DIY – Sloth Christmas Ornaments

Celebrate the sloth lover in your life by crafting up an adorable little sloth Christmas ornament. Their small size makes it easy to sew up a dozen or so quickly and easily. Making these felt sloths perfect DIY ornaments for mini trees and personalized gift accents too.

To make a felt sloth ornament you will need:

4″x 3″ scrap of felt for stocking – I used Four Leaf Clover, Fire Engine Red, and Wrapping Paper Pack.*

2″ x 3″ White felt scrap *

Sloth body color – I used dark grey –Black Pebble, tan – Banana Nut Muffin, and warm brown – Tobacco *

Tiny scrap for face markings I used Tobacco and Chocolate wool blend felt

4mm doll eye or button for nose

Embroidery thread in black

Stuffing

Sloth Ornament pattern template (at the end of post)

*Matching thread

Cut

Two stocking shapes stocking from felt, if you are using a print make sure the pieces go the opposite direction so that when you sew them they match up correctly.

Two sloth bodies and sloth arms from color of your choice

Two face markings from color of your choice, these are very small so it may be easier to free hand them.

One sloth face and two stocking tops from white felt.

Make a sloth ornament

Sew white top to stocking. Repeat for the second stocking side.

Sew down white face with an applicae or running stitch and white thread.

Lay the eye pieces down and create the eyes with black embroidery floss and a french knots.

To attach nose you make need to cut your felt, to do this fold and slowly cut a small hole where the nose will be.

Add smile with black embroidery floss

Add sloth back and overcast stitch around the sides and top with matching thread.

Stuff lightly. Set aside

Stitch arms to stocking with matching thread. Add nails if desired. I used embroidery floss here but I prefer just a few stands of a plain white thread.

Stitch sloth body to the top of the arms.

Match back stocking to front and overcast stitch along the outside with matching thread. Stuffing lightly as you go. Run a stitch through the entire piece with white thread at the top of the white stocking top to secure the body to the back.

PDF Sloth Ornament Pattern Template: sloth

Aren’t they just the sweetest. You can easily fit a year or initials along the stocking base to make them an even more personal gift.

Happy Crafting

~ Andie

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