Today, I am sharing my coco nutty sweater acorns tutorial!
Are you enjoying the cool weather? Our family certainly is and we have been enjoying the outdoors. Nature walks seem to be an activity our family enjoys doing. The girls love to play the I Spy game and look for treasures. Fall is about enjoying the sounds of the leaves crunching beneath your feet, the smell of the woods, the gorgeous colors, the giggles and laughs as the kiddos run down the trail, and hot cocoa after. This is what I love.
It was these nature walks that inspired these coco-nutty sweater acorns. It is a fun and super easy craft you can do with your kids or on your own for budget friendly Fall decor.
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
Sweaters
Poly-fill
Rubberbands
Hot glue gun and sticks
Coconut shells
Start with a few discarded sweaters you no longer like to wear (or in my case, don’t fit because I put them in the dryer). If you do not have any sweaters in your closet to use for this project, head over to your local Goodwill and pick out a few. And I know you are asking, what do I do with the rest of the sweater? Pillows are a great way to use sweaters. Coffee mug holder. Winter headband. Just to name a few ideas.
I cut the sweater sleeves at a few different lengths, as I wanted variation in size of the acorns.
Turn your sweater sleeve inside out and then wrap the rubberband tightly around the end. Turn the sleeve right side out.
Insert poly-fill into the sweater sleeve until firm and compact.
Once poly-fill is to desired consistency and shape, take another rubberband and secure the top. You will then hot glue the coconut piece to the top of the sweater.
Finished acorn should resemble something like this.
Create multiple acorns to fill a Fall vignette on a table or you could even attach string and display on your front door.
These acorns bring a cozy feel to the Fall decor and kids have such a great time creating them.
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial on the coco-nutty sweater acorns. Let me know if you have questions! Happy Fall to you!
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Oh my goodness, Michelle. I love these! What a great idea!
Denise, so glad you love them! They were super fun to make!! Thanks for stopping by!
How creative, Michelle! These are so fun! Pinning and sharing on FB tomorrow!
Amy, thank you and thanks for the pin & share! Always appreciated! Have a great week.
Love these! Question: do you have a source for the coconut shells? Or do you buy them at the grocery store and cut them yourself? Just wondering what is the best way to cut them so neatly? Thanks!
Linda, the coconuts were purchased at a local grocery store. We used a screwdriver to open the “eyes” of the coconut and drain the liquid. We then used a hammer to open the shell. It breaks open quite easily. After that, we just scrapped out the coconut and let the shell dry. Thanks for your question!
These are SO cute! I can’t wait to try these out! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks so much! Happy crafting!
These are so cute!! I may have to try my hand at making some!
I would love to see your version when you are done! Be sure to send me a few pictures! Thanks for stopping by!
What a great idea! I will definitely be making these! Also, did you make the non-sweater one? Looks like it may be made of twigs and wire? How’d you do that?! Thanks for sharing your acorns! 🙂
Jennifer, thanks for the positive feedback! I would love to see your version when you complete them. The twig acorn was found at Michaels. Sometimes you have to just buy a few things you love! Take care!
Michelle these are adorable! I would love these in my house! Perfect for Fall! I am featuring it on my blog tomorrow! Thank you for linking up with us at Get Your DIY On!!
Mandy @ The Hankful House Blog
Thank you so much Mandy!
These are absolutely fabulous – love this idea!
Thank you Marie! They were so fun to make. The kiddos love them.
Oh these are just the cutest things !!!
Off to pin – thanks for sharing !
So cute! I love acorns and have a huge oak tree in my yard that gives me plenty of the small ones! I am going to give this a try!
Very clever, very crafty and absolutely adorable!
Those are just the cutest! I am going to have to make some of these to add to my fall décor.
Yay! So glad you like them Jen. Absolutely…give those old sweaters a new purpose!
SUPER CUTE! WHAT A CLEVER IDEA!
Thank you so very much!
Ha! Those are the cutest thing ever!!
Tania
These are SO much fun. I love them! Thank you for sharing your tutorial at Vintage Inspiration Party.
These are great! I love how simple and adorable these turned out! I want some! I need to make some! Pinned!
Thank you Malia! They are easy peasy, so I get to it! Have a great week.
No way! I was instantly smitten when I saw these! WAnt want!!
Here from Totally Terrific Tuesday.
Awesome! So glad you like them Melinda.
Hi Michelle,
What a wonderful Fall project!! Would love for you to share at Simple & Sweet Fridays. Everyone will love making these for the holiday!
Hugs,
Jody
Jody, thank you. I will hop over and link up. Thanks for the invite.
I LOVE this! I wish I had thought of it! lol. I would love having these sweater acorns as part of my fall decor 🙂 Great DIY! Thanks for sharing at the Talented Tuesday party!
Lindi, so happy you like them. They were really fun to create.
ps – I’m featuring these at the Talented Tuesday party tomorrow!! I hope you stop by and see them 🙂 I’ll be sharing on facebook too 🙂
Thank you Lindi!
Theses are beyond adorable! Did you have issues with cutting the coconuts in halves to use as the tops, or is that the inside of the coconut? It’s been years since we’ve bought any and can’t remember.
Carol, we actually referenced a You Tube video on how to crack them open. The video helped so much. Thanks for your question.
What an adorable project, Michelle! I’m going to see if my local grocery store carries fresh coconut so that I can try to make a few.
Supercute!!!
Thank you!
I love these they’re so creative – Genius
Thank you Carole!
These look lovely. How did you get the coconut shells to break like that without cracking the other direction?
Breanna, we used a You Tube video and moved slowly with the hammer. So glad you liked them.
Totally love this! Such a simple craft that I can do with the girls. Pinned.
Thank you Erlene!
These are just so nutty! They just brought a big smile to my face. Visiting from #HomeMattersParty.
Aw, thank you Sonja!
I love acorns, these are adorable. We have started to collect acorns on our walks lately, these are inspiring.
Marie, I am so glad the sweater acorns were inspiring! They are so easy to make.
I love this bit of Autumn craftiness! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things bog hop. Watch for your feature tomorrow xo
Awesome! Thank you Katie!
Congratulations on being featured at Motivation Monday!
Thank you so much Barb!
Those are adorable!! What a great idea for a centerpiece!! Love it!
So glad you like them Jamie! Thank you.
HI Michelle, Omg these Sweater Acorns are so darn cute! Love them. Thanks so much for sharing at our Something to Talk About Link Party 33 this week. I’m gonna share them on my Fb later today. Have a great week, Lisa at Concord Cottage
Thank you Lisa!
totally adorable, what a fun idea!!
Thanks so much Deb!
Michelle, these acorns are so cool! I love this idea to reuse old sweaters (i have a few that accidentally made it into the dryer, too). Thanks for sharing with Creative Spark; I’m featuring these adorable acorns tomorrow. Hope you’ll stop by and link up with us again! The party starts at 6am EST 🙂
Thank you Emily!
These are just absolutely adorable!! Love how they turned out. Never would have thought to use coconuts!!
These are ADORABLE! What a clever way to add some whimsy and fun to fall decor.
Thanks so much for joining Grace at Home. I’m featuring you this week!
Thank you Richella!
These are SERIOUSLY cute! I am featuring your acorns at The Creative Circle this week! Thanks for partying with us each week… I always love seeing what you come up with!
This is such a fun, clever idea for fall! Thanks so much for linking up to the Handmade Hangout! I will be featuring you on my blog today when the new linky goes live at 6pm ET. I hope you’ll stop by to check out your feature and link up again!
Thank you Valerie for featuring my acorns! Yay!
This is such a great idea for fall. I would have never thought to use coconut shells. Way to go!
Thanks for sharing at The Creative Corner this week. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next week too.
Thank you Bethany!
These are so creative and just perfect for table decor!! Thank you so much for sharing at Snickerdoodle 🙂
Pinned & Tweeted!!
Joanita @ Snickerdoodle Sunday
Thank you so much!
Boy I wish I had the time to decorate per season, these are great!!!
Thank you Michelle! Happy fall.
can I buy the coconut shells in a craft store. I’d hate to have to buy fresh coconuts to get the shells!
thanks – look forward to your reply.
Barb, we bought fresh ones. We wanted to show our kids how to open them and then let them taste what was inside. So, for us, it was worth it for the experience. I have not seen these in a craft store. Let me know if you do though!
These are so cute! Love the idea!
Thank you Linda!
Michelle! These are the CUTEST! Featured you today for the Think & Make Thursday Link Party 🙂 Cheers!
Thank you so much Heather!!
I just LOVE this idea! Thank you for sharing it. I purchased several sweaters to make pumpkins & Christmas stockings last year. This will be a perfect use for the sleeves!
So glad you will be making some acorns! Thanks for stopping by Dawn Lyne!