Pour half the beans into a cup.

Put the top of the sock over the cup and invert, pouring the beans into the sock. Repeat until you have 2 cups of beans in the sock.

Stuff the sock with stuffing until it’s almost full.

Cinch the sock at the opening and close shut. Secure with a piece of yarn or string. Tie in a double knot.

Wrap a piece of felt around the sock, making sure it wraps completely around and overlaps on the back. If it doesn’t, you’ll need to get a bigger piece of fabric or felt. If it fits, and it should, you’ll need to make a hat. Fold the felt in half lengthwise and cut as shown, removing 2 triangles.

Wrap the felt around the gnome to create a hat.

Secure on the back only, with hot glue.

Place a nose on the front of the gnome by hot-gluing a wood ball onto the front. Make sure the nose is just below where the hat falls.

Cut a beard with a utility knife. Pay attention to how the fur lays and use a utility knife to cut the backing of the fur, making sure not to cut too much of the fur. The piece of fur is about 3″ x 4″.

Cut a notch in the top of the fur.

Add hot glue to the top of the fur and tuck it under the nose and along the sides.

Slide the hat down over the nose and beard. Once in the desired position, glue down the hat.

Lift the edges of the hat and apply hot glue under them.