The whole ugly Christmas sweater party thing is super fun, especially if costumes are your favorite! I’ve rounded up 32 really awesome DIY ugly Christmas sweaters that you and your friends can make together this holiday season. There are even a few baby and pregnant sweater ideas in the round up. If you’re on the hunt for cute DIY ugly Christmas sweater party ideas, you don’t want to miss these clever ideas. (The wine bottle sweaters and Christmas tree hair are my faves!)
32 DIY Ugly Christmas Sweater Ideas
Everything is bigger in Texas, even it’s ugly sweaters! Jamie used iron on shimmer sheets and fabric paint to create the cactus masterpeice.
2. Full body Christmas tree sweater
This DIY ugly sweater is interactive! If you make it right, when you raise your arms it turns your entire body into a lovely Chrsitmas tree.
Here’s a super simple DIY ugly sweater idea, simply glue tinsel to your sweater in the shape of a triangle and add ornaments. Voila!
4. May your days be meowy and bright
If you love cats this is the ugly sweater for you! It’s meow-velous!
5. Pregnant belly ornament sweater
If you’ve got a growing pregnant belly consider turning it into a giant ornament. Jamie added 3 cactus, one for each member of her growing family.
Give a few ties a new life as a Christmas tree on an ugly sweater! How fun is that?
Here’s a homemade ugly christmas sweater that is hardly ugly! The best part? This ugly sweater was made with iron on glitter sheets!
This DIY Christmas sweater is literally as simple as hot gluing (or hand stitching) a Dollar Store stocking onto a thrifted sweater. Voila!
9. Santa beard
This might be the best for real ugly Christmas sweater I’ve seen yet. This thing is hideously awesome!
10. 3D Rudolph
Just hot glue a giant stuffed Rudolph to a sweater and you win!
Katie has a step by step tutorial for painting your very own Spock ugly Christmas sweater using fabric paint.
12. Giant Rudolph
The giant Rudolph eyes are my favorite part of Angie’s DIY ugly Christmas sweater.
13. American Girl Ugly Sweater
Don’t forget the dolls at your next ugly sweater party! Spruce up their outfit with a simple felt and button tree.
This hardly counts as ugly, just look at this sweet baby in his ugly sweater attire!
16. Present dress
Grab a hot glue gun and as many bows as you can find to make this epic ugly sweater dress!
17. Ugly dog sweater
18. Elf on the Shelf
23. Happy Holla Days
24. Grinch sweater
26. Crazy Rudolph
27. It doesn’t get much cuter than a group Christmas tree dresses!
28. Grumpy cat is all the rage, and this simple DIY sweater will make even the grumpiest party goer smile.
29. If you’ve ever been pregnant you are fully aware of what happens to your belly button. This pregnant Rudolph sweater brings the pregnant belly button to a whole new level as Rudolph’s nose1
31. Santa Centaur
32. Here is another version of the infamous Christmas tree ugly sweater outfit.
Check out the hideous Christmas outfits I made for Andy and I this year.
+22 more awesome ugly sweater party ideas!
Great photos! Very cute and well taken.
Hey, thanks for including my Ugly Sweater Dress in your awesome roundup! Great ideas here – I giggled at Grumpy Cat!
These look amazing!
xoxo