There’s not much that is more satisfying than putting in a few hours of your time to decorate your home for the holidays. The joy it brings you and your family (after the exhaustion fades), the Christmas spirit settles in, and that closet with the mountain of gifts that will take hours to wrap- and you can’t wait to get started!! As we get the boxes down full of ornaments for the tree, we take in all of the macaroni-glued-to-paper ornaments, the ornaments given to us by our friends and family passed, and we revel in all of the lights from the tree brilliantly shining into our living rooms and out the pulled curtains for the world to see. Making your own ornaments is truly a delight. We made some ornaments here at the office that we want to share with you, we hope you enjoy, and will be excited to try on your own.
Supplies needed: wooden disks (from just about any crafting store), paint colors of your choice, brushes and sponges, beads (we used wooden), festive word decals (ours were printed onto contact paper so it was easy to transfer), ribbon, twine, a glue gunThe first step was to paint the disks with our desired different colors and then let them dry. While these were drying (and some may need a second coat), we prepared the way they’ll be hung on the tree.We placed tape tightly wrapped around the end of our string of twine, tied a knot below the loop, added a few of the wooden beads, and then knotted again under to keep them in place. Once our paint dried, we were able to flip the disks over and then hot glue the end of our twine just below the last knot to the back.
The hardest part for us came in trying to figure out which word we wanted to use on what color. We had so many wonderful choices and we wanted to just use them all!
We put christmas based words for our ornaments that were printed on a cricket machine for decals, but you can use any photos or pictures you have as well. We took the backing off and placed the words wherever our hearts desired.Adorable little bows to make them stand out more and also “tie” in the twine and beads with the disk.Once we glued on our bow, we were ready to peel off the front of the contact paper and our crafty Christmas ornaments were finished! Now, that you’ve seen ours, we can’t wait for you to get started on yours.
We hope that we have helped you get into the Christmas spirit with these ornaments and that you have a wonderful time making your own.
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