DIY: Valentine’s Crafts

Today I offer 2 simple, easy to create Valentine crafts: a fleece pillow and a Valentine Gnome. Let’s get started!

No Sew Heart Pillow

Have a look at this easy way to make such a pillow from felt fabric or polar fleece (the cloth must be threadless). You need polar fleece in two different colors, scissors, and stuffing to stuff the pillow with, when it is ready.

Put the fabrics one over the other. Cut a big heart. After that draw a smaller heart inside the bigger one. Be sure to leave at least an inch to an inch and a half between the two borders. This is very important, because when you cut the strips (as shown at the image) they must be long enough so that you can tie them.

Start to tie every two strips, which one over another.

Tie all the strips in this way.

Do not forget to stuff the heart before you close the heart.

At the end, you can reduce the length of the strips to make your heart bushy. This heart pillow comes from the krokotak.com website.

Gnomes

Old yarn socks

Wooden beads

Faux beard

Rice

Polyester fiberfill

Jute string

Microfiber cleaning cloth, white

Hot glue gun & glue sticks

Directions

Cut the socks at the heel. Use the lower half for the body and the upper half for the hat.

Fill the body with half a cup of rice for the weight, then add fiberfill to complete the body. Tie with string to seal the body.

Tie the end for the hat, then turn it over and tie again to make the pompom at the top.

Cut a strip of white microfiber cloth, then glue it to the bonnet. Fold the microfiber upward to keep the unfinished seams out of sight.

Glue the hat to the top of the body. Glue on a faux beard and a wooden bead for the nose.