How to Make Mini Ugly Sweater Christmas Tree Ornaments

Your Christmas tree can also wear an ugly sweater with these adorable, tiny sweaters on dollhouse coathangers. 

Tools and Materials

  • felted sweater
  • sweater template
  • scrapbook stickers
  • decorative trim
  • hot-glue gun
  • fabric stiffener
  • doll coathangers

Step 1

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Create a sweater template and place it onto a sweater.  You can use a felted wool sweater as pictured here or wool fabric.

Step 2

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Cut out sweater shapes from fabric.

Step 3

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Follow manufacturer’s instructions for stiffening the sweaterfabric.

Step 4

Allow the sweater fabric to dry and stiffen completely.

Step 5

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Small stickers, decorative trim and cut up craft felt can all be used to adorn the ugly sweater ornaments.

Step 6

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Small hangers can be found at the craft store in the doll or miniature section.  Paper clips can or malleable wire can also be bent into coat hanger shape. Glue hangers to backs of sweaters.

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