Ornaments
Ornaments
Potpourrie Ornament
1 clear glass ornament (or plastic I don't know if it would work)
poupurri
oil to go with poupurri
remove the top and start putting potpourrie inside may take a little while
and fill it up (the ornament that is)
when finished pour a little oil on top of the potpourri and replace the
hanger (whatever it's called)
you could write the date in a gold pen or silver if you like
and add ribbon if you like.
really simple and fun and smells good
have fun!
Submitted by (CRACKELY)
Beaded Candy Canes
Bend a pipecleaner into candycane shape. Thread with little plastic tri
beads (red and white) You can have children do patterns of three
alternating or let them create how they wish. Leave a little room at the
ends and bend the pipe cleaner ends around last beads
Submitted by Joni (AB_DAYCARE)
Snow People Ornament
I made this one as a small child and still have it.
You need a small pine cone, thread, a pop sicle stick, a cotton ball,
tiny googly eyes, felt and a marker.
Glue the googly eyes to the cottonball and draw a nose and mouth with
marker.
Glue that as the head on the pine cone. If you like you can get spray
snow to spray the pine cone.
Cut a small triangle hat from the felt and glue it ontop.
Cut the popsicle stick in half and glue one on each side of the bottom of
the pine cone for feet. On the bottom you can put name and date.
Thread a small pice of thread through top of hat so you can hang your
ormament on the tree.
Submitted by Tara (SHNSI73)
Glass Ball Ornament
Glass or plastic clear balls
Glitter and puffy paint
Paint on an angel teddy bear or x-mas theme with paint. (small stencils
can be used if you wish)
Paint Merry Christmas and the year. (I put child's name on each one and
the baby's name and first Christmas on his.)
Tie a small ribbon and glue to the string hole and put clear fishing line
or thread through the hole.
Use the glitter to decorate the ball as you wish.
Submitted by Tara (SHNSI73)
Glass Ball Photo Ornament
Glass or plastic clear balls
Hi all,I take the glass balls and take off the cover and I take glittle
glue and coat the inside withthe glitter and let site over night and then
I take a wallet pic of the daycare kids and put inside the ball and cover
back on and I tie a note this is me and I sparkle more and more each
year.Merry Christmas.They are really cute.
Submitted by (MILITARY2MOM)
Glass Ball Photo Ornament
3 inch styrofoam ball
Dozens of little roses, about 3/8 inch, they come in a small bunch of a
dozen with stems, you can get them at Walmart. All the same color. You can
use some smaller ones along with this size but I found this size looks
best on this size ball.
White glue
Long piece of ribbon
Cut all the stems just below the wrapping at the base of the rose.
With a sharp object like a pair of embroidery sissors, large crewel
needle, etc. (toothpicks don't work they break too easily) Stab a hole
into the ball, then dip the end of a rose into the glue and insert into
the hole. Continue doing this placing the roses close together until the
entire ball is covered. Let dry.
With a long object, a crochet hook works good, push the ribbon through the
ball making a loop on one end and tie a knot in the other two ends and
bury them inside the ball. I forced some glue down into the hole where
the ribbon goes in to keep it from pulling out too easily.
These balls are gorgeous. I can't figure out which color I like best.
Submitted by Barb (BARBMI)
Photo Ornament
we did one today came out cute with older kids we trace different pics for
christmas and the colored them and glittered the whole pic then I
lamanated them and hung by gold ribbon came out cute
Submitted by (MILITARY2MOM)
Stained Glass Ornament
for "stained Glass" ornaments. cut a piece of plastic wrap in a
three inch square or any shape you want. Put it over a picture
(froma coloring book or clip art.) trace and color the picture. Put glue
some popcycle sticks around it. tape or tie a string aroound
it and put it on the tree and you have a small stained glass
ornament.
Submitted by Teresa (TERESA23)
Star Ornament (or Tree Topper)
Cut a toilet paper tube in 1/4-1/2 inch slits
all the way around on both ends leaving about an inch of the middle uncut.
Fold the strips outward to form a star shape. Spray with gold or silver
paint and sprinkle with glitter. Hang on tree or fix it to the top of the
tree for the star. These are a little difficult for the kids to cut, but
I have found they don't really care if you are doing it, if they are
sitting there and it's theirs they think they made the whole thing.
Submitted by Barb (BARBMI)
Personalized Ornament
I've been making these balls for years. Take a boughten ball ornament and
write the childs name on it with glitter paint. On the back of the ball
write the year. I used to use glue and glitter and that does work but you
have to be careful not to get too much glue, tacky glue is better.
Sprinkle with glitter. Let dry. Some of my kids have 10 years of these
ornaments. I used to get some that were wound with this thread type
stuff. Last year I found a whole bunch of plastic balls that have kind of
a frosted look. These look neat. Let the kid pick out their own color if
you have a variety.
Submitted by Barb (BARBMI)
Pipecleaner Candy Cane Ornament
Cut a white and a red pipe cleaner into two pieces. Take one piece of
each and twist together. When you have the strips the way you want them,
turn down the top. Hang on the tree. Really cute candy canes.
Submitted by Barb (BARBMI)
