Save Money and Make Family Time by Making Your Own Ornaments
Christmas ornaments are great and a holiday essential, but the problem with those really nice ornaments you buy from the store is that they are so expensive. It seems the more decorative, the higher the price. They also have no personalization and the ornaments on your tree are exactly the same as those of your neighbor’s.
Why not buck the system and create your own ornaments for the tree. It won’t take long and it creates a great memento of each Christmas. Kids get a kick out of creating fun ornaments and adults can make their tree truly unique.
Go to a store and buy a few boxes of cheap plastic ornaments and bring them home. These will be your canvas. You can choose any assortment of colors you want. You will then need some craft glue, glitter, colored glass, etc. that you want to place on the ornament.
The easiest thing to do is use a marker to make an outline of the designs you want to put on the ornament. May I suggest things like Christmas trees and snowflakes (these look great on a blue ornament.)
Using the craft glue, glue over the traces lines and then add glitter on top of the glue. When the glue dries, you’ll have a sparkling design that looks great when reflected with the Christmas lights. When the main designs are complete, embellish with the colored glass and other items.
The good news is the bulbs are inexpensive, so if you mess up, then you can always get more and it won’t break the bank.
Don’t forget that ornaments needn’t only be made from those colored bulbs. Some snowflakes cut from a hefty paper stock look when great placed on a tree as well. When it comes to tree ornaments, your limit is truly your imagination.
Don’t be afraid to think outside of the box and create ornaments from bent metal, cut glass, stained glass and more. These are geared more towards adults, for safety reasons, because don’t we deserve to have some craft fun as well?
Let the kiddies play with the paper, while you cut glass. You can always let them decorate the new ornaments in the same way they did the plastic bulbs. You don’t have to sacrifice family time because you want some more artistic ornaments on the tree.
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