Some people may think it’s a little too early to start sharing Christmas ideas, but clearly, I am not one of them! I thought up this little DIY for Christmas pillow covers and wanted to share it sooner, rather than later.

This way, if you were interested in making one, you could have it ready for right after Thanksgiving. This is an easy and inexpensive DIY; it just takes a little time.

I was inspired by some cute fall throw pillows I had seen online – featuring fall-inspired words. I started thinking up some words that inspired a Christmas feeling. I came up with lights, tinsel, and mistletoe. Then I got busy in Photoshop, experimenting with different fonts, and ended up with this.

 

Once the fonts looked good to me, I broke the words up into 3 different pages. This way, I could arrange them vertically to better fill the space on my 16″ X 16″ pillow cover. I will add them at the bottom of this post for you to print if you so desire!

Supplies Needed to Make Christmas Pillow Covers*:

16″ X 16″ Canvas Pillow Cover

Fine Tip Sharpie, dual ended

Cardboard

Pencil

Graphics (printable below)

How To Make A Christmas Pillow Cover With Words

Once I had the three pages printed out, I inserted a piece of cardboard inside the pillow cover to prevent the marker from leaking through to the other side.

 

Then I arranged my graphics where I wanted them and made small pencil marks on the pillow cover to reference the spacing.

 

Next, you need to transfer the words onto the pillow cover.

To do this, take the sheet of paper with the word on it and color the back side of the paper with a pencil. You’ll want to make it pretty dark in order for the transfer to be visible.

Once you’ve done that, you place the paper where you want it on the pillow cover. I used painter’s tape to keep it from sliding. Then you can trace over your letters, and you will have your pencil outline on the pillow.

Note, you do have to press rather hard.

 

Then I used the ultra-fine tip Sharpie to retrace the outline by hand, and the fine tip Sharpie to color it in. Alternatively, you could use fabric paint, but the marker is easier to control.

 

I worked from the bottom of the pillow up.

I thought about adding something more, maybe a graphic to the upper right section, but I decided I like the clean, simple look of this better. Obviously, you could position the words any way you like. My daughter suggested I center them on the pillow, but I liked this better.

 

Christmas Pillow Graphics Free Printable

Click on the links below this graphic to print each word. You will need to print each of them onto a separate page for it to be large enough to fill a 16″ X 16″ pillow cover.

 Lights/Tinsel/Mistletoe 

I love to see your craft projects, tag us on social if you make your own Christmas pillow covers inspired by these!

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