Felt Ice Skates Christmas Decoration

Make ice skates Christmas decorations with felt, jumbo popsicle sticks, and a free ice skate pattern. Trace the free pattern onto the felt to create the boot of the ice skate. The jumbo craft sticks are painted gray for the ice skate blade. The felt skates are embellished with glitter glue, tinsel pompoms, and wood snowflakes. Use the ice skates as Christmas decorations, or keep them up all winter.

Felt Ice Skates Christmas Decoration

Ice skates are a vintage Christmas and winter decoration. Unlike a real pair of ice skates, this felt version is safe to use anywhere.

Felt Ice Skates Decoration Supplies

• Jumbo Craft Sticks
• Wooden Snowflakes
• White Tinsel Pom Poms 
• Iridescent Glitter Glue
• Acrylic Craft Paint – White, Grey
• Craft Felt – Grey, Blue
• Permanent Marker, Black
• White Yarn
• Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
• Paintbrush
• Scissors
• Straight Pins
• Tape
• Crop-A-Dile 
• ICE SKATE PATTERNS

Felt Ice Sakes Decoration Instructions

First, make the ice skate blades. Cut two jumbo craft sticks in half with scissors. Paint the four half craft sticks and two additional full craft sticks with grey acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary. 

Next, cut out 2 gray ice skates. First, Download, print, and cut out the ICE SKATE PATTERNS. You can get the pattern for free by subscribing to our newsletter. Then using straight pins, secure the pattern to grey craft felt.

Cut out the gray ice skate with scissors. Repeat the process to make a second gray ice skate shape.

Next, cut the blade part off of the ice skate boot pattern. Make 2 ice skate boots out of blue felt. Pin the ice skate boot pattern onto blue craft felt.

Cut it out with scissors. Repeat with a second blue ice skate boot shape.

Now, glue the blue felt ice skate boots on top of the grey felt ice skates with a glue gun and glue sticks. You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but it will take longer as you must wait for it to dry.

Flip the skates over and trim any excess grey craft felt with scissors.

Use a Crop-A-Dile tool to punch out the lacing holes in the paper pattern. Use a black marker to mark where the holes go on the felt.

Use the Crop A Dile to punch the holes out of the felt.

Attach the two half craft sticks to the ice skate at the heel and the center of the boot with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Attach the full craft stick horizontally to the two vertical half craft sticks to complete the blades of the ice skates.

Now it’s time to lace up the ice skates. Measure and cut a 48” length of white yarn for each skate. Wrap the end in clear tape to assist with lacing.

Starting at the top of the skate, thread the yarn through the holes, wrapping it around the outer edge of the felt skate boot.

At the bottom, thread the yarn through the last hole again and then lace it back to the top hole.

Tie the yarn in a bow and trim any long ends with scissors. Repeat for the second skate.

Now that the skates are put together, it’s time to add a little bling. Paint two wooden snowflakes with white acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat if necessary.

Accent the ice skate blades and snowflakes with iridescent glitter glue. Put the glue in dots along the blade. While it is still wet, use your finger or a paint brush to spread it out.

Glue a small white tinsel pom to the center of each snowflake with a glue gun and glue sticks. To finish, glue the snowflakes to the ice skates.