VIDEO: Felt and Pine Cone Elves
Elf Yourself!
I think I am falling in love with felt again. Actually, I know that to be true. One reason is the wonderful wool blend and 100% wool felt that is so readily available. We now carry felt in our shop at shopliagriffith.com. Remember the felt turkey tutorial and the felt pine cone owls? It seems felt and pine cones make a wonderful match, especially when crafting with kids. Today I combined them to make these cute felt and pine cone elves.
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Highly influenced by two of my team members who are Scandinavian, it seems these holiday pine cone elves are a perfect craft for December. For this project, we chose five felt colors—ruby, paprika, fern, moss, and blue spruce. I love that color combo!
I found mini pine cones at my local craft store or I have also provided links to buy them online. With some scissors, hot glue (you can substitute art glitter glue), and black and red pens, these little elves come to life so simply. Oh, what fun you can have making different variations!
Below you will see my step-by-step tutorial and a brand-new video tutorial! Download the PDF template for the felt pieces to cut. Or you can download the SVG file for your Cricut Maker to cut. Gather the kids around and do a little seasonal crafting today!
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Tools
- Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo 4 (optional)
- Detail Scissors
- Low-Temp Hot Glue Gun or Art Glitter Glue
- Posca Paint Pen – 1MR Ultra Fine Pen – Black
- Posca Paint Marker – 3M Fine Reversible Bullet – Red
Materials
- Lia Griffith’s Wool Blend Felt — Ruby, Paprika, Fern, Moss, and Blue Spruce.
- Pine Cones
- Lia Griffith Natural Wood Macrame Beads – 1″
- Mini Jingle Bells
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Leave a CommentI started a membership and was needing the download able pattern, but when I click the link it does not go to a download page. I do not have either cutting machine so….
Welcome Kandie! For the older projects that have each of the downloads separate, you can click on the download link and a new window will open with the template. That window will allow you to download it onto your desktop with the arrow button. For our newer projects, everything is in one zipped folder that will go straight into your downloads folder on your desktop.
How many in inches high for hats is reasonable.
You can just use the template that we provided. 🙂
How do I get the printable pattern? I’d like to use this for a library program.
We offer a very affordable membership that you can join.
I love these Felt and Pine Cone Elves craft, seems unique and amazing. Thanks for sharing this craft with us, I was actually looking for same.
Love this Felt and Pine Cone elves, this craft is actually amazing, thanks for sharing this one with us. Will definitely try this unique craft.
If you were to add long hair to the elves, what would you use?
I would use embroidery floss. See how Krista did just that with the bead and felt elves. https://liagriffith.com/bead-felt-elf-ornaments/
Love this “FELT AND PINE CONE ELVES, unique and so adorable one. Actually home town is actually around pine trees, it will be more for my to make these . Thanks for sharing this
AMAZING CRAFT ” FELT AND PINE CONE ELVES”, PERFECT FOR KIDS , MY DAUGHTER GONNA LOVE THIS ONE. She always try these kind of crafts .
How cute!! You are so creative!
Thank you!!
Thank you for this darling pattern. I am having trouble with them standing upright. Any suggestions?
Thank you. elena
We like to tape a coin to the bottom of the feet, that should help!
Hi,
What will be the size for the pine cones? The ones that I saw at Michaels look pretty big for the 1 inch wooden balls
Hi Matilde,
We used mini pine cones, they are about 2″ tall.
Great idea for Chritsmas 🙂
Dear Lia,
Those darling little pine cone elves remind me of the Yule Nisse! Yule Nisse are Christmas Gnomes, in Norway. My friend, Laurie, told me about them when she travelled to Norway. Your elves are so easy to make! I watched your video, and enjoyed the music used for the background! ^.^
We have lots of pine trees on our road, so I can gather them, for free, and make some elves! Oh, happy! Thanks so much for sharing your patterns and talent with us all!
Sincerely,
Janet in Canada < : ) (it is a gnome)
Aww how sweet! I’m glad these sweet little guys can bring so much joy 🙂
Again, you’ve drawn the pattern in color which I cannot print without a color cartridge which I cannot afford. This looked just perfect for an elderly community project. Now I’ll have to try and recreate it by hand. Please don’t use color patterns for those of us that do not have color capabilities.
Cynthia, all black & white printers should have the capability to print color in grayscale.
Good Morning,
I’m I missing something but what size wooden ball are you using?
Thanks much…these are too cute!
Hi! They are 1″ wood beads 🙂
these are are so cute. I found large Christmas mugs at the dollar store and tied three elves around with gold ribbon which looks even better.
Oh so cute!
These are very cute. I found you at CuteDiiyprojects They were highlighting fun pinecone projects. They listed the pattern is free. You might want to have them correct this n
Thanks for letting us know, Sandy!
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Thank you 🙂
With the neighbor’s Pine trees depositing loads of Pine cones in our yard. ..this elf project and all others is too perfect!
Oh yes, perfect timing! 🙂
I noticed the pattern has two different sizes. Is this just for adjustment to pinecone sizes?
Yes, exactly 🙂
Lia, I absolutely love this design, I’m a member and for some reason every time I try to download the template all I get is the tutorial. Help 🙂
Hi Maria, sorry you’re having trouble! If you’re signed in you should be able to download the PDF. You might try a different web browser? If that doesn’t work, send an email to hello@liagriffith.com and we’ll get it figured out 🙂
A friend just sent me a pic of the pine cone elves which I plan on trying. My father was very Danish and you mentioned your partners are Scandinavian. If you check out the website Gingerbreadsnowflakes, you’ll see lots of Scandinavian ideas. I make Swedish wood shaving ornaments and they are on that website. I’m winding down for this year but will be up and running next fall. It’s something I’ve been doing for 35 years off and on. Now it’s on because my son is cranking out the shavings by the bags full.
Wonderful!! I love hearing about others’ crafty endeavors! Merry Christmas to you 🙂
I just joined so that I could print out the pdf pattern for the pine cone elves. The trouble is, when I print, the triangles don’t print. Can you help me with this?
How strange! The only think that I could think is maybe you are out of printer ink? Are you able to pull up the template without a problem?
Love these cute little elves – thank you! I have linked to this post on my latest blog post: http://abusylittlebird.com/10-holiday-crafts-you-can-make/
Thank you so much for including this project!! Happy holidays to you!
These are adorable! I can already picture them hanging from my windows/Christmas tree!
We are going to make this craft project in our group Magiche Donne Creative next week. In case we wanted to make a small donation as a gratefulness gesture for you sharing the idea, what would be the best way?
Buona giornata
Tanti saluti dall’Italia
Thank you so much! This is so sweet! The best gesture of gratitude would simply be to share our site with your friends and encourage others to become members 🙂 I am so glad to hear that you will be doing the craft with your group, that will be so fun! Feel free to email some photos so we can share them on our page 😉 Happy holidays to you!
What size pine cones are used? It’s hard to tell.
You can really use any size of pinecones that you want! It just depends on how big you want to make them 🙂
The jingle bell hats are sweet! These remind me of pinecone elves I made last year with my son from the blog webloomhere. A fun project 🙂
So glad you like them!! 🙂
I used the same pine cones that you have pictured for these adorable little guys. Problem, is the next day the cones opened completely up all the way. All that work, and now I have these funky looking things. Disappointed.
Oh no!! Where did you get your pinecones? If you find them outside there is definitely a risk that they will continue to open up. We got ours in a pack that we bought at Michaels and we didn’t experience any issues. I’m so sorry this project didn’t work out!
How can I purchase just the template for the pine cone elves. I am not interested in a monthly membership at this time. Thank you
Hi Jan, originally we had only posted this template with access for our members, but because so many people have specifically requested it, we decided to put in on our Etsy shop! You can purchase this individual template if you follow this link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/255446295/template-for-felt-pinecone-elves?ref=shop_home_active_1
Thanks! 🙂 Lia
Love, love the elves! How can I purchase the pattern and sign up for a membership?
Thanks!
So glad you like them!! They have been one of our most popular Christmas crafts, we absolutely LOVE them. You can sign up for a membership here: https://liagriffith.com/membership?utm_source=liagriffith&utm_medium=header&utm_campaign=membership
Once you sign up for a membership you will have access to all of our patterns! Happy crafting 😉 Lia
i would like to purchase the felt pine cone elf pattern. how can I just purchase this and not a subscription. thanks!
Unfortunately the pattern for the felt pinecone elves are not available for individual purchase. You can find some select patterns for sale on our Etsy shop, which you can access by typing “liagriffith” in Etsy. Thank you for your interest! 🙂
Love this idea. So adorable!
Did you have a problem with the heads staying on top of the pinecones? They look like wooden balls. That seems heavy to stay affixed on the pointy
end of the pinecone.
Hey April, there are a couple of tricks that you can use to make it easier to attach the wooden heads. You can cut the pointy end a bit to make a flatter surface, and then you can also use the scarf to help hold the head in place. No need to be conservative with the hot glue because they scarves will cover it perfectly 😉
Best of Luck!!
-Lia
You could also use the round wood beads for the head and put the tip of the pine cone in the hole with glue.
That is a great idea too!!
Absolutely love this idea! We are trying to do this for an activity at my work, but we won’t have access to needles or threat to make the caps. Is there any other way you suggest, like using craft glue? We need it to be as simple as possible for adults and teens and (possibly) children. Thank you for your time!
You can absolutely use glue. I would suggest a low temperature “hot glue gun” the key is low temperature when it comes to glue guns but any type of glue that works with fabric will also work. Have fun!
Stop, how cute are these? Love the idea. My mom is big into making little favors like this for the holiday so I’ll be sharing this idea with her!
Thank you:-)
Ma sono troppo carini! Da fare assolutamente!
Grazie
🙂
You could also add a small thin ribbon and hang them as ornaments.
Yes, that is a great idea!
I adore these elves! Do you know what size pine cones and bells you used? Thanks so much!
The balls we used for heads were 1″ so I would suggest a pine cone that is proportional to that, we picked ours in the forest so they varied a bit in size. You can also get larger or smaller heads depending on the size pine cone you find. Happy Holidays!
How do you get the patterns for the elfs and owls??
Hey Maggie, you can get the patterns by either becoming a member of our site or individually purchasing them from our Pintrest page. I sent you an email this morning with some more information so that you can make the decision 🙂
Cheers!
-Lia
These pine cone elves are simply ADORABLE! I will definitely put these on my Christmas crafts list this year…i have many pine cones to work with! Im always on the lookout for what to make with them.
Thanks for the nice & easy tutorial! <3
Great! We have lots more ideas for using pine cones coming, wish we had a tree with pine cones in the back:-) Would be so handy!
Absolutely charming! I simply cannot stop making these. Thank you for sharing your project.
Your sweet comment made my day:-)
Hi Lia,
I made one of these dear elves all in bright pink shades for my friend who is undergoing breast cancer treatment. On the hat, I added a small version of the folded breast cancer pink ribbon emblem (made from transparent bright pink ribbon). This turned out sooo cute and my friend loved it. I think you should feature this elf pattern again with the custom color idea. Thanks for a great pattern–love your site.
Marcie, I love what you did for your friend!!!! Your comment made my entire week, thank you for sharing. I will definitely have to make one! Hugs to you and your friend!
So cute, and I bought all the supplies. A question, when I printed the patterns for the hat, gloves, and mitts,I see it has two sizes. Which should I use ? I have the 1 in. wooden balls.
thank you. I did two sizes since it depends on the size of the pine-cone. The small one is for a 2-3″ pine-cone.
The best looking Elves yet! I want to keep them around all year and change out their clothes – Hawaiian shirts for the summer maybe? A good reminder for my kids to be kind all year round. Thanks for sharing!
What a great idea!!!
Love those little ones
Thank you:)
Me ha gustado mucho el post. Por favor seguid publicando.
Thanks
aaaw these are soooooo adorable and cute!
love them, and like them even better.
well done girl, and thank you for an other cute tute and the sharing;-D
Thank you!!!
Love these elves!! And I have all the makings for them too-gotta get to work!!
Perfect, hope you have a blast!
OMG these are SO cute! Got to try some… its been pouring with rain so I’ll need to dry out a few cones but these little folk will just have to stand on my mantlepiece this year! Thanks so for sharing.
Love the photos too!
Thank you Ann! Mine have also “moved in” on my mantle:)
I love this craft. Been doing a lot of your flowers and now working on the birds. I guess the elves will be next. Can’t wait to get started.
These guys are cuties!
I cannot stand how cute these are. I am now officially addicted to your site. I. Must. Go. Back. To. Work. Thank you again for sharing your brilliance with the rest of us!
Haha. I will be here when you finish. 😉
Боже мой,Лия! Я впадаю в детство!…. Эти эльфы не дают мне покоя.Они чудесны! Спасибо,Лия!
Aren’t they cute;-)
Wow, these little guys are adorable. Cannot wait to try them with my son. He will love it. I will have to find a substitute for wooden balls though. We don’t find specific craft supplies that easily here in India.
I will bet you can find something. You can always paint a small ball tan.
possibly use a ping pong ball with a bigger pinecone?
That is a great idea!! Share photos.
Oh qu’ils sont beaux!!!!
🙂
j’adore vos petits lutins ils sont adorable,
merci pour ce joli tuto
belle journée
rose
Thank you. Wish I could pop over to France, maybe next time I am there;-)
So adorable! Will be making these at our annual Santa Cookie party this year with the grands!
Thanks so much for the patterns.
You’re wonderful!
Kate
Sounds like fun!
These are so darn cute, makes me wish I had small children……..or a pine tree!!
Or you can get the pinecones at Michaels like I do;-)
Oh my these are adorable Lia. I’ve been all over Pinterest & Etsy looking for a pattern. The felt shoes are brilliant!
Day two of my Cricut Explore learning curve. How do you condition a new mat before using?
I didn’t know about “new mat conditioning.” Boy that card stock was stuck like gum on my $10.00 mat.
Thanks Bonnie! Happy I posted it early. I was going to hold it until next week. 😉
Personally, I use the light grip mats. I hear you about the card stock sticking. The only way I have seen it “conditioned” is to put a cotton cloth over it, rub and pull it off again, leaving some of the fibers to soften the sticky. Again, the light grips are the way to go. The good news is. . . it should last a long time with that much stick. 😉
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