Woodland Animals: Felt Ornaments

These woodland ornaments were given as gifts last year for Christmas, so I wasn't able to take proper photos of them until now. They were hand sewn using felt and embroidery thread and stuffed with fluff to give the animals dimension. The fox and bear ornaments were adapted from patterns I found online, but the raccoon ornament is custom.

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Grizzly Bear

Raccoon

And the fox. These ornaments look lovely hanging among the fir branches.

I'm hoping to add to my woodland felt collection. A deer, owl, or moose perhaps. Any other ideas?

The ornament I made this year was a gingerbread house. I'm thinking of sewing a gingerbread man next time around. The backside of the ornaments are missing something. In the future I'm thinking of sewing the year.

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A bit of pink ribbon completes it.

The felt ornaments were put on the lower branches of our Christmas tree for the littles to enjoy. My two year old loved to take the gingerbread house off the tree and show me saying "Mama made". She helped me pick out the beads for the gumdrops. Oh, she makes her mama proud! Only two, and she knows her colors. :)

When I was sewing the door to the ornament it got me to thinking of the Shire and hobbits. I sense another theme coming on...should I sew Bilbo's hobbit hole?

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