more easy felt gift adornments-tutorial

some more, 

easy felt gift adornments...

(the first post is here, i case you missed it.)

two-tone roses...

and a cute and easy flower.

for the felt roses:

you will need:

felt 

(i used two shades of brown for the 

roses and some green for the leaves and strip)

scissors

marker

something round to trace

adhesive 

(i used hot glue)

twine

stack you two shades of felt, 

and take a marker and trace a round object onto the

top layer of felt. cut through both layers so that 

you have two circles.

starting at the edge, cut a spiral in each circle.

using your adhesive, secure the center of the rose and 

start wrapping, glueing as you you.

i started my darker felt first, then trimmed about 

1/2 inch of the lighter felt, and added it to the

darker felt after a few turns.

once you are all done. attach your leaves.

i glued all three of my roses onto a piece of felt,

and attached a hair clip and pin to the back

so that i could re-use it.

this is a great way to give another gift within a gift...

not only does it make your package look pretty, 

but it can be reused after the package is opened!

i think it looks adorable on this jacket, 

and my 9 year old daughter is super excited to 

wear it in her hair.

 for this package, i also cut a strip from the green felt, 

and secured it to the box with green twine.

easy, and so cheap!

and the whole thing only took about 20 minutes to make.

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and now, onto the felt flowers...

you will need:
8 small felt circles
1 larger circle

(i just used the top and bottom of a glass)

a rectangular strip of fabric for the bottom.

(there are a ton of wayt to do the bottom...

on the first package, i

knew i wanted to use a wide ribbon, 

so i made two parallel cuts as shown above)

fold your small circles in fourths,

and glue them to the larger circle.

i found it helpful to do this symmetrically...

kinda of like pie slices. or a clock.

i placed the first circle at 12 o'clock, 

the next at 3, the next at 6 and then 9.

then i tucked the remaining circles in between 

the ones that were already placed.

then i glued the strip on the back,

making sure not to glue down the middle.

then, i threaded my ribbon through and 

attached it to the gift box.

for this one, 

i also covered the top of the box with felt.

i like the simple look of this one as well. 

the twine and the cream felt are timeless.

and, when you are done making a gift look fabulous, 

you can take off the flower and add it to a headband!

these felt gift adornments really are

 the perfect two-for-one gift.

 happy wrapping friends!