Forest Gnome
JENNIFER PLODZIEN
Create a winter forestscape for your gnome with frosty flocked trees and sparkling faux snow. This holiday tabletop decor idea is simple to DIY and can be left out all winter long. Set the scene around your gnome with miniature trees, tiny mushroom figurines, and other woodland decor. Finish the display with artificial snow to truly turn it into a winter scene.
Gnome Ornaments
These tiny gnomes are especially sweet peeking out of Christmas tree branches. Plus, they can double as party favors. The miniature gnome ornaments come together with just a few craft supplies and glue. Wooden Easter eggs form the bodies and wool roving stand in for the fluffy beards.
To make them, paint the egg and let dry. Then trace a hat onto felt and cut it out. Create a cone shape and secure with hot glue. Add a loop of cording, long enough to hang the ornament, at the top of the hat with hot glue. If desired, attached small bells or accents to the hat. For the face, hot-glue a small piece of wool roving to the egg to create a beard, trimming as needed. Hot-glue the hat to the egg, slightly overlapping the beard, and glue a wood ball to form the nose at top of the beard.
Finish the hat by cutting a ¼"-wide strip of felt long enough to wrap around the egg. Hot-glue the felt band around the hat base, slightly over the top of the nose; trim any excess in the back.
Pinecone Gnome
BETTER HOMES and GARDENS / JAY WILDE
These nature-inspired gnomes are very similar to make as the gnome ornaments above. However, instead of painting a wooden egg, a pinecone stands in as the body of the gnome. Keep these pinecone gnome ornaments as a trio or make enough to deck your entire tree. Switch up the look by creating different facial features, such as a scarf or curly beard.
Greenery Gnome
These lighthearted Scandinavian-style gnomes are an instant icebreaker. They’re made of plastic nursery pots covered with sheet moss and artificial greenery. A wool dryer ball stands in for a nose, and the slouchy hat is fleece wrapped around wooden dowels. Place them on a front porch for a festive front entry or just inside to greet guests as they arrive and depart. Follow our step-by-step instructions make these DIY Christmas gnomes.