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Craft Ideas for Elves Workshop

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The purpose of this page is to be a springboard for handmade craft ideas for Winter Festivals. I organized crafts alphabetically by crafting methods or by materials.

Do you know of any crafty elves (yourself, another parent, a grandparents, neighbors, friends) who would help us craft? Here is a flyer you can share with them to request crafts for our Elves Workshop: Click here

All secret elves, please submit your handmade treasures before November 18, 2022 to:

Joy ([email protected]) or myself (Jzin, [email protected])

We are also seeking craft supplies donations, please leave your craft supplt donations at the Company of Angels school store. Flyer – Supplies Drive

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Crafts are organized by materials or the methods of making them. Click on the following links below to jump to various sections

Elves Workshop Pinterest Boards

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Beeswax

Crochet

    • Crochet Rose Hair Clips
    • Crochet Snowmen by Audrey, Miss Christine Newell’s mom

Felt Sheets

    • Felt Crossbody Bags
    • Felt Beaded Stocking Christmas Tree Ornaments
    • Felt Bookmark Gnomes
    • Felt Dolphin
    • Felt Red-Hot Hearts Mobiles

Felt Crafts – uses smaller amounts of felt than “Felt Sheet” category of crafts

    • Felt Blossom Fairies
    • Felt Flower Hair Clips
    • Felt Blanket-Stitched Teddy Bears
    • Felt Blanket-Stitched White Doves
    • Felt Blanket-Stitched Horse
    • Felt Blanket-Stitched Flying Goose
    • Felt Blanket-Stitched Seal
    • Felt Blanket-Stitched Snail
    • Felt Blanket-Stitched White Swan

Felt (Wet-felted)

    • Wet-felted Balls

Hand-sewn

    • Velvet pumpkins with Read Pumpkin Stem

Knitted

    • Knitted Bunny – simple
    • Knitted Cat
    • Knitted Envelope Bags with Peg Doll Babies

Leather

    • Leather Bracelets
    • Leather Crossbody Bags

Needle-Felted

    • Felted Mini Pumpkins
    • Wool Pictures

Paper

    • Paper Ball Christmas Ornaments

Peg Dolls

    • Acorn Hat Gnomes and Brown Coat Peg Dolls
    • Angels with Feather Wings Peg Dolls
    • Christmas Elves Peg Dolls
    • Gnomes with Smiles Peg Dolls
    • Elves and Kings Peg Dolls
    • Fox Peg Dolls
    • King Winter Peg Dolls
    • Knight Peg Dolls
    • Princess Peg Dolls
    • Snowmen Peg Dolls
    • Water-lily Baby Peg Dolls
    • Wizard in White with Crystal Wand Peg Dolls
    • Wizard Peg Dolls

Pencils

Pinecones

    • Pinecone Elves
    • Pinecone Cottage
    • Pinecone Porcupine
    • Pinecone Owls

Seashells

    • Sleeping babies in seashells

Socks

    • Sock Babies Made with Colorful, Beautiful Socks
    • Sock Snowmen

Stones

    • Painted Rock Village
    • Painted Rocks
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Walnut Shells

    • Baby in a Walnut Seed Pod Cradle Mobile

Wooden – Please also see “Woodwork” Projects below

    • Wooden Pre-Made Bird Houses with Felted Birds
    • Glittery Painted Apples with Felted Leaves
    • Wooden Candle Holder
    • Magic Wand with Ribbons

Woodwork

    • Boats, Simple, Rustic
    • Bowl, Cup, Spoon
    • Cutting Board for Mud Kitchen
    • Fairy Doors
    • Number Toy
    • Sheep Spools of Yarns
    • Tree Branch Slices for Crafting
    • Tic-Tac-Toe
    • Wooden Knitting Needles

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Beeswax

Beeswax Decorated Candles

Click here to see our craft group making beeswax candle in 2012.

Page 18, The Christmas Craft book by Thomas Berger

Elves Workshop 2013. White candles on the right.

Candle Boats 

Acorn boats: Beeswax candle in acorn cap boats

Tutorial: DIY Floating Walnut Shell Beeswax Candles by Woodlarkblog.com

Walnut shell beeswax candle boats

Beeswax Orbs Candleholders

 

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Crochet

Crochet Rose Hair Clips

2014

Crochet Snowmen by Audrey, Christine Newell’s mom

2021

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Felt Sheets

Felt Crossbody Bags

 

 

Heather making felt bags. 2012

 

Winter Festival 2011

Felt Beaded Stocking Christmas Tree Ornaments

Beaded red blanket-stitched Christmas tree ornaments, 2012.

2013 colorful Christmas stockings with elfin toes.

Felt Bookmark Gnomes

2012 Elves Workshop

Felt Dolphin

Please email Jzin if you want to take on this handsome dolphin project! [email protected]

 

 

Thank you Nuno Life for sharing this beautiful dolphin! Click here for dolphin pattern and tutorial.

Felt Red- Hot Hearts Mobile

2012 Elves Workshop

2013 Elves Workshop

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Felt Crafts

(Uses Smaller Amounts of Felt then “Felt Sheet” category of Crafts)

Felt Blossom Fairies

 

2013 Elves Workshop

Alena made these in 2012 (above).

2014

Scroll down on this page to see Kirsten making blossom fairies in 2012.

 

Thank you to The Magic Onions for this photo tutorial.

 

Felt Flower Hair Clips 

2012

Felt Blanket-Stitched Teddy Bears

 
 
 
 

2015

Felt Blanket-Stitched White Doves

 

2014

Felt Blanket-Stitched Flying Goose

“Bird”, pages 52, 53. Feltcraft by Petra Berger

Felt Blanket-Stitched Horse

pages 63 – 65. Feltcraft by Petra Berger

Felt Blanket-Stitched Seal

page 51. Feltcraft by Petra Berger

Felt Blanket-Stitched Snail

 

page 56, 57. Feltcraft by Petra Berger

Felt Blanket-Stitched White Swan

Please skip above pattern for ducks. To use pattern for swan, see below

Pages  48 – 50. Felt Craft by Petra Berger

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Felt (Wet-Felted)

Wet-Felted Balls

 

 

See Gloria Chang making wet-felted balls in 2012.

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Hand-Sewn

Velvet pumpkins with real pumpkin stems

Gaby made these velvet pumpkins with beans inside. Real pumpkin stems were used.

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Knitted

Knitted Bunny

For instructions for the knitted bunny, please click here. Thank you Chendan for your instructions!

Knitted Cat

For instructions click here

Blankets for Sleeping Mice

Knitted Envelope bags

Gisela knitted an envelope bag, 2016.

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Leather

Leather Bracelets

2012

Leather Crossbody Bags

What to you do with a surplus of thin leather from a recycled old leather sectional? Can someone help make some crossbody bags?

Example from the internet. If you are familiar with leather work and want to take up this project, please contact Jzin [email protected]

 

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Needle-Felted

Needle-Felted Mini Pumpkins

Pulled Roving White Angels

Elves Workshop 2012

Wool Pictures

Jzin’s Castle of Costa Mesa wool pictures 2015

Jzin’s simple wool relief angel, 2013

2021

2021

 

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Paper

Paper ball Christmas Ornaments

by Josephine Lo 2012

 

 

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Peg Dolls

Acorn Hat Gnomes and Brown Coat Peg Dolls

2013

Angels with Feather Wings Peg Dolls 

lovely work painted by our talented Renuka, 2014

2013

Christmas Elves Peg Dolls

Cathy Scott, 2021

Gnomes with Smiles Peg Dolls

2013

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Elves and Kings Peg Dolls

by Renuka, 2014. They are so Sweet!!

Fox Peg Dolls

2015

King Winter Peg Dolls

Knight Peg Dolls

Elves Workshop 2014

Princess Peg Dolls

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Top left, 2014

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Snowmen Peg Dolls

2014

2015

Water Lily Babies Peg Dolls

Judy crafted these water-lily babies. 2012

 

2012 These are so sweet! I love them!

Instructions in 3 pages

 

 

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Wizard in White with Crystal Wand Peg Dolls

 

Thank you Kathy Christian and Linda Timmons for these beautiful crafts!

 

Wizard Peg Dolls

2014

2013 Blue wizards, with stitched stars

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Pencils

Pencil Gnomes

 

2013 Elves Workshop

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Pine Cones

Pinecone Elves

Adrian 2014

2014

Pinecone Cottage

Pinecone Owl Ornaments

Pinecone Porcupines

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Seashells

Sleeping Babies in Seashells

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Socks

Sock Babies – Colorful Beautiful Socks

 

Joy 2021

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Socks Snowmen

 

Sock snowmen knitted by Audrey for 2021 Elves Workshop by Miss Christine Newell’s mom

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Stones

Painted Rock Village

Painted Rocks

 

10/11/22 Painted rocks by Gaby’s next door neighbor, Sherry

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Walnut Shells

Baby in a Walnut Seed Pod Cradle Mobile

 

 

Walnut Fairy Pram

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Wooden – Also see “Woodwork” projects below

Wooden Pre-made Bird Houses with Felted Birds

2014

Julie made birdhouse at craft group. 2012

 

2013 Winter Festival

Glittery Painted Apples with Felted Leaves

2013

Wooden Candle Holder

2015

Magic Wand with Ribbons

Winter Festival 2012

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Woodwork 

Contrast this section of “Woodwork” with “Wooden” projects above

Boat, Simple, Rustic

Waldorf Toy Making with Children Freya Jaffke simple boats

Bowl and Spoon

Cutting Board for Mud Kitchen

Fairy Doors

Number Toy

Sailboat, Rustic

Sheep Spool of Yarn

Tree Branch Slices for Making Other Crafts

Can someone please help us cut up some beautiful tree branches with barks and character into slices of various heights for use in various projects? Please let Jzin know if you can do it. [email protected]. Thank you!

 

Tree Branch Slices as Candle-Stands

Tic-Tac-Toe

   

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Wooden Knitting Needles

2013 Craft Group

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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