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You are here: Home / Christmas / Easy DIY Yo-Yo Ornaments

Easy DIY Yo-Yo Ornaments

Last Updated November 26, 2018 By Alecia 3 Comments

Christmas Ornaments

Christmas ornaments on the cheap? Yes please! Even better when you can whip them up from scraps and keep the whole kit in a small bag.

Stitch up a few quick Yo-Yo Christmas Ornaments to coordinate with your holiday decorations

You can keep everything you need to make a yo-yo in a quart size ziplock bag. I know that because that’s how I made all of these! I precut small fabric circles and kept a pile of them along with a spool of thread, a needle, small snips and my yo-yo maker in the bag.

Whenever I was stuck in the car for more than 30 seconds I made a yo-yo. Soon I had a whole pile and it was easy enough to turn them into Christmas ornaments.

I love these little ornaments for a few reasons.

One, they are SUPER  quick to make, if you want to make things easy you just need a yo-yo maker (you can get them for cheap at Joann’s with a coupon with the quilting notions) but it’s possible to make them without one.

Two, they make use of little scraps, each yo-yo needs ~4 inch square of fabric (less for little yo-yos). You can make a whole set from a fat quarter and since you need so little you can make a big variety for a small amount of cash.

To make some of your own:

1. Make a regular yo-yo

2. Sew a loop of felt on the back for a hanger. Large loop if you plan to use it to hang the ornament or small loop if you’re going to use hooks.

3. Add a small square of felt and a button to the front to cover the gathered section

4. Repeat!

Fabric Christmas Ornaments

If you want to make a string of little yo-yo’s follow the same instructions with a mini-yo-yo and stitch three together.

Check out my Christmas page for more seasonal ideas and projects or start here:

Macramé wreath ornament made with twine, silver bell and and buffalo check ribbonTurn scraps into pretty fabric ornaments combining prairie points, yo-yos and fancy buttons

 

Filed Under: Christmas, DIY Tagged With: hand sewing

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  1. Rhondda Mol says

    July 22, 2013 at 11:04 am

    What fun! Those are fabulous 🙂 I will have to check Michaels for a YoYo maker – living in Canada I don’t have access to Joanns.
    Rhondda (visiting from CBC)

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    • Alecia says

      July 22, 2013 at 11:23 am

      I think I’ve seen them in Michael’s, with the blank t-shirts and embelishments 🙂 My husband is the driver in our family so I like to cut a bunch of circles, throw them, the yoyo tool, a spool of thread, a needle and scissors in a bag and so them on road trips

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  2. Meegan says

    July 23, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    Theses are so perfect to start making right now for Christmas. Thanks for sharing Alecia!

    Reply

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