Make Your Own Ornaments
Homemade ornaments can be fun for the whole family, can make great gifts and can be eco-friendly. Think recyclable materials (cards and wrapping paper), dual purpose materials (bird seed, raffia), and look for simple plans. Below are my favorite do-it-yourself holiday ornaments for decorating and sharing. Enjoy!
Christmas Ornaments to Make
101 Sparkling Holiday Trims
Christmas Ornaments to Make: 101 Sparkling Holiday Trims (Better Homes & Gardens)
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* Includes 101 pretty-to-look-at, simple-to-do projects.
* Custom ornament designs appeal to both novice and expert crafters.
* This project book includes step-by-step instructions, patterns, and ideas.
Natural Ornament
"Look to your own backyard to add nature-inspired elements to your tree. Michelle Edwards of Sweet Something Designs harvested acorns during fall and used the caps to create acorn ball ornaments."
Directions at 12 Easy Handmade Holiday Ornaments and Decorations : HGTV
Icicle Treat Boxes
These are super easy and fun for kids.Cut them out, glued them, filled them with candy, and added a tag and ribbon. Hang on the tree to find on Christmas morning.
Directions at Mirkwood Designs - Icicle Treat Box
Photo Ornaments
"With some simple perforations (and no lamentations) your festive decorations will garner adulation!"
Directions at Scissor & Fold Photos into Origami-like Ornaments! | Photojojo
Paper Snowflakes
"When moisture condenses and freezes on a window, some say that Jack Frost has stopped by, leaving the lacy pattern as a souvenir. Grace your panes with paper snowflakes, attaching them with poster putty. Or make a wreath of snowflakes by sticking them one at a time to a wall with poster putty. Kids can happily occupy themselves cutting out dozens of paper snowflakes. Then adults can step in with thread and tape, and together you can watch your family's own gentle blizzard materialize."
Directions at: Paper Snowflakes - MarthaStewart.com
Recycled Card Ornaments
"Holiday cards make perfect ornaments: dazzling and delicate yet impossible to break. In a few steps, turn cards into darling globes or circles that lock together, ready to twirl. Or frame a snowy scene in a frosting of sparkles. To make the glitter ornament, cut out a circle from a card and punch a hole for string; add glue around the edge and sprinkle with glitter. Hang your new ornaments with card garlands for an enchanting tree."
Directions at: Recycled Ornaments How-To - Martha Stewart Crafts
"These ornamental balls are made from holiday cards from Christmases past."
Directions at: Holiday Card Ornaments - Martha Stewart Holidays
Paper drops are great from recycled cards, too.
Directions at: Christmas Ornaments: Paper Drops | FamilyFun
Wrapping Paper Stars
"These stellar but surprisingly easy party decorations (they come together with just a few cuts and twists) are made from all those odds and ends of holiday wrap you'd otherwise toss in the trash. Hang one or dozens to brighten up the house come party time. "
Directions at: Holiday Craft: Wrapping Paper Stars | FamilyFun
Citrus Clove Pomanders
"Pomanders, aromatic spheres that are prepared by studding citrus fruits with cloves, have been used since medieval times and still make lovely holiday decorations. If they dry out without getting moldy, they'll last up to a year before their fragrance completely fades."
Directions at: Pomanders - Martha Stewart Home and Garden
Snowy Balloon Ornaments
"With little more than some balloons and glitter, you can fill your home with decorative snowballs. "
Directions at: Snowy Balloon Ornaments - Martha Stewart Crafts
Cinnamon Bird Ornaments
"Although these whimsical birds look and smell like gingerbread cookies, their sparkling plumage hints at their true nature as sweet works of art. This sturdy flock -- including a cardinal and chickadee, among other birds -- will migrate each Christmas to decorate the tree. The birds are not meant to be eaten, though, however enticing they may be."
Directions at: Cinnamon Bird Ornaments - MarthaStewart.com
Beaded Snowflakes
"Beads can be used to create beautiful, everlasting Christmas ornaments. These snowflakes use a combination of small and large beads: small rocailles (silver-lined transparent beads); long, thin bugle beads; and larger druk beads (smooth, round beads)."
Directions at: Beaded Snowflakes - Martha Stewart Holidays
Yarn Candy Cane
"A neat twist on a classic, these canes are virtually indestructible (and they make excellent gifts)."
Directions at: Christmas Ornaments: Yarn Candy Cane | FamilyFun
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- A Barkley view of USC football
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Bird Seed Ornaments
What are your favorite ornaments to make?
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Oracle_Post
Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:00 am | delete
- You inspire me to make these ornaments for christmas!
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pokeyoat
Dec 19, 2011 @ 7:49 pm | delete
- The icicle ones are my favorite, so pretty!
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genglo
Dec 12, 2011 @ 11:53 pm | delete
- great ideas! I hope you enjoy the holidays!
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sousababy
Dec 10, 2011 @ 9:16 am | delete
- Came back to google +1 this gem.
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sousababy
Dec 10, 2011 @ 9:15 am | delete
- Oh, I could handle putting bows on candy canes - ha. These are all lovely, I especially like the photo ornaments. Thank you for sharing.
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KarenCookieJar
Dec 1, 2011 @ 9:56 am | delete
- I made some of the paper drop ornaments on thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun.
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Dec 1, 2011 @ 8:08 am | delete
- Great projects. Love these ideas. Thanks! I enjoy making traditional woven hearts for holiday decorating. Happy holidays!
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Protasker Nov 17, 2011 @ 10:21 pm | delete
- I just love your lenses! Great job!! I've got three I printed and can't wait to get started! Thank you!
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gonzalezdenise
Sep 7, 2011 @ 8:09 pm | delete
- Great lens.
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gonzalezdenise
Sep 7, 2011 @ 8:09 pm | delete
- such great and inexpensive ideas.
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purpleslug
Jun 29, 2011 @ 12:31 am | delete
- Well guess my favorite ornaments to make are ones made of glass, stained glass and fused glass. I would like to make the origami and string snowballs that you have on your lens. Great lens! Thanks
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mermaidlife
Dec 23, 2010 @ 1:05 pm | delete
- I love snowflakes. To make them and to have them land on my nose.
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sorana
Dec 19, 2010 @ 1:03 am | delete
- Great ideas. I love the paper snowflakes.
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KonaGirl
Dec 14, 2010 @ 1:03 am | delete
- I love the homemade ideas you have come up with for Christmas ornaments. The beaded snowflakes are so beautiful. I will have to get busy and make some of them this year.
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mbgphoto Dec 9, 2010 @ 11:23 am | delete
- Great ideas...blessed and added to my December Blessings lens.
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mcochs
Dec 9, 2010 @ 8:05 am | delete
- Awesome lens! Loved the wrapping paper star. Blessed by a Squidoo Angel on 12/09/2010! Have a great day!
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Yourshowman
Dec 7, 2010 @ 9:15 pm | delete
- What A Great Collection You have. I Liked it.
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TheCountrySignShop
Dec 5, 2010 @ 10:34 am | delete
- Cute. I love the Cinnamon Bird Ornaments. Great lens.
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noobeegin
Dec 5, 2010 @ 9:30 am | delete
- Yarn balls. You take a styrofoam ball and coat with tacky glue. Then you wrap colorful yarn around and around covering the ball. You thn take a coordinately piece of trim/ribbon to wrap around the center. Then take a piece of yarn and using a needle, run it up through the center to create a hanging loop. You can add tassles and beads that are also coordinateing to make them fancy. They are lightweight and look awesmoe on the tree. They make great teacher presents as well..
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Tempus
Dec 5, 2010 @ 8:51 am | delete
- What a great collection of Christmas Decoration ideas. Definitely going to try out the Snowy Balloon Ornaments.
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