Gnome Bottle Toppers
Create these gnome bottle toppers to adorn a gift of wine this holiday season. They can also be hung on the tree for a little whimsy.
Yield: 1
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors
- Tracing pencil
Materials
- Felt or fabric you may have in your stash
- Card stock or heavy paper to make a template
- Fiberfill
- Wire
- Curly doll hair
- Wooden balls or beads
Instructions
- Fold a piece of 8.5 x 11 card stock or other heavy paper in half lengthwise.
- Starting at the fold cut a curve from one side to the other.
- Trace the shape onto a folded piece of felt or fabric.
- Use hot glue to close up the open side of the cone, starting at the top and working your way down to the bottom.
- Take a piece of floral wire and bend it in half. Then place it inside the cone.
- Add a bit of fiberfill stuffing. This will give your gnome's hat some form and extra body. The wire will allow you to bend the top into a fun twisted shape.
- Turn up the bottom edge to create a brim.
- Cut a piece of felt or fabric about 2 inches tall by 3 inches wide.
- Glue some of the hair onto the bottom edge of the felt strip. Make sure some strands are longer in the middle and taper on the sides.
- Glue the strip just inside the hat.
- Glue a wood bead or ball to the beard just below the brim and your gnome bottle topper is complete.
Notes
If you don't want to use it for a bottle topper consider hanging these guys on your tree. The wire in the hat makes it possible to hook the top right onto a tree branch.
You could also add a body to the gnome in the form of a large ball, made from foam or wood, that you could paint or cover with more fabric.
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