Four Doll Sized Christmas Pillow Ideas

5"x3" finished "Noel" ribbon pillow makes a cozy seat for dolls on their rocker.

       I used ivory colored felt for this "Noel" pillow and layered some sheer decorative fabric on the face of it. It looks as though the glitter was applied with glue but the gold, out-lined holly leaves are part of the sheer fabric. I also tufted the pillow in three places prior to embroidering the "Noel" with ribbon and yellow-gold floss. Then I trimmed the entire outer edge of the cushion with gold metallic lace. Alternatively, a ten or eleven year old child could use either a tacky glue or hot glue to attach a ribbon word, if she had yet to learn how to sew. But I still think an adult should be near by when their children are working with tools like glue guns. 

4"x4" Wooley red pillow with a stitched snowflake design using beads and buttons.

       This snowflake pillow makes good use of tiny beads and pearly white buttons of all shapes. Arrange these in a pattern with a threaded needle. I used white thread to make my stitching stand out on top of the red wool, but you could use any solid color of wool or fleece that you have on hand for this Christmas snowflake design. 

Left, Factory made Christmas tree decal on 4 1/2"x 3 1/2" pillow is same size as Santa's coat pillow.

       The last two pillow ideas featured in the above photo include a Christmas tree embroidered decal from a dollar store and a classic red wool pillow stuffed as Santa's coat! I attached the fir tree decal with a hot iron onto a gold satin fabric before stuffing the pillow with fluff and attaching four burgundy colored tassels to each corner. Santa's coat pillow has hand embroidered features cut from wooly felt that I hand stitched to it's surface. I used a faux fur to trim the collar area and a pearl button at the top for more detail. There are also belt loops sewn from red wool on the back of the pillow not shown in the photograph above.