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As you can all probably tell, I’ve been on a kick recently to clear out my craft stash. I’ve been trying to use up leftover yarn, fabric, felt, and more in an effort to A) make room in our closet for things we ACTUALLY need to store there…like coats and shoes and B) ultimately make room for more craft stuff that I obviously don’t need. Ugh…it’s a vicious cycle.

Anyway, I’ve been working through my felt stash and came upon this idea to make these cute vintage inspired pinwheels. I’m not quite sure how I want to use them, although they’d be great on a gift package or as a hair accessory, but they were so fun and easy to make, and it was a great way to get rid of all those little felt scraps that are too small to reuse but too big to throw away.

You could also make really tiny ones and turn them into earrings or a necklace! Ohh! I think I just found my next craft project!

Vintage Felt Pinwheels

Materials:

• Felt squares, about 4″ on all sides
• Scissors
• Hot Glue Gun/Glue Sticks
• Vintage beads or buttons

Instructions:

1. If it’s not cut already, cut your felt into a small 4″ x 4″ square (you can go smaller or larger depending on how big you want your pinwheel to be).
   
   
2. Fold your square corner to corner so it forms a triangle shape.
   
   
3. Cut from the corner to the fold, but DO NOT cut through the fold.  Stop a few centimeters before the fold.  Unfold and repeat with the other two corners.
4. When you unfold your square, you should have 4 slices, one from each corner going towards the center of the square, but not through it.
   
   
5. Now you’re ready to start folding!  Place a dollop of hot glue or fabric glue in the middle of your square and fold down one corner to the middle of the square.  Repeat this with every other corner to create a pinwheel shape.
   
   
6. Secure the corners with another dollop of glue and a bead or button embellishment.
   

And there you have it!  These cute pinwheels make great pins, magnets, gift package embellishments, hair accessories, and much more.  This is also a great way to use up felt, fabric, and paper scraps.

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One of my absolute favorite memories of Christmas morning is the smell of cinnamon rolls in the oven. The delicious scent of cinnamon, bread, and icing would slowly drift into our bedrooms and wake us from our slumber, and as my brother, sister, and I made our way downstairs, the scent of cinnamon rolls would become stronger and stronger, and would begin mingling with the smells of pepper bacon, hash browns, fresh bagels, Christmas cookies, and mulled apple cider (clearly we’re a carb-lovin’ family!).

So a few days ago as I watched A Christmas Story and began planning out my holiday shopping list, I became nostalgic for those Christmas morning treats and decided to head on into the kitchen and make some of my own.

Well, clearly that didn’t work out so well.

So instead I made some felt ones! They’re simply adorable for hanging on the tree or turning into a necklace, gift embellishment, garland, or magnet. And, best of all, they’re calorie free!

Felt Cinnamon Rolls

Materials:

• 2 8×11 felt sheets, one light brown and one dark brown
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks

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Instructions:

1. Start off by cutting your felt in half hamburger wise.
2. Then cut those halves in half again, so you have 4 smaller squares (8 squares total with both sheets of felt).
3. Fold those squares in half again so you have 8 smaller squares (16 squares total with both sheets of felt).
4. Fold those squares in half, this time hot dog wise, to yield 16 long pieces (32 total with both sheets of felt).
5. Fold those squares in half hot dog wise one final time, to yield 32 strips that are about 1/2″ wide (64 strips total with both sheets of felt).
6. You’re going to be using 4 strips per cinnamon roll, two of each color. Layer three pieces together, starting with a light brown, then dark brown, then light brown again.
7. Begin rolling the strips to form a cinnamon roll shape.
8. Take the last dark strip and wrap it around the cinnamon roll to hide the ends. Hot glue in place.
9. With your thumb, carefully push up on the center of the cinnamon roll to make it look like it has risen in the oven. A little pop is all you need!
   
   
10. Repeat until all your cinnamon rolls are done.

This “recipe” yields 16 calorie-free cinnamon rolls!

Celebrate creativity every Wednesday with a “Creativi-bee” post, where I share easy craft tutorials, project ideas, and craft collections.