Learn how to make Thanksgiving gnomes to accent your holiday decor!

These are such an easy autumn project great for kids or adults.

Youll be doing some cutting (using templates), painting, and attaching things using adhesive.

gnome happy Thanksgiving

Sandwiched in-between Halloween and Christmas, it hardly ever gets the attention it deserves.

Ive noticed that people are bringing out theirChristmas decorearlier than ever!

No judgements here, but I just dont think Im ready to give up myfall decorations.

Make a Thanksgiving gnome

I do love me some brown and orange.

What Im saying is I want to keep the harvest mood going just a bit longer.

Im not sure how fabric can remind me of November, but can you disagree with me?

DIY Thanksgiving gnomes

These stay out on my mantel or side table until theChristmas gnomescome out to play for the year.

If youve never made them before .

youre going to be shocked at how easy they are!

gnome happy Thanksgiving

Cones to Use

The paper mache cones for my base can be foundhere.

They are 10.63 x 4.

To be honest, they are a little bit cheaper and more readily available.

Paper template and a hand holding a paper cone

Gather These Supplies

Make as many gnome as you like!

Pick fun fabrics, and even add fun embellishments if you like.

Heres how mine turned out.

Wrapping the trimmed paper template around the paper mache cone

Painting a paper mache cone with light skin tone craft paint

Trimming out herringbone fabric using a cutting wheel

Hand wrapping painter’s tape around the base of a paper mache cone

Applying herringbone fabric to the cone using spray adhesive

Piece of faux fur beard cut out

Gluing a brown beard to a Thanksgiving gnome

Gluing the wood nose to the front of the gnome

Trimming the base of the template using the excess paper