I say it very year but I can’t believe that Christmas is less than two weeks away! It just blows my mind how quickly it sneaks up every year. Luckily, if you want to get a little crafty there’s still plenty of time to and today I’m sharing an ornament tutorial that would make a fun gift or a great addition to your own tree. This DIY embroidery hoop map ornament is simple and sentimental.
why make a map ornament?
I love any craft that’s simple and these embroidery hoop map ornaments fit the bill. Plus, you can get really sentimental and fill your tree with places that are meaningful to your family. You could pick vacation spots, or hometowns, or anything you can think of. I personally love using maps in décor because it’s a great way to personalize things!
You might also like these map projects:
materials needed:
- a road map (if you’re a AAA member you can pick one up for free from one of their locations, or you could print one up at home too)
- small embroidery hoop
- school glue
- pencil and scissors (you’ll see an X-Acto knife in the pictures but I didn’t end up using it)
- Using the hoop as a stencil, trace around the area you want cut out, btu be sure to leave excess map for wrapping around the rim of the hoop.
- Glue a thin line around the inner rim of the hoop and place on the backside of the map (the opposite side you want showing).
- Cut small snips all around the sides of the map and fold up, again using small dabs of glue to secure to the sides of the small hoop.
- Place the outer section of hoop around the inner section and secure. Trim off any excess map that’s sticking out the back.
- Hang with twine or an ornament hook.
23 Responses to diy embroidery hoop map ornament
I love the ornament that you received. So pretty!
That is such a cool idea!!! I love it, and now want to make all the ornaments! 🙂
I’ve gotta do this this year! Love this!
I love this! It would be really fun to do this for different places that hold special family memories! And way cheaper than buying souvenirs at every place!
These are so cute! I love personalized crafts like this!
This turned out so adorable! I love how easy it is to personalize as well!
An ornament exchange! How fun!!
I am a little “craft challenged”…but I think maybe I could handle this one!
That is such a cute idea! I know a few people who love to travel that would love this as a gift.
I love it! That is adorable! So original!
Such a creative and adorable ornament! Would be so neat to have specific places that you’ve visited on it too! Love it!
Oh my gosh! I love this idea!! It’s so cute!!
this is the cutest idea! I love how you could make different ones for different places you’ve lived in your life!
I love this idea! it would be fun to use different kind of mas with it!
If you hadn’t shared the steps to this, I would have believed it took ages to make. What a great gift idea too.
Love Christmas DIYs! And this one is so cute. I would love to make one for all my favourite cities I’ve visited!
This is so cute! The possibilities for all of the places you could use is endless! Thanks for sharing!
This is such a fun idea! It would make such a great gift! And it seriously looks so professional — well done!
What a clever idea for an ornament! I know a few travellers who would love this as a gift.
I love.this idea!! Makes such a cute personalized gift for someone too for very inexpensive!
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