DIY Stuffed Felt Christmas Tree Decoration
Now that aina is 4 years old and interested in sewing, we decided that the Christmas Tree Project for this year is sewing a small felt decoration. It is more advanced than the drawing decoration we did two years ago, but it is still a fairly simple sewing project.
All we need is just different color felt, embroidery threads, glue (U-HU works well) and pretty ribbons for hanging. and we have most of those in our craft stash anyway.
I started with sketching some easy peasy designs so that Aina can sew them.
Aina wanted to start with the Xmas tree design. So, we cut the felt to shape. I sew the ribbon on to the tree first and showing Aina how to do it.
And as soon as she’s confident enough in sewing, she took it away… it turns out that sewing seems to come naturally for her. Of course the stitches aren’t even and quite all over the place, but she didn’t poke herself at all! That was a surprise.
After all the sewing, we put the stuffing into the tree to make it a little chubbier.
Then, it comes the fun part… glueing the colorful dots onto the tree! We cut all different colors of felt and Aina got to glue them.
And, VIOLA! The felt tree is done!
We then continue making the rest of the faces. I did all the felt cutting. Aina did most of the stitches and glueing. I did rudolph’s antlers because it was too small and delicate. Aina added a girl elf, which wasn’t in the design, so we ended up with 5 things to hang this christmas :
Aina was very excited in decorating the tree… along with the 2009′s coloring and the 2010′s ball decorations, the tree is getting more full. I think it’s looking better and better each year 
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Nice & cute!!! Luv it! And she’s 4 years old??? Amazing!!! My daughter has never touched the needle at all — maybe because of her paranoid mom
monikatanu / 20 Dec 2011 00:24haha, i was kinda surprised that she didn’t poke herself at all. i thought she’d poke herself once or twice, but that’s okay. i gave her a large and long needle so it’s easier to handle.
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 12:23 / Log in to Replywaaahh..Aina hebaaat!!
SunShine / 20 Dec 2011 06:52 / Log in to Replyalways love your family’s D-I-Y project! keep on inspiring us yaa…
thank you!!
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 12:24 / Log in to Replykeren banget thaaal
baguuus… mama2 yg mau natalan bisa deh bikin ini sama si kecil. hasilnya bagus bangeeet!
ninit yunita / 20 Dec 2011 08:08 / Log in to Replyhihihi, jaitannya mencong2 banget sih nit. tapi gapapa lah. biar di tahun2 yang nanti, keliatan progress-nya. dan keliatan ini bikinan anak kecil
makasii nit!
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 12:25 / Log in to Replyaina bakatnya turun ya dari binggi…lucu2 banget deh hasilnya!
keren thal, as always 
Sukma Pertiwi / 20 Dec 2011 08:37aku kemarin juga bikin felt christmas tree, ga sempet foto2 tutorialnya, tapi langsung hasilnya, aku submit di TUM. hikikikik..
oow, bikin juga ya? mo liaaaaat!
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 12:26 / Log in to ReplyWah Aina pinter ya… Emang kebiasaan keluarga bakal ditiru anaknya, elo rajin banget crafting jadi Aina udah biasa ngeliat (dan sekarang mulai praktek). Gue suka makan-tiduran, jadinya… *lirik Nara yang punya spot pribadi sama guling kecilnya di kasur*
Pangastuti Sri Handayani / 20 Dec 2011 09:17 / Log in to Replysiapa tau nanti nara jadi jago masak ty.. jadi chef terkenal .. amiin!
shinta lestari / 20 Dec 2011 09:20 / Log in to Replyiya, siapa tau ntar nara buka bakery kalo udah gede. lengkap ama day bed & guling buat males2an
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 12:27 (Comments wont nest below this level)aina hebaatt ih! udah jago sewing sendiri. tadi baca artikel ini pake iphone ama naia, trus naia langsung pengen ketemu kaka aina dong. trus minta ke rumah kaka aina, mau liat christmas tree! heheh.. langsung kangen liat foto aina dia.
btw, yang santa claus lucuuu bangeeettt!!
shinta lestari / 20 Dec 2011 09:22 / Log in to Replyyuk, kesini yuk! bisa sekalian liat pohon natal… udah kelar dekorasinya soalnya. lagian yang kemaren ke sini itu kan anak2 pada ga puas. kurang lama
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 12:29 / Log in to ReplyAina hebaatt.. Tampaknya bakat crafting dari binggi nih.. Slalu suka DIY dari Binggi..
mira a / 20 Dec 2011 09:39 / Log in to Replyaw, makasii mir! aina sih demen ikut2an, jadi semangat banget waktu dibilangin boleh jait pake jarum beneran… hihihi.
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 12:31 / Log in to Replyaduuuuh lucunya… pengen bikinnnnn…
Gabriella Felicia / 20 Dec 2011 12:50 / Log in to Replytahun ini gak sempet bikin apa2…
cuma kartu2 aja…
padahal taun lalu sempet ya, la? yuk, bikin2 lagi. yang ini mayan gampang nih… kalo males jait, pake lem aja.
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 14:56 / Log in to Replyga sabar nunggu my baby boy gede biar bisa nglakuin mommy and son things together…
mommy lael / 20 Dec 2011 13:27 / Log in to Replyiya, enaknya kalo udah toddler keatas, udah bisa diajak2 main bareng
thalia kamarga / 20 Dec 2011 14:56 / Log in to ReplyWaaww very inspiring
TFS yah!
TesA / 20 Dec 2011 15:25 / Log in to Replythank you, tesa!
thalia kamarga / 21 Dec 2011 19:01 / Log in to Replywahh bagusssnya
aina jagoan bs jait dr kecil!
asri syarifah / 20 Dec 2011 17:02 / Log in to Replythank you, fa… hihi, masih mencong2 banget. lebih seru ngelemnya sebenernya kok
thalia kamarga / 21 Dec 2011 19:02 / Log in to Reply