Christmas in the Dolls House: Mini Elf Decorations

Mini elves for Christmas decorations

These mini elves are cute enough to hang on your real size Christmas tree as well as decorate your dolls house. The kids can help make them as a fun holiday activity. You'll probably already have the materials in your craft stash for these 'Santa's Little Helpers'. 

You will need:

• Small wooden bead
• Red perle cotton or thin wool
• Green perle cotton or thin wool
• White felt
• Cardboard
• Red felt
• PVA or UHU glue

1.  Cut the white felt into a little triangle for the beard. Glue this to the lower part of the wooden bead that is the head.
2. Cut a 4 cm length of the red cotton or wool and fold it in half. This will come out the top of the hat as a hanger.
3. Cut the red felt into a cone shape and glue it on the top of the bead head, making sure the hanger comes out the top. This makes the hat. Leave the head to dry while you make the body.
4. Cut a piece of cardboard 4 cm long and 3 cm wide. Wind the green cotton or wool round the card EIGHT times. Slide off the card. This makes the arms.
5. Wind a short length of red cotton or wool round each of the arms near the end and tie a knot.
6. Cut a piece of cardboard 8 cm long and 3 cm wide. Wind the red cotton or wool round the card TEN times. Slide off the card.
7. Wind a short length of red cotton or wool round the legs near the ends and tie a knot.
8. Take the green arms length and fold the red length over the middle of it so the ends hang down evenly.
9. Take a piece of red cotton or wool and wind it several times round the middle and tie it. This makes the body and legs.
10. Take the head and dot in the eyes and nose with a black felt-tip pen.
11. Glue the head to the body and let dry.

You can hang these individually on your Christmas tree or make a lot of them to string as a garland across your mantelpiece. They're sure to brighten your day and put you in a happy mood! You can't help smiling when you see these mini elf Christmas decorations.