It's been awhile since my last Iron Craft post. Crafting has kind of taken a backseat to life at this point. But I did do a project this time around that fit with the theme. Each year we like to add one ornament to each kid's collection, with the goal of them having their own collection of ornaments when they grow up and move out on their own. My parents did that, and it's a tradition I love!
I also like the ornaments to reflect something the kids are interested in (like these Thomas the Tank Engine ornaments made from toy trains from a few years ago). This year the boys are really into Ninjago (that's Lego ninjas, if you're not in the Lego stage of life). And there are really not a lot of options to buy Ninjago ornaments, unless you just hang the minifigures on the tree and call it an ornament.
So I decided to make them. I found a pattern for keychains here.
I used the trick of using a gluestick to glue the paper pattern to the felt, which I think I learned from the Iron Craft-y ladies. It peels right off, but it sticks while you're cutting. Then I followed the directions to stitch the details on these guys. I sewed a ribbon loop to the top and voila!
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