DIY Felt Gnome Witches – A Quick Halloween Craft Project

Ok, I love the cute felt gnome decorations everyone is making for Christmas.  They are adorable.   When I told my husband about my plans to make a few for Christmas, he suggested Zombie gnomes instead.   

He’s all about Halloween, and I am all about Christmas, but he did have a good idea.    I wasn’t sure how to make ’em zombies, but it sure was easy to make them into witches. 

Cute felt gnomes made into Halloween decorations. 

These felt Halloween gnome witches are incredibly easy to make.  I included a pattern at the bottom of the post, but if you used a different size cone, it shouldn’t matter. 

If you look at the pattern, you can see how it is cut and adapt it to any size.  You can glue your pieces and trim after the fact.  Easy peasy. 

This craft is completely no-sew, but it is all about the hot glue. 

Not a great project for little hands, or even YOUR hands.  Make sure you wear gloves.  I didn’t, and this time I burned blisters into the tips of my fingers.   

Oh and you don’t need your hot glue gun set on “melt skin;” the lowest setting will be fine.  

Materials required for one felt gnome. 

You can pick up all the supplies at a dollar store, or your local Michael’s for these felt gnome witches.  I used floral craft cones because that is what I could find.  You can use paper cones, cardboard cones, or even make your own from thin cardboard.   

You will need a 12×18 piece of felt, and that size is a bit harder to find at a dollar store.   If you go with a smaller size felt, pick up three pieces because the pattern pieces will not fit on two sheets (I tried!).  

The pattern I used can be found at the bottom of this post. 

• One 12-inch floral cone
• Two 8×12 sheets of black felt 
• A small package of fake fur (one pack will make several beards so you will have some leftover)
• Scraps of black Tulle
• Black Halloween netting (or burlap) (I found mine in the Halloween section of the dollar store. Completely optional but it gives the witches a raggy robe-like look)
• Small green pom poms

Tools required to make a felt gnome witch

You don’t need a lot of tools needed for this project!

• Scissors
• Glue gun
• Glue sticks 
• Straight pins
• A tall glass
• Tape

Cutting out the pattern pieces. 

1. Start by cutting out the body, the witch’s hat, and brim pieces from your black felt. 
2. If you use the pattern included, you will need to attach sheets together with tape to create the pattern template.  Use stick pins and attach pattern pieces to felt.  If you have one 12×18 piece of felt, the pieces only fit one way (see photo below) 
3. Cut out the beard from the fake fur and set aside.  Cutting the fur for the beard will create a lot of loose white fur.   Try to cut that beard away from your black felt to save on clean up time. 

Attaching the body piece to the cone

1. Add the body piece and make sure it fits. If it requires trimming to sit to flat, do that now. 
2. Add a line of hot glue down one side of the black felt and press it into the cone.  If you are using floral cones or anything that would melt with heat, be sure to have your glue gun set on low. 
3. Run another bead of glue down the other side and press the felt down to cover the rest of the bottom of the cone. 

Making the Witches Hat

1. Add a line of hot glue down the outside edge of the witch’s hat felt piece.  Fold the hat over to create a cone and press the opposite edge into the glue to form the cone.  
2. You may need to add an extra bead of glue at the tip to get it to twist into a point.  
3. Fold the witches brim felt piece over and cut the felt, leaving 3/4 of an inch edge on the outside rim.  You can see what I mean in the photo below.  
4. We want to cut triangles into the center of the felt. If any of the inner cuts are still connected, give them a snip. 
5. Place the witch’s hat into a tall cup or glass inverted.   Add a bead of glue around the top edge
6. Carefully place the witches brim over the witch’s cone hat, and fold the triangles down into the hot the glue.  Gloves come in handy at this point.  If you’re not wearing gloves, you will burn your fingers because this part is a bit tricky to see, you need to feel around with your fingers and press the felt into the glue. You might miss and press your fingertips into the glue instead.   Add a small piece of tulle around the brim of the hat, or even add some ribbon. 

Assembly of your felt gnome witches

Assembly is super easy my friends.  You don’t even have to get fussy or even care how good it looks, it all comes together in the end. 

1.  Add one small piece of netting over the cone.  If it hangs too low, give it a trim with your scissors. 
2.  Add two pieces of black tulle over the top of the netting, trim as required. 
3.  Hold it all down by tying a small piece of tulle around the cone (see photo below)
4.  Place the hat on to your cone. 
5. Glue the beard just under the cap.
6. Pop on a small green pom pom for the nose, and that’s it! 

If you have fur or white bits on your finished felt gnome witch, I found the sticky tags from the felt did a great job of pulling the fur away from the felt.  Just dab the sticker over the areas you want to remove the fur.  It’s like magic.  (see what I did there, magic, witches, magic?) 

Great for Candy, or a cute table display 

This craft was so fun and super easy.  It would make a very adorable table display for Halloween candy.  

I know I am going to get asked, so I will drop the deets about the cauldron here.   I picked that up from Michael’s, it’s a ceramic cauldron and I loved the way it looked so much I had to have it.   The eerie fog is from a small mist maker that I picked up at a Halloween party store.  

These little extras are not required, and these guys are just as cute without the cauldron. 

Looking For More Halloween Projects?

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Printing The Halloween Gnome Witch Pattern

To print the pattern, make sure that you choose “actual size” when you go to your print options.  This will ensure that the pattern prints out at the correct size.  I attached a screenshot so you can see where those setting are in your print menu. 

When you print out your pattern you will need to cut it and tape together the body and the witches hat pieces to create the full-size pattern.  Those pattern pieces are labeled #1 and #2 so you know what pieces go together.  If you have any problems or issues drop me an email.   

This is the printable PDF pattern link witch gnome template.

DIY Felt Gnome Witches - A Quick Halloween Craft Project

Yield: 1

Active Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Estimated Cost: $10.00

Quick and easy felt gnome witches perfect for a fun Halloween display.

Print

Materials

• One 12-inch floral cone
• One 12x18 sheet of felt 
• A small package of fake fur (one pack will make several beards so you will have some leftover)
• Scraps of black Tulle
• Black Halloween netting (I found mine in the Halloween section of the dollar store. Completely optional but it gives the witches a raggy robe like the look.)
• Small green pom pom

Tools

• Scissors
• Glue gun
• Glue sticks 
• Straight pins
• A tall glass
• Tape

Instructions

Cutting out the pattern pieces. 

1. Start by cutting out the body, the witches hat and brim pieces from your black felt. 
2. If you use the pattern included, you will need to attach sheets together with tape to create the pattern template.  Use stick pins and attach pattern pieces to the felt.  If you have one 12x18 piece of felt, the pieces only fit one way (see the photo in the blog post) 
3. Cut out the beard from the fake fur and set aside.  Cutting the fur for the beard will create a lot of loose white fur.   Try to cut that beard away from your black felt to save on clean up time. 

Attaching the body piece to the cone

1. Wrap the body piece around the cone and make sure it fits. If it requires trimming to sit to flat, do that now. 
2. Add a line of hot glue down one side of the black felt and press it into the cone.  If you are using floral cones or anything that would melt with heat, be sure to have your glue gun set on low. 
3. Run another bead of glue down the other side and press the felt down to cover the rest of the bottom of the cone. 

Making the witches hat

1. Add a line of hot glue down the outside edge of the witch's hat felt piece.  Fold the hat over to create a cone and press the opposite edge into the glue to form the cone.  
2. You may need to add an extra bead of glue at the tip to get it to twist into a point.  
3. Fold the witches brim felt piece over and cut the felt, leaving 3/4 of an inch edge on the outside rim.  You can see what I mean in the photo below.  
4. We want to cut triangles into the center of the felt. If any of the inner cuts are still connected, give them a snip. 
5. Place the witch's hat into a tall cup or glass inverted.   Add a bead of glue around the inside top edge.
6. Carefully place the witches brim over the witch's cone hat, and fold the triangles down into the hot the glue.  Gloves come in handy at this point.  If you're not wearing gloves, you will burn your fingers because this part is a bit tricky to see, you need to feel around with your fingers and press the felt into the glue. You might miss and press your fingertips into the glue instead.   Add a small piece of tulle around the brim of the hat, or even add some ribbon. 

Assembly of your felt gnome witches

1. Assembly is super easy my friends.  You don't even have to get fussy, it all comes together in the end.  
2. Add one small piece of netting over the cone.  If it hangs too low, give it a trim with your scissors. 
3. Add two pieces of black tulle over the top of the netting, trim as required. 
4. Hold it all down by tieing a small piece of tulle around the cone (see photo below).
5. Place the hat on to your cone. 
6. Glue the beard just under the cap.
7. Pop on a small green pom pom for the nose.

Notes

Make sure you cut your fur beard away from your black felt, as the fur does tend to shed and make a mess.

If you do end up with fake fur on your gnome witches, the sticker on the back of the felt pieces works very well to remove any unwanted fluff. Dab the sticker over the felt and it will pick up any loose bits.

You do not need to buy floral foam cones, you can buy or make your cones. You will need to adjust or create your own pattern for a different size cone.