DIY Sock Gnome: Easy No-Sew Gnome Craft Under $10

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DIY Sock Gnome: An Easy No-Sew Gnome Craft Under $10

💰 Under $10 ⏱ 30 minutes 🛎 Hot glue, no sewing

Two finished sock gnomes with grey faux fur beards, red velvet hats, wood bead noses, frosted berries and a green bell on top of each hat, styled with pine branches, a lantern and string lights

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The idea

These sock gnomes cost me less than $10 and took about 30 minutes. A stuffed sock makes the body, faux fur makes the beard, and a red velvet hat with a little bell on top finishes them off. Almost everything came from Dollar Tree, and there's no sewing at all, just scissors and hot glue.

The sock, the stuffing and the twine are the same Dollarama supplies I used for the No-Sew Sock Pumpkin, so if you already made one, you probably have most of what you need.

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Materials

A sock, stuffing and twine from Dollarama (the same supplies as the Sock Pumpkin)
Faux fur, for the beard (Dollar Tree)
Red velvet, for the hat (Dollar Tree)
Wood beads, for the nose (Dollar Tree)
Bells, for the hat topper (Dollar Tree)
Berry picks, for the hat decor (Dollar Tree)
Craft paper (I used black), for the hat cone
Scissors and a hot glue gun

What we did

Step 1: Cut the sock and stuff it

Cut the sock about a third of the way up from the toes. Fill the toe section with stuffing, then tie it off with twine.

Cutting a cream cable-knit sock with scissors while a stuffed, tied sock sits on the floor

Two stuffed socks tied off with twine, ready for the beard

Step 2: Add the beard

Cut the faux fur into a triangle and hot glue it onto the sock for the beard.

Two stuffed socks with grey faux fur beards hot glued onto the front

Step 3: Make the hat

Roll a piece of craft paper (I used black) into a cone and glue it closed. Then hot glue the red velvet onto the craft paper cone.

A black craft paper cone held in one hand with a piece of red velvet on the floor below

Red velvet being glued onto the black paper cone to make the gnome hat

Step 4: Decorate the hat

Add your decor to the hat. I put a bell on the top and a couple of berries at the front.

Step 5: Add the nose

Hot glue a wood bead onto the beard for the nose.

Step 6: Glue the hat on

Hot glue the hat onto the sock, and your gnome is done.

Gluing the red velvet hat onto the sock gnome with the wood bead nose and grey faux fur beard

Two finished gnomes held up in the air, with berries on the red hats and bells on top

Tip: If you want your gnome to stay upright, add a rock or something heavy into the bottom of the sock to weigh it down.

Result

A cute little gnome made for less than $10, in about 30 minutes, with a stuffed sock, a faux fur beard and a velvet hat. Make a few and set them out for the holidays.

The two finished sock gnomes on a white tile floor, with grey faux fur beards, red velvet hats and wood bead noses