Sherpa Mushroom Christmas Ornaments
Today I'm grabbing some recycled sherpa from the donation pile in my basement.
I have several daughters and a few still live at home or very near by and they have more used clothing to donate than I can even believe!
Repurposing fabric is a great way to recycle and the cute projects you can make with them are not only cute but very cost effective.
Today I'm making mushroom ornaments made with a recycled sherpa jacket... let's call them Sherpa Shrooms!
Take a look...
This project was so easy to make, not as much work as the velvet mushroom ornaments I made last week but just as cute!
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I began with a piece of sherpa from a jacket. I used this fabric before on the sherpa carrot project last year. I also used it on the bunny wreath I made for the front door.
It's hard to believe I have any left but I do and today it will be mushrooms!
I bought 2 1/2" styrofoam balls and cut them in half with a sharp knife.
I cut a piece of sherpa fabric big enough to wrap around the styrofoam ball and trimmed the corners. The sherpa sticks very well to the styrofoam and was easy to wrap around the ball.
The sherpa is attached to the styrofoam ball with hot glue leaving a little space in the center to add a stem
For the mushroom stem I'm using cinnamon sticks. I bought a pack of them and broke them in half so they were about 3" long. This cinnamon smells so good!!
The cinnamon sticks are stuck into the center of the mushroom with hot glue.
Next, I saw someone make this kind of mushroom bottom using folded fabric. I cut book pages into 1" strips and zig zag folded them attaching 2 together.
Once the 2 strips were attached I attached the other ends to form a circle.
Using hot glue again, I laid the circle of book pages around the mushroom stem and glued one edge against the cinnamon stick stem.
This was a little tricky but if you go slow it works great!
On the top of the mushroom I needed a hanger so I cut pieces of waxed string, tied it into a loop and wrapped it around a small gold push pin. I used hot glue on the tip of the push pin to keep it in the mushroom.
That's it!
They look so cute and cozy! If you don't want to make ornaments, these would look great in a wooden bowl.
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Hang them on a small tree or fill your large tree with home made ornaments this year!
READ MORE: CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
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