We’ve been having so much fun thinking of how to use the new felt balls in our shop for different craft projects. Last month we made these felt ball pumpkins and felt ball spiders. But now we need something for the holiday season! These felt ball bird ornaments are easy to assemble and will look so darling on your Christmas tree.
Just gather your craft supplies from our list below. Then follow our step-by-step tutorial to craft your own unique versions!
We’re Having a Christmas Ball
Our felt ball bird ornaments combine roving wool for the head and wool-blend felt for the wings and tail. You can choose any color combination for your birds and easily make a whole flock for your tree. If you don’t have a Christmas tree, you could easily hang them up from our pine branches or some other type of faux branch.
For the final touch, we used cinnamon sticks for our birds to hang out on. Not only does this make a cute, little perch for them to “sit” on, but it also adds a nice smell to your tree!
Skill level: Beginner
Other projects shown: Felt garland and crepe paper pine cone branches
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Tools
- Detail Scissors
- Cutting Machine (optional)
- Felting Pad
- Needle Felting Needle Holder
- Felting Needles — Pack of 6 (use 40g)
- Needle Felting Finger Protectors (optional)
- Embroidery Needles
- Embroidery Threader
- Sewing Clips (optional)
- Awl
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
Materials
- Lia Griffith Felt Balls 4cm — Cotton, Mushroom, and Marble
- Ashford Corriedale Wool — Natural Medium, Aubergine, and Green Tea
- Lia Griffith Wool Blend Felt — Mustard, Oyster, Evergreen, and Merlot
- Craft Eyes for Needle Felting — 4mm
- DMC Embroidery Floss — 3852 Very Dark Straw
- Art Glitter Glue
- Toothpicks
- Cinnamon Sticks
How to Make Felt Ball Bird Ornaments
- Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download our template below.
- Cut tails and wings from wool blend felt according to template.
- Pull some short pieces of wool from the wool bundle.
- Start with point on forehead of bird and use needle to add color to head of bird.
Full tutorial available for members to download below.
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10 Comments
So dang cute!! Love the cinnamon stick idea!
Lol. When I was hunting for sticks, I found the perfect size in my pantry!
I love these little birds. I was able to find all the materials on Felt Paper Scissors, but a lot of things there are out of stock. Could you maybe make a kit with what is needed for this craft?
We are working really hard to keep things stocked, but it seems to be tricky right now. We have plans to make kits in the near future for many of our projects. Stay tuned!
Lia Thank you for your help I apologize for NOT opening the template to see it there!
I want to make LOTS of these for my tree! Again, thank you Patricia
I love these little birds! They will be so cute on your tree!
Li how far doen on the felt ball do you start to add the color?
Thank you Patricia
I added the color to the top half of the birds.
Lia where is the point on forehead of the bird ??
thank you Patricia Keane
If you open up the PDF template, there is a graphic of the bird so you can visually see where the colors starts on the ball.