~~~ Do It Yourself Ugly Christmas Sweaters ~~~ Vero Vine ~~~ Vero Beach, FL

Have a holiday party coming up? We’ve got you covered in the ugly sweater department! These awesome DIY’s can be done in no time and you’ll have so much fun making them!

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What You Will Need:
Sweater or T-Shirt
Garland
Mini Ornaments
Mini tree skirt
Mini Christmas Lights
Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
Yellow Construction Paper

1.) Cut your mini tree skirt in half and then hot glue it to the bottom.

2.) From there, create the widest point of your tree and start hot gluing your garland onto the shirt. You’ll want to zig and zag your garland all the way up the shirt, making each layer a little shorter than the previous until you reach the height and width you desire.

3.) Hot glue Christmas lights

4.) Cut out a star shape from yellow construction paper.

5.) Decorate tree with mini ornaments and top with star.

What You Will Need:
Sweater or T-Shirt
Stocking
Bottle of wine
Hot glue gun & Glue sticks

1.) Hot glue the stocking to your sweater.

2.) After the glue has completely dried, fill your stocking with WINE!

What You Will Need:
Sweater or T-Shirt
Plenty of bottle caps
Bows
Mini Bells
Hot glue gun & Glue sticks

1.) Start hot gluing bottle caps at the bottom of your sweater to make the trunk of the tree and work your way up from there.

2.) Top tree with a bow

3.) Hot glue mini bells and bows throughout the sweater.

What You Will Need:
Sweater or T-Shirt
Cotton balls
Mini bells
Mini green pom poms
Garland
Googly eyes
Mini top hat
Stick arms
Black pipe cleaner
Hot glue gun & gule sticks

1.) Create snowman shape out of cotton balls.

2.) Hot glue googly eyes on snowmans face, glue on his pipe cleaner smile, and place his top hat on his head.

3.) Hot glue mini green pom poms around your snowmans neck to create a scarf.

4.) Hot glue bells to make buttons and secure his stick arms into place.

5.) Wrap and glue garland around the neck and bottom of your sweater for extra pizzazz.

What You Will Need:
Sweater or T-Shirt
Green Mardi Gras beads
Mini Ornaments
Hot glue gun & Glue sticks

1.) Start hot gluing & stringing the mardi gras beads from the bottom starting wide and making each layer a bit shorter.

2.) Decorate your bead tree with mini ornaments.

What You Will Need:
Sweater or T-Shirt
Stuffed Reindeer or Snowman
Scissors
Bells and Mini ornaments
Hot Glue & Glue sticks

1.) Cut arms, legs and head off of stuffed reindeer or snowman.

2.) Hot glue the body parts to the sweater starting with the head.

3.) Accessorize your sweater with bells and mini ornaments to your liking!

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Nikki Kalin

Nikki Kalin literally has the Treasure Coast, especially Vero Beach as her home and her office. Having grown up and educated in Indian River County Nikki works with a deep knowledge to tend Vero Vine with a continual reach into all the communities of the Treasure Coast. She is in the vineyard virtually every day. Following its growth, nurturing start-ups, longtime roots, and branches of businesses, non-profits, municipalities, and everyday people. Nikki makes certain Vero Vine is connected.

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