20+ Diy Christmas Gnomes You'll Want To Make This Season

Create your own adorable DIY gnomes with these charming Christmas gnome tutorials - I'm always adding new ones!

If you love Nordic-inspired crafts, you're in for a treat. Just like my Nordic-style tree decorations tutorial, Scandinavian gnomes are all the rage right now, and they couldn’t be cuter! Make your own little Scandinavian tomte gnomes to decorate your tree or use them as fun gift toppers. Check out my favorites!

DIY Christmas Gnomes

Back to our fabulous diy Christmas gnomes. You must have seen them in Scandinavian Christmas decor collections: a cute little creature with a long white beard and usually a red knit hat.

They are called tomte in Sweden, tonttu in Finland, Nisse in Norway, and Danemark, and are associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season. I love Nordic-inspired crafts – including these delightful Christmas gnomes! They would make a great addition to almost any holiday decor. I hope this post will inspire you to make some DIY Nordic Christmas gnomes.

Mix that with a fun diy Christmas sweater and you're sure to have so much fun!

Diy Christmas Gnome Tutorials

Learn how to make these adorable and easy Diy Christmas gnomes, either from fabric, wood, felt, and scraps of other materials - here's even how to make a Christmas gnome from socks! Here are a few tutorials, I'm starting with the diy Christmas gnome that's brand new - I've just added it now (October 2024):

Cute Diy Gnome Ornament Pattern

This cute and easy DIY Christmas Gnome Ornament is the newest addition to our ever-growing family collection of keepsake Christmas ornaments. Kids are in love with these! Make sure to grab the free gnome ornament pattern - it will make it even easier:

Easy Pom Pom Gnomes

OK, let's try an even faster option - in case you don't have any faux fur at hand, these cute and easy pom pom gnomes will do the trick! This ornament is part of my huge FREE holiday sewing pattern Bundle:

This Easy Yarn Gnome

Next on the list is this cutie, made entirely out of yarn and cord (in case you've run out of felt too!)

Why I bumped into this macrame gnome? I was looking for a quick project to use with some of my yarn and macrame scraps - and this one is perfect! Check out the new DIY yarn gnome tutorial at Yarn Crafts Fun.

A Larger Gnome Sewing Pattern

Caroline too, released a gorgeous Tomte sewing tutorial. It's free, and a must-try this holiday season. Make your own diy gnomes using Caroline's free Christmas gnome pattern at Sew Can She.

Nordic Christmas Gnomes to diy

Diy Nordic Christmas Gnomes by Follow the Yelow Brick Home
Make some trendy DIY Nordic Christmas gnomes following this tutorial. So cute!

Swedish Tomte Tutorial

Make these sweet tomte figures inspired by Scandinavian folklore, using the Swedish Tomte Tutorial by Tikkido.

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Diy Sock Gnomes

If you're on the lookout for Scandinavian-inspired Christmas decorations, these can be made without sewing too. I loved the boy and girl sock Christmas gnome tutorial you can find at Polkadot Chair.

Diy Norvegian Gnomes

These cute Norwegian Christmas gnomes only take 10 mins to make using repurposed materials. Make one using the Norvegian Christmas gnomes tutorial by Pillar Box Blue.

White and Gray Diy Gnomes

These adorable diy Nordic Christmas gnomes by Diy Candy look stunning in a gray palette.

And these diy gray felt gnomes at Benzie Designs are a treat to anyone's eyes:

The tutorial at their site includes two in one: they also show you how to make mini gnomes, and those are made with white and red felt, so you get to use the whole classic gnome color palette in their tutorial. Worth checking out!

More Diy Christmas Gnome Decor

This easy Christmas gnome wine bottle cover is great for gifting.

How to make a Christmas gnome by Decor And The Dog Fun, whimsical and downright adorable diy Christmas gnomes.

In this tutorial, Tanya at Dans Le Lakehouse experimented with new, bright colors. Cute! Make one using the tutorial for diy tomte Scandinavian gnomes by Dans Le Lakehouse.

How To Make Handstitched Gnomes

If you want to handstitch your own adorable gnome, the tutorial at Miss Daisy Patterns is just for you! She shows you how to make a cute, small handstitched gnome using just needle and thread.

Festive Diy Holiday Gnomes

So cute and simple to create!

Diy Buffalo Plaid Christmas Gnome

This cute diy Christmas gnome in buffalo plaid by The Country Chic Cottage will make sure to bring a lot of holiday vibes to your home. Cute, cuddly, creative!

However, when sewing with flannel, always make sure to prewash it - see here what you absolutely must know when you sew with flannel.

Diy Mini Gnome sewing pattern

Make mini gnome ornaments!

And Caroline from SewCanShe has done it again - these absolutely adorable mini gnomes are a must-make. Get the tutorial and the free templates, and sew your own diy gnome ornaments.

Diy Rice Pack Gnome

Such a cool idea to make these tiny tometes with rice! Tutorial for this Scandinavian Christmas gnome diy is available at Ruffles And Rainboots

No-Sew Diy Fabric Gnomes

A few fun diy gnomes to display on the chimney!

Norvegian Nisse Tutorial by Little Bit Funky

Crystal over at Little Bit Funky says that by no means gnomes are just for Christmas. In their Norwegian house, gnomes are good all year long! She made a no-sew gnome version, check it out here.

Nisse Christmas gnome tutorial by Sweet Paul Mag
Another cute take on this adorable mythological creature from Scandinavian folklore.

And THIS cool Christmas gnome tutorial by Kippi At Home

And do you want to see how to make diy Christmas gnomes from socks? You've got it! One of my friends has just made a backyard-full of super cool diy gnomes, using exactly this tutorial you can find at Kippi At Home. I couldn't help but head straight to this list on my blog, and add it. Enjoy! I hope this post has inspired you to make some DIY Nordic Christmas gnomes. Enjoy!

I hope you liked these easy Christmas gnomes to make, and will use all the free gnome patterns. Or are you looking for more Christmas projects on this blog? Also see these: