Holiday Yarn Crafts
These simple and adorable holiday yarn crafts are perfect for creating with your little ones. I have been making yarn dolls since I was a little girl. My Mother and I would make them using scraps of yarn. They are a sweet addition to your holiday decorations, added to your tree and tied to gifts.
These little Christmas hats are meant to be used as bottle toppers, or ornaments for the tree. A whimsical way to add a little Christmas cheer to an unopened bottle of wine or a bottle of infused olive oil. Perfect when you present it as a hostess gift or just place it on your holiday table or buffet. Unfortunately I didn’t have any wine and I buy olive oil in very large bottles. So I popped it on the top of a perfume bottle. You can tie them on gifts and add them to your Christmas tree too.
Holiday Yarn Craft Angel
yarn
needle
scissors
card stock
scotch tape
angel wing template click here
Holiday Yarn Craft Wine Bottle Topper
yarn
empty toilet tissue roll
scissors
Lets Make It! Cut a piece of card stock to measure 4 x 6. Cut out the angel wings from the remaining card stock.
Place the yarn on the card holding down one end at the bottom of the card. Begin to wrap until the card is full of yarn, do not wrap to tightly.
Cut a piece of yarn from the skein about 10 inches long and slide it trough the top of the yarn on the card
Tie a knot and remove it from the card. Smooth the yarn down. Cut another piece of yarn from the skein about 10 inches long and tie it with a knot about an inch down from the top to create the head. Carefully remove from the card. Once again, place yarn on the card holding down one end at the bottom of the card. Begin to wrap until the card is half full of yarn, do not wrap to tightly, this is for the arms. Cut two pieces of yarn from the skein both about 10 inches long . Tie a knot about half in on both ends. to create the hands.
Open the lower part of the angel body and slide the arms through. Cut another piece of yarn about 10 inches in length and tie it just below where you inserted the arms to form the waist.
Cut through the bottom of the looped yarn and trim to create the skirt of the angels gown. Attach the wings to the yarn angel by sewing ( or gluing.) at the center just below the head. cut a thin strip of paper from your scraps of card stock and create a circle ( use a little bit of tape) to use as the halo. Slip it over the yarn ties at the top of the angel head. Taa daa!
Now lets Make The Hats!
Cut a slice ( cardboard ring) from the toilet tissue roll about 1/2 inch wide. Cut about 40 pieces of yarn from the skein each about 10 inches long.
Fold a piece of yarn in half and slip it through the cardboard ring. Pull down both ends through the yarn loop and tighten ( not to tight) continue adding more yarn working slowly around the loop until it is completely covered ( make sure no cardboard is showing).
When you have covered the entire ring with yarn,smooth the yarn out towards the top. 
Cut a piece of 10 inch yarn from the skein and tie a knot about 1 1/2 inches from the bottom of the hat ring. Using scissors trim the excess yarn to form a fluffy pom pom. Taa daa, again!
I hope you will enjoy making these holiday yarn crafts .it may be something fun to do when the young ones are on Thanksgiving holiday. perhaps it will help you avoid hearing those dreaded words,” we’re bored” giggle 🙂
Will you give these easy family friendly crafts a try?
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I made one of the hats this evening and I’m still trying to make the yarn angel doll, I’m doing something wrong but will keep trying to figure it out as i want to make some for Christmas and maybe some to put on my tree. will come back to let you know if I get the angel yarn doll made. 🙂
Reta from Nova Scotia Canada
Hello Reta,If you could send photos of each step I may be able to help. Hugs!
Thank you for sending the photos. They are both lovely! So happy you made them. I used to put the angels on our Christmas tree. Now I tie them to presents, especially for our grandchildren Thank you for being a Katherines Corner bloggy friend. Hugs!
Those are sweet Katherine. I use to make them as a child.
They bring back fond memories for me 🙂
I never made the yarn dolls, but I had a little Raggedy Andy doll made like the Christmas Angel. Actually, I still have him … 70 years after I got him. Now I think I will make some for my granddaughters.
I would love to see your raggedy Andy angel doll.I have a pink teddy bear that was placed in my crib when I was born. It’s 53 years old. Hugs!
I love these, they are so sweet. And wonderful for gift giving!
Thank you Melissa you can tie them on their packages and it adds a sweet extra personal touch. Hugs!!
Oh did you bring back memories!!!…I think this will be a great project to do with my granddaughter!
Shirley, I am so happy to have sparked a memory and I hope you will enjoy making them with your granddaughter xo
I will definitely try the angel for the 2 little girls in my family, my daughter and niece.
Thanks Katie, they look very cute and elegant.
Hugs
Hello my friend, I hope you will enjoy making them as much as I did. Hugs
We used to do the dolls in red yarn. As kids, we loved making them and putting on packages and the tree. I like your wings and halo add-ons. I need to check my yarn stash!
Thank you so much. I like to make them in white and add a bit of sparkle too. They are so cute tied on holiday gifts. Hugs!
I will definitely be sharing this with my granddaughters! I used to make these along time ago and forgot how so now I can share this project. Thank you!!
Nicole, I am so happy I could share these with you and now you can share them with your grandchildren xo
These look so very easy and something I couldn’t even mess up (craft challenged sometimes here that I am). But seriously thanks for sharing and totally would love to try. Have a great weekend now!! 🙂
Sometimes the cutest crafts are the easy ones everyone can make. I hope you will make a few for your holiday decorating. xo
So pretty…I remember making these when I was younger, it was a lot of fun :))) Happy Friday doll xx
I made them with my Mother when I was a little girl. I have always had fond memories of the times we would sit and make our little yarn dolls. xo