will Need
- 2 Large red buttons
- 2 Medium white buttons
- 2 Small white buttons
- Black felt
- Red felt
- Black leather cord
- Polka dot ribbon
- Hot glue and a glue gun
- Scissors
Instructions
- Gather your 2 large red buttons, 2 medium white buttons, and 2 extra small white buttons.
- Cut a rectangular piece of black felt large enough to hold the large and medium buttons. Hot glue the buttons to the felt. See the note below about how to orient the button holes.
- Cut a longer rectangle of red felt and tie it on around Santa’s neck (just below the medium white button) to make a scarf.
- Cut a strip of black leather cord and glue it below the red button to make Santa’s belt.
- Cut a red felt triangle and glue the bottom of it to the top of the medium white button to make his hat.
- Apply some glue to the hat and fold it over in a “floppy” fashion. Add the smallest white button to the tip of the hat with hot glue.
- Hot glue a strip of ribbon to the back to hang this ornament. The glue on the back will give your ornament added stability.
Notes
Note: When gluing the buttons to the felt, stack the holes of the large red buttons on top of each other, so they look like Santa’s buttons. The holes of the medium white buttons should be side by side to look like Santa’s eyes.