How to make Christmas Ornaments

In keeping with the Christmas Spirit and theme. This post will show you how to make Christmas Ornaments. The majority of ornaments on our tree are home made.

Here are my two favorite's.

The first one is a Christmas style winter show piece in a plastic container.

The items you will need are:

One 9 ounce (minimum)clear plastic take out cup
Some silver poster board
Crafting scissors
Cotton batting
A few miniature trees, store bought or home made, whichever is easier
A few Christmas style figurines.

A small mirror
Good craft glue
Glitter, I like the halloween glitter we have left over, saves me a trip to the store and spending money hehe.
Pins
Colorful beads
Filler, this one is up to you.

Okay, let's begin.

Instructions are fairly simple....yeah even I figured it out.

Trace the cup onto the underside of the poster board. Cut out the circle, but stay at least 1/8th of an inch outside of your line. This way the base is just a tad larger than the cup. Which is what we want.

Cut out a circle of batting snow the same diameter of the cup and place it on top of the shiny side of the poster board circle you outlined.

Get your batting in place where you'd like to position your trees, figurines, and mirror pond.

Then all you need to do is glue the base of each item onto your cut poster board and smooth the snow around to make it Christmasy.

Dash some glitter around the piece and you are almost done.

Then use the pushpin to poke a hole in the center of the bottom of the cup and thread a craft bead onto a 6 to 12-inch length of monofilament. Get the ends together, letting the bead fall to the center of the line, and thread them up through the hole from inside the cup. Add a few more beads and tie up a loop.

Finally, you need to apply glue along the edge of the circle. Press the cup, upside down, atop the glue and hold it in place until it dries, usually 30 seconds is enough to start getting tacky. Keep in mind though depending on the glue you use it could take a few minutes to a few hours.

The next home made Christmas Ornament I love making is the wishing spool.

This one is easy but the kids absolutely love it.

Things you need:

Some acrylic paint and brush
Any type of thread spool, wood works best I find
A marker or really strong pen
Strips of paper cut the width of the spool you are using
Double-sided tape
Red Ribbon (Christmas colors)
Label that is easy to stick on.

Here's how you do it.

Paint the spool and leave it to dry.
     
Get the kids to write their Christmas list on the strip's of paper.
   
Simply roll the paper around the empty spool and tack or tape it in place...let it fall for Santa to see ;)

Final step is to thread your ribbon through the center of your spool and tie a knot, so you can hang it. If you have several little tykes then make sure to write their name on the label and add it to the ribbon.

Done.

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Garret