Felt Bird Ornaments with Tutorial and pattern

I did a handmade ornament exchange this year.  It was a lot of fun.  The person I got to make an ornament for had just adopted a son this year so I wanted to do something family related for her.  I decided on this little family of felt birds, one for each member of her family.

I had a lot of fun adding little details, ties and bow ties for the boys, pearls and flowers for the girls.

Then I put them all together on a little branch and painted a clothes pin for the bottom so it can clip on the tree.



I am going to share my pattern for a basic bird with you.  These little guys are pretty simple to make.  The one I made today is going to my sister for her new Christmas tree.  You could get really creative with these birds, I think they would be beautiful with some hand embroidery on them!



I made the pattern and then used my printer to scale it down to the different sizes you see in the family of birds.  The pattern full size makes a bird about 3" tall, that is the size I use in this tutorial.  The biggest bird in the family is about 2" and the babies are about 1", they all had to be smaller because I had to fit a lot of birds on that branch!