To make the coat hanger, cut a 12-inch piece of wire.Stack two pieces of same color felt and use the pattern to cut out two shirts.Tools: Sewing needle, scissors, instant grab glue*, wire snips, round nose pliers.Embellishments: ** mini jingle bells, mini wreaths, mini faux Christmas lights.If you need a Christmas gift idea for an adult friend, I think these sweater ornaments are perfect!Īs always, a full printable supply list and instructions are at the end of this post.įor this project you will need the following supplies: Often times they have miniature Christmas lights and even little tiny Christmas presents. Check the scrapbooking department by the stickers. I found my embellishments at the craft store. They aren’t perfect, which adds to the “ugly”, and for once that’s alright! I think the next ornament I tackle might be this adorable shadowbox ornament! I’m really happy with how mine turned out. I saw some at Michaels, plus online I saw them at Hallmark and even in some big department stores. Now there are ornaments! I thought I had imagined up something novel when I decided to make these, but apparently ugly sweater ornaments have been around for a couple of years already. It’s funny how trends start isn’t it? The ugly sweater is no longer just life-sized. TIP: If you would like to buy some ugly sweater ornaments instead of making them, be sure to check out this collection on Etsy. The trend died down in the early 90’s, but at the beginning of the new century a fun trend began where people try to out-do each other and be the party guest wearing the ugliest sweater. In the 70s and 80s it was actually quite the fashion statement to wear gawdy sweaters covered with Christmas garb. What? An ugly sweater ornament? Of course! For the past decade or so, ugly sweater parties have become all the rage.
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