DIY Christmas Gnomes
I love decorating for Christmas! After seeing gnomes all over, I decided I needed some for my house. I put together this fun Christmas craft in one day. Just follow these steps and you’ll have some cute DIY Christmas gnomes in your house in no time at all!
DIY Christmas Gnomes Supplies:
- 2×4 (I used a leftover piece of 2×6 because I wanted mine a little bigger, but a 2×4 would definitely work!)
- Ruler
- Tape
- Fur
- Craft Paint
- Paintbrush
- Stain (I used Early American)
- 1″ Unfinished Wooded Balls
- Sandpaper
- Hot Glue Gun
- Miter Saw or Jig Saw
DIY Christmas Gnomes Step #1: Cut the Wood
First, start by cutting your wood into three different heights. You can pick any height that you want. Next, find the middle part of each board and mark it. Then you’ll take a ruler and draw a line from the middle to the bottom of the board on each side.
Use your saw to cut out the triangular piece. My miter saw is 10″, and so it wasn’t quite long enough to cut all the way through the board. So I used a jig saw instead, and it worked just fine. Once the triangles are cut out, sand down the edges to make them smooth.
Step #2: Stain & Paint
Now it’s time to stain and paint. You only want to stain the middle of the boards for the gnome’s faces. After you finish staining, you can tape off the middle and paint the gnome’s hat and shirt (the remaining wood areas).
Step #3: Glue the Fur
Now it’s time to get that fur on the gnome! Just cut out a strip of fur for his beard and two strips for his eyes, or more accurately, eyebrows. Glue them into place using your hot glue gun. Lastly, grab your wooden nose and glue it into place right above the beard.
All done with your DIY Christmas gnomes!
That’s it! Now, you can put them where you’ll see those cuties daily. There’s no place like gnome! Follow me on Instagram for more DIY Christmas decor.
