Free Ornament Template: Felt Santa DIY ♥ Fleece Fun

With this Free Ornament Template you can make this adorable felt Santa! This homemade ornament is no sew and makes for a wonderful gift or handmade addition to your Christmas Tree. Make the hats out of different colors for some variation and make an adorable set of Santa Claus ornaments or string them together to make garland. Make several at a time to make a lovely set or to giveaway.

DIY felt Santa ornament created with fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

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Assembling a felt Santa decoration with fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

YOU WILL NEED:

12″ by 12″ wool blend felt in red, white and the skin tone of your choice (I get my felt here)
A scrap of black heat transfer iron on
Blush or dry paint in pink or red
Paint brush or makeup brush
EasyPress Mini
Cricut Maker
Fabric Grip Mat
Light grip mat
or scissors
Quick Dry Tacky Glue
Twine or ribbon
Get the free Template and Cut Files (SVG) here.

Easy Christmas felt Santa ornament made with fleecefun’s free template and tutorial.

Free Ornament Template: Felt Santa DIY Instructions:

Step 1 – Cut Out the Free Felt Santa Ornament Pattern

Either using the Free Ornament template pdf pattern or the SVG file cut out the following. I’m making several ornaments at once. So I’m cutting multiple items. The SVG is designed to make two ornaments at a time.

Cutting out the free felt Santa ornament pattern from fleecefun using the free template and tutorial.

If using a Cricut Maker use your rotary blade and from felt cut out.

Preparing felt pieces for the Santa ornament using fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

Cut out the homemade Santa Ornament Base (1 per an ornament)

Start your Christmas craft by cutting out the felt Santa pattern from fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

In addition you’ll cut out two small circles (these will be used for attaching the ribbon at the end to hang the ornament)

cricut maker cutting the ornament using the free svg files.

Cut out a face and a nose. (1 each per a tree decoration)

You might want to put the noses in a small cup or baggy for safe keeping. They’re tiny and can get lost easily!

From the white cut out a beard/ brim, ball and mustache.

Step-by-step cutting the felt Santa pattern with fleecefun's free ornament template and tutorial.

Again one of each item per an ornament.

Easy felt Santa ornament pattern cutouts with fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

Now switch out to the fine point blade and cut out the eyes from the Free Ornament Template.

Weed the Vinyl

the chrismtas ornament's eyes weeded from HTV.

Now to make a single ornament your should have:

All of the layers to the Santa Claus felt ornament. Items needed. With a Free Ornament Template you can make this adorable felt Santa! This homemade ornament is no sew and makes for a wonderful gift.

1 hat/ back, 1 circle in red, 1 Beard/brim, 1 mustache and ball in white. 1 face, nose in skin tone and 1 set of eyes in HTV per an ornament.

Step 2 – Add the eyes to Christmas ORNAMENT

Adding eyes to the felt Santa ornament using fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

We need to figure out the placement of the eyes on the face. To do this, layout the Free Ornament Template. Hat/ back on the bottom, then the face , then the beard/brim. Notice how the flat side of the face is the top. The base is there to help you with the placement of the beard/ brim.

Crafting cute Santa eyes for the DIY felt ornament with fleecefun's free tutorial.

Put the eyes in place ( make sure there is room for the mustache and nose!

Leaving the eyes in place on the face, remove the other elements.

Using a Heat press or iron iron the eyes into place.

Personalizing your felt Santa ornament by adding eyes with fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

Step 3 – Create Rosy Cheeks and Nose for Your DIY Felt Santa

Adding rosy cheeks and a nose to the felt Santa ornament with fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

This little step really adds a nice touch to the Santa Ornament. Using some blush or dry paint rouge the cheeks to the face.

Then redden the nose.

Step 4 – Assemble and Glue Your Handmade Felt Santa Decoration

Now it’s time to bring Joly Old Saint Nick together. I prefer to use the tacky glue as it dries clear and isn’t lumpy ( hot glue can often be lumpy).

Assembling the felt Santa ornament with fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

Place the bottom of the ornament (the hat) with the ball on the right side. The place several dots of glue on the back of the face and glue down.

Gluing together your handmade felt Santa decoration using fleecefun's free template and tutorial.

Notice how the face is flat on one side to show the top. Now it’s time to add the beard/hat brim cut out from the Free Ornament Template. Make sure that you’re gluing the wrong side (it’s NOT symmetrical). Again add dots all around.