Peanut Squirrel Ornaments
These cute peanut squirrel ornaments are a delightful addition to any holiday decor! With their whimsical design and intricate details, they bring a touch of charm to your Christmas tree or mantelpiece. Crafted with care, these ornaments are perfect for adding a playful and festive vibe to your home. Whether hung on branches or placed on tabletops, these peanut squirrel ornaments are sure to bring smiles and joy to all who see them. Gather a bunch to create a whole squirrel family or let one stand out as a precious centerpiece. Embrace the holiday spirit with these adorable decorations that are bound to become a favorite part of your seasonal traditions.
What you need:
- Folk Art Acrylic Paint
- Paintbrush
- Peanuts (in shells)
- Pipe cleaners
- Mini pom poms
- Felt
- Hot glue gun
- Black marker
- Scissors
- String
Instructions:
Step 1
Pick out your peanuts and give them a coat of paint all over. Let dry.
Note: When selecting your peanuts, avoid the single or triple nut ones, sticking to the doubles. Picking smoother, standard looking peanuts make for the best-looking squirrels later!
Step 2
Double over a matching pipe cleaner to make it a little puffier than the single strand. We used these fluffy pipe cleaners, but regular ones will work too – just layer a few more strands in to make it even puffier like a squirrel’s tail. Give the tail a slight bend as shown, and trim so that it is just slightly taller than your peanut.
Step 3
Pick out which side of the peanut you’d like to be the front and then hot glue the tail to the bottom of the back.
Step 4
Next hot glue four matching mini pom poms onto the peanut to be the squirrel’s legs.
Step 5
Cut two tiny ears out of matching felt and hot glue to the top of the peanut.
Step 6
Repeat so that you have a whole rainbow of squirrels!
Step 7
Finally, turn them into ornaments by cutting a piece of string about 4″ long. Tie into a loop with an overhand knot and then hot glue into the gap between the back of the squirrel’s body and the pipe cleaner tail, holding in place to secure.
