The ugly Christmas sweater party trend has been coming up a few years, and I hope it sticks around a few years more! But. As much as I love a good party uniform, I feel like there should be another occasion to show off some serious ugly sweater fabulousness.
In my most humble opinion, the “ugly” part is subjective. I’ve never met a rhinestone I didn’t love. And, you know what they say: You can’t polish a turd but you can always roll it in glitter.
Not than an ugly sweater is a turd, but yeah. No. It kinda is.
Materials:
Felt
Tacky Glue
Sequins, rhinestones, buttons, glitter, fabric glue, fancy things from your craft stash you don’t get to use often enough
Wire
Sharp scissors
After you have a sweater template in hand (here is mine, if you want it), lay the shoulders over the folded edge of a piece of felt, then cut around.
After you cut out your shape (or make a whole bunch) you can decorate them, not unlike cookies. Pour on all the glitter and glitz you can handle! I strongly, strongly suggest a super-thick white glue like Tacky glue, as regular white glue can get absorbed into the felt before it does a good job sticking the stuff you want to stick, but that is just me.
I made a little hanger out of a 6″ piece of wire, then slipped it through the neck hole, added some more glue, and called it a day!
This would make a perfect party craft. If you are hosting, I would suggest you pre-cut the felt and twist the hangers ahead of time. Then just line a table with newspaper (or wrapping paper, after all…it’s Christmas), and a shoebox full of sparkly goodies and paint. Let folks make their own, sort of like a cookie decorating party. Then everyone can take theirs home at the end of the night (tip: aluminum to-go containers make transporting wet ornaments very easy (and are available by the dozen at most grocery and dollar stores)).
My friend Angie pulled together a virtual ugly Christmas sweater party (we are so 21st century!)…click around and see what everyone else made. Party on!
…aaaand now I need to add an ugly sweater themed tree to my Christmas tree madness! I love this so much! I’ve got a Craft Gossip post scheduled for this evening that links to your tutorial:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-no-sew-ugly-christmas-sweater-ornament/2014/11/24/
–Anne
Thanks Anne!
I don’t know which I like better, the cute little sweaters or the wee tiny hangers! So cute.
I know, right? The hangers are so cute!!
What a wonderful idea, and so much easier than knitting one for my son lol!
These are spectacular! You had me at the mini hanger! LOL. My kids are going to have too much fun with this party theme!
These are awesome! What a great party/scouting/group craft idea.
Possibly better than a cookie decorating party … less dishes 😛
These are great! I just put my felt away, but I think I’ll drag it out again and make some sweater blanks! We could make a few new ones every year, with something that happened during the year. Like this year I had a cast on my arm. I wonder how you would make Ugly Dog Sweater ornaments.
I love these ornaments .I am going to make some as gifts for my ugly Christmas sweater party this year. Thanks for sharing the idea!