DIY Flannel Christmas Tree Ornaments

Sometimes you don’t need to look much further than your own closet for crafting materials. Today, we sharing a tutorial for turning an old pair of pajama bottoms into a flannel Christmas tree ornaments with this fun upcycling craft.

DIY Flannel Ornaments

Knowing how much I like to repurpose things, my husband gave me a pair of his old pajama pants to craft away with. Flannel is a fun material to use, especially for Fall and Winter crafting. We used similar scraps to make these no-sew fabric pumpkins; these scrunchies and for making pretty painted pinecone ornaments as well as this snowman front door decoration.

And since I have a Cricut Maker along with an Easy Press, I love to add sparkly iron on glitter vinyl whenever I can. The glitter texture works really nicely with the cozy and rustic feel of the flannel fabric.

These handmade ornaments are so much fun to make and will beautiful on your Christmas tree year-after-year. Or make a set of these festive Christmas ornaments to give as gifts to coworkers and neighbors.

This easy Christmas craft idea is also a fun way to spend an afternoon crafting with friends for the holiday season.

Materials Needed:

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• Stocking.Deer.Tree SVG file
• Woven flannel fabric in a plaid pattern or any pattern of your choosing
• Cricut Maker with Fine Point Blade and Rotary Blade
• Glitter Iron On Vinyl in red and silver
• Cricut Strong Grip Mat and Fabric Grip Mat 
• Weeding Tool
• Scissors
• EasyPress Mini
• EasyPress Mat or Towel 
• Sewing machine and matching thread color
• Fabric Scissors 
• Batting
• Grosgrain ribbon, ¼” wide in black

How to Make Flannel Christmas Tree Ornaments

Preparing the Images:

Open Cricut Design Space. Click on the “+” sign to start a new project, opening up a blank canvas.

Click on the “Upload” button from the toolbar and browse your downloaded files to insert the Stocking.Deer.Tree SVG file. The images will appear on the canvas. 

Change the image colors if desired to match with your material color.

Cutting the Iron-On Vinyl:

Select “Make It” in the upper right corner to proceed with cutting. Click the “Mirror” toggle button to on for all mats with images to be cut in Glitter Iron-On material. 

I also used the Cricut Maker to cut out the circle shapes out of flannel.

For cutting the circle shapes, choose flannel fabric from the list of options in the drop down menu.

Place a piece of flannel fabric on a fabric grip mat and proceed with cutting.

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Remove the circle shapes from the mat and repeat for more circle shapes in a coordinating flannel fabric.

Following the instructions prompted on the screen, cut out the flannel.

For cutting the stocking, deer and tree shapes, choose Glitter Iron-On Vinyl from the list of options in the drop down menu.

Place the Iron-On vinyl directly onto the strong grip Cricut mat with the SHINY SIDE DOWN.

Following the instructions prompted on the screen, cut out the vinyl.

Remove the Glitter Iron-On Vinyl from the mat and using a weeding tool, peel away the excess vinyl leaving only the deer, stocking and tree images.

Cut around each of the images.

Applying the Image with the Cricut EasyPress Mini:

Position the mat or a towel on a flat surface. Set the temperature and time on the machine following the chart for the type of vinyl and material being used or use this EasyPress Interactive Quick Reference Guide.  

For a 100% Cotton flannel and Glitter Iron-On Vinyl, set the EasyPress Mini to medium heat.

Preheat each of the flannel circle shapes for 5 seconds. Then place one image in the center of each circle with the shiny side up.

Press the image on to the ornament for 25 seconds, constantly moving EasyPress Mini as you press. 

Turn the ornament upside down and apply heat for another 15 seconds.

While vinyl is still warm, peel the plastic part of the vinyl off carefully and discard. 

Make sure you do not place an iron or the EasyPress Mini directly over the vinyl without the protective plastic cover.

Sewing the Ornaments:

Cut a piece of grosgrain ribbon 10” long for each ornament.

Fold the ribbon in half and place the cut ends at the top of the ornament and stitch it in place.

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Place two circle shapes with the wrong sides together. Stitch around the outer edge with a ¼” seam allowance leaving a 1” gap opening. Make sure the tops for each ornament are aligned on the front and back.

Insert batting into the opening and then sew the opening closed.

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With that, the flannel Christmas tree ornaments are complete!

More DIY Christmas Ornament Crafts

Check out these other craft ideas to make more ornaments for the tree:

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Happy holiday crafting, friends!

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