Are you looking for a cute spring craft to make? I’ve got the perfect DIY door hanger craft idea you can make to brighten up a room in your home. Follow my tutorial to learn how you can create it yourself!
I picture blooming flowers when I think of spring weather. The brighter colored blooms are my favorites, like daffodils and tulips, so I just had to include some bright and pretty felt flowers to my craft project.
The felt flowers for your door hanger are super easy to create and they don’t require a cutting machine to make.
This spring craft idea is also budget-friendly, since it uses inexpensive felt and jean fabric from thrift store pants. No worries for breaking the bank to make this door knob hanger!

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DIY DOOR HANGER CRAFT IDEA
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
- denim fabric – thrifted jeans
- craft felt
- ribbon
- polyester stuffing
- glue gun (Surebonder is my fave)
- scissors
- pen or marker
- ruler
- iron
- sewing machine (optional)
HOW TO MAKE A DIY DOOR HANGING PILLOW
I have provided instructions for two options on how to join the fabric to make the door hanger pillow:
- OPTION 1 – SEWING MACHINE
- OPTION 2 – USE HOT GLUE
OPTION 1 – SEWING INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1 – PREPARE THE FABRIC
Cut two 7×7 squares from a leg of the thrifted jeans.
STEP 2 – INSERT RIBBON
Place right sides together and insert ribbon (9.5 inches) in between the fabric squares.
The longest ribbon portion will be inside with some ribbon peaking out of the fabric pieces.
Place the ribbon 1.5 inch in from the outside edges and let it stick out 1/2 inch at the top.
STEP 3 – SEW THE FABRIC SQUARES TOGETHER
Pin the top and sides together and begin sewing a 1/4 inch seam on those 3 sides.
Leave a good portion open on the bottom. It needs to be large enough to turn inside out and easily insert the stuffing.
STEP 4 – TURN THE FABRIC SQUARE
Clip the corners and turn the square inside out.
Poke the 4 corners out using a pointy tool of choice.
Iron the seams to make a crisp square and press a 1/4 inch at the opening on the bottom.
STEP 5 – ADD STUFFING
Shred polyester stuffing with your fingers and make it evenly fluffy as best you can.
Begin pushing the stuffing into the corners of the pillow pocket and add more until it’s puffy, but not tightly stuffed.
Pin the opening closed and sew 1/8 inch to close the bottom.
OPTION 2 – HOT GLUE INSTRUCTIONS
- Use regular scissors or pinking shears to cut two 7×7 squares from the leg of thrifted jeans.
- Place wrong sides together and insert ribbon in between the fabric squares and pin in place.
- MEASUREMENT of the ends should be inserted on the top inside 1 inch in from the outside edges.
- Run a thin bead of hot glue in between the squares to join the edges, working in small areas at a time.
- Leave a good portion open on the bottom. It needs to be large enough to easily insert the stuffing.
- Insert the stuffing, following step 5, and close the bottom with hot glue.
HOW TO DECORATE A PILLOW DOOR HANGER WITH FLOWERS
There are tons of different kinds of felt flowers in Google land that can be made, and I’ll be showing you how you can make three kinds of the flowers to add to your door knob pillow. They are easy peasy!
STEP 1 – PREPARE THE FELT
Use an iron, on poly setting, to press back a portion of the felt.
The folds can be different widths, depending upon how large you want your flowers. My 3 are an average of 1-inch folds.
Evenly cut to make your folds and then press with an iron, on poly setting, to make creases.
STEP 2 – CUT THE FELT
STRAIGHT FRINGE:
Face the fold at the top and cut skinny strips. See picture below. Careful not to cut into the fold.
DIAGONAL FRINGE:
Face the fold at the top and cut diagonal strips. Do not cut into the fold.
STRAIGHT LOOPS:
Face the open side at the top and the fold at the bottom. Cut straight strips. Do not cut into the open edges.
STEP 3 – ROLL THE FELT
Begin the roll at the end and roll away from you.
Place a bead of hot glue (low setting) and roll tightly over the glue, while at the same time tightly holding the roll in place.
Keep the roll even on the straight edge while rolling.
STEP 4 – ATTACH THE FLOWERS
Apply hot glue on the entire rolled end that doesn’t have the fringe cuts.
Press onto your desired spot on the pillow and fluff the flowers.
STEP 5 – MAKE THE LEAVES
Draw leaf shapes on the dark and light green felt using a pen or marker. See picture below. The light green leaves are smaller than dark green ones.
Cut out and hot glue them to the denim and then you’re done!
Has this DIY door hanger craft idea given you the inspiration to make door decor? Maybe you’ll just try making the flowers for other crafts!
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It’s time for another Sustainable Pinterest Challenge, where my blogger friends and I pick an idea from one of our Pinterest boards and make it into a recycled craft or decor.
This month our theme is “floral,” so my craft idea came from this Pinterest door hanger example. Click the links at the end of my post to see 9 more floral ideas!
CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO SEE 9 MORE FLORAL CRAFT AND DECOR IDEAS!
Julie | Sum of their Stories
Gail | Purple Hues and Me
Terri | A Good Life
Ann| The Apple Street Cottage
T’onna | Sew Crafty Crochet
Julie | Treasures Made From Yarn
Mel | Decor Craft Design
Donna | Modern on Monticello
Niki | Life as a LEO Wife
SUM OF THEIR STORIES – Floral Bag Upcycle with Upholstery Fabric Scraps
PURPLE HUES AND ME – Upcycled Newspaper Flowers Wreath
THE APPLE STREET COTTAGE – Denim Flowers / Two Ways
SEW CRAFTY CROCHET – Crochet Flower Facial Scrubbies
LIFE AS A LEO WIFE – DIY Floral Bike Wreath
MODERN ON MONTICELLO – Wine Box Flower Arrangement
TERRI STEFFES – Watercolor Floral Bookmarks
TREASURES MADE FROM YARN – Crochet Flowers
DECOR CRAFT DESIGN – DIY Painted Upcycled Mug
Sharing my DIY door hanger craft at these fabulous blogs!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AllysonAllyson is the founder and content creator of Southern Sunflowers. She shares tutorials for DIY crafts and decor on a budget.
Your door hanger turned out cute. I may have to try and make this.
Thanks, Julie! I’m happy you like my door knob hanger. 🙂
It’s so cute and bright! The colors a pretty and perfect for spring!
T’onna, I’ve got it hanging on my craft room door handle where everything in the room is bright (and cute LOL).
Adorable! I love making felt & paper flowers. I made all of my wedding bouquets (mine & my bridesmaids’, not multiple weddings lol) with paper & I love that I did because I still have them. A door hanger is such a cute alternative to a wreath. I’ll have to try it. It’s great going with you!
XOXO,
Niki
Thanks, Niki! I’ve done denim flowers, felt flowers, now on to the paper ones! That’s so neat that you made all the bouquets and you still have those special memories. 🙂
Very clever, Allyson! I love how you used the jeans. I have a few pairs and some parts set aside for future projects…we should collaborate!
Thank you, Ann! I’m with you… more projects to come from those left over seams and pockets. I might even get wild and crazy and use the zipper, too. LOL
I truly love these adorable flowers. So clever!
Thanks, Terri! The flowers were so easy to make.
Too cute and adorable, Allyson! What a great way to use up old denim fabric and felt scraps!
Thank you, Gail! I got the jeans for only a $1. Now, I need to start thinking of ways to use the pockets, seams, etc..
This is so gorgeous, what a lovely way to give new life to an old pair of jeans! I like yours even better than the Pin-spiration!
Thank you, Julie! I purchased the jeans on a “dollar day” and bought two different shades, so expect many more projects to come!