simple yet effective handmade christmas tree ornament

These Christmas tree ornaments are so easy to make I couldn’t resist posting a little how to.

You’ll need:

Pencil
Thick Cardboard or Mountboard
Scissors or Craft Knife
Old Book Pages
Paintbrush
PVA/White Glue
White Acrylic Paint
Water
Glitter
UHU Glue
Button
Embroidery Needle
Thread

What to do:

1. Using your pencil, draw a five point star shape onto your cardboard and cut out around the line.  It really doesn’t matter that it’s perfect or that you cut on the line – these are meant to be a bit rustic.
2. Tear your book page into smallish squares – again it doesn’t need to be perfect.
3. Paint one side of the star with watered down PVA/white glue and stick the bits of book page to it all higgeldy piggeldy.
4. Wait for the star to dry – I didn’t because I am very impatient and I got in a terrible mess.
5. Turn the star over and trim the overhanging bits of book page.  Now paint the blank side with glue and stick your squares of book page but wrap them around the shape to cover the sides…this might make more sense when you have the star shape in front of you.  Basically you want to have a nice wrapped shape when you’ve finished.
6. Prop the start against something to dry.
7. Mix your acrylic paint with around around 50% water and paint over one side of the star.  Leave to dry and repeat with the other side.
8. Paint one side of the star with PVA/white glue and sprinkle glitter over it…less is more here.  Wait for it to dry, turn over and do the same on the other side. It looks really good when the light shines on it so I recommend not skipping this step.
9. Using UHU or superglue, glue your button to the middle of the star.
10. Use a needle push a hole through the star at the top of one point.  Thread the needle with a few strands of thread and make a loop through the hole you’ve just made.

You’re done.  Find a rather attractive pumpkin and take some pictures.

These are really easy to make.  I made 5 of them in one morning for a swap and I might just make some more for our own tree.

3 Comments

• 

  By June, 26 October, 2009 @ 12:33 am

  these are so gorgeous!! I esp. like them hanging on the orange pumpkin.

• 

  By Jolene, 26 October, 2009 @ 1:32 pm

  Thank you June.

• 

  By Alison, 30 October, 2009 @ 5:36 pm

  fantastic…I’ve been looking for some ideas for my little girls advent calendar activities – and these are perfect! Many thanks.

Other Links to this Post

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment