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| My Pier 1 Inspired Yarn Carrots |
I’m in a crafty mood. Creating makes me feel calm!
For the past 2 weeks, I have been staring at these fuzzy moss bunnies from Pier 1, not know what the heck I was going to do with them. They are so cute, but where on earth would I put them?
Then I remembered seeing an eclectic yarn door hanger for winter (can’t remember what blog) that I really liked. So I felt inspired to try a spring one.
Here’s what I whipped up! It looks cute hanging on my front hall cabinet, a nice little punch of colour.
And it matches my spring wreath! Bonus!
What you need:
Yarn
Styrofoam balls
Felt
Embellishments
Glue gun
Scissors
Here is a quick tutorial on how I made the carrots:
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| So cute. I heart yarn. |
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| I used a 6×6 inch square piece of felt for the interior. I used pink only because it was all I had on hand. If I had had enough orange felt, I would have used that instead. |
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| Rolled it up. |
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| I glue gunned the corner. Now it vaguely resembles a carrot. |
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| I started wrapping the yarn from the bottom up, securing it with glue first. |
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| Then I tied the top of the felt tight with yarn. |
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| Then I cut off the felt top above the tie. I also cut a small square of orange felt, to cap the top of the carrot, so no felt shows through, and also because it finished the top off nicely. |
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| To make the green carrot top, I just cut pieces of green yarn and tied them together to make a bunch. Then I tucked them under the orange yarn, and glued. The bottom tip of the carrot also had some felt showing through, so to finish it off I glued on a tiny piece of orange yarn. |
Have fun with it! Add embellishments, braid the yarn, add a rosette…go to town!
Hope I didn’t make that completely confusing! ;)
Happy Crafting!
Hi I'm Jo-Anna! I mom. I blog. I cook. I craft. I like pretty things.
That is really cute! I just got one of those bunnies the other day in hopes of making a tiny topiary! But, what a great alternative use for them =)
Soooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!
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I freaking love ‘em! Thanks for sharing ~ please stop by and say hi sometime!
Jo-Anna you should be in business! They are so super cute! You are such an inspiration to me. I’m so lucky we are friends. :)
That is just the cutest thing ever! I love everything you make!! Love love love it!!
I am glad I found your blog, loved your craft ideas. I will be a regular visitor :)
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L.O.V.E. it!! I’m so ready to start decorating for Easter :)
Adorable! I have some of those bunnies too. I was just going to stick them with some flowers in a vase, but now…I might get ambitious and follow your lead:)
I love this! I saw those bunnies the other and wondered what the heck I’d do with them. Fab idea.
Hi Nice posting, I agree This design is really good. You got good collection keep it up. I pass this blog to my friends
This is such a cute idea! Thank you for sharing :) Now following!
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Thanks,
KEndel
I like it!!!