Learn how to make felt acorns in this easy craft tutorial, using acorn caps, felt balls, and hot glue. They're so fast and easy to make, you'll be hooked!
Quintessential fall decor involves pine cones and acorns.
It is amazing that little pieces of nature fall from trees and lie on the ground, waiting for someone to pick them up and turn them into something fun!
During the acorn cleaning and drying process, a lot of my acorns separated from the acorn caps. I hot-glued most of them back on, but I wanted to try making felt ball acorns with some of them!
The results are amazing; these felt acorns are so cute, and so fast to make. They can be used in lots of way as DIY fall decorations, or even turned into felt ball ornaments!
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Why You'll Love This Craft
- It could not be easier to make these felt ball acorns. All you need is be able to do is operate a hot glue gun, and you can successfully make this project!
- You only need two supplies (plus a hot glue gun) to make these felted acorns. Acorn caps and felt balls!
- The colors of the felt balls can be customized to the season, decor color scheme, or whatever you feeling like using! I am using autumn-colored felt balls in this project.
Craft Supplies Needed
- Felt balls - 20mm is my preferred size of felt ball. It is the same sized balls I used for my felt ball garland.
- Acorn caps - Make sure the acorns are cleaned and sanitized using that easy tutorial.
- Hot glue gun and glue - You could use a different craft glue, but hot glue is best because of how fast it dries!
How to Make Felt Acorns using Acorn Caps and Felt Balls
Step 1. Turn an acorn cap upside down and liberally squeeze hot glue into the cap.
Use enough glue to cover the whole inside of the cap. You want to make sure your felt ball is going to stick.
Step 2. Take a felt ball and fit it into the glue inside the acorn cap.
Press and hold the ball in place while the glue sets.
Step 3. Set the felt acorn aside until the glue is fully cooled and set.
Step 4. Repeat for all additional acorns.
Common Questions
My favorite is 20mm felt balls (I buy them on Amazon.) I think that's the perfect size - not too big and not too small - perfect for all kinds of craft projects. You can buy them on Amazon, Etsy, or other online craft retailers.
I have so many oak trees and acorns in my yard, I forget that not everyone has them just lying around at home! If you don't have access to acorns, you can find them from sellers on Ebay or Etsy. They are available on Amazon as well.
Felt balls work best but there are other options too. You can use craft store pom poms, handmade tiny yarn pom poms, or other round objects such as metal bells like we used to make an acorn bell ornament.
These DIY felt acorns can be used in many different ways, from scattered on a tablescape to displayed in a jar, to used in a felt acorn garland, or as embellishments on gifts!
Plus, they can be made in varying colors for different seasons!
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How to Make Felt Acorns
Materials
- Felt Balls (20mm)
- Acorn Caps
- Hot Glue Gun & Glue
Instructions
- Step 1. Turn an acorn cap upside down and liberally squeeze hot glue into the cap.Use enough glue to cover the whole inside of the cap. You want to make sure your felt ball is going to stick.
- Step 2. Take a felt ball and fit it into the glue inside the acorn cap.Press and hold the ball in place while the glue sets.
- Step 3. Set the felt acorn aside until the glue is fully cooled and set.
- Step 4. Repeat for all additional acorns.
Notes
- 20mm felt balls are my favorite size to use because they're just right - not too big and not too small.
- Hot glue works best because it dries fast so you don't have to old the acorn cap on the ball for too long. Other types of glue would work, you'd just have to hold for longer until it dried enough to keep the cap from falling off when you let go.
- These cute felt ball acorns can be used in table centerpieces, garlands, ornaments, and so much more!
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