Christmas ornaments

Supplies:  a 4” Styrofoam ball, long pin with circular top (I used a leftover turkey lacer), 40+ six inch boxwood clippings, hot glue, red berries, decorative ribbon. 

Steps to create:  pierce your Styrofoam ball with your turkey lacer and secure top and bottom with hot glue.  Trim boxwood to form 2 inch clippings and insert into your Styrofoam ball.  Add berries and ribbon.  Solidify ribbon with more hot glue. 

Here it hangs in our kitchen to encourage my family to kiss the cook !

From what I read online, these should last about a month even without a preservative. 

 

I kept the kids busy making these peppermint candy letters.   

You can create these with some $1 dollar craft store letters, craft glue and soft peppermints.  To create, simply cut peppermints in half, shave with fine grater to make perfectly flat on rear, then secure with craft glue for a whimsical monogram. 

The girls and I had fun making these simple glitter ornaments out of cookie cutters. 

Silver & white star

Silver & white snowflake

To create, paint craft glue onto inexpensive set of cookie cutters then shake inside a plastic bag filled with colored glitter. 

Allow to dry overnight, then secure ribbon to top with hot glue. 

Pink angel

Pink mitten

I also bought a few sets of clear glass shapes at Michaels to create some other original ornaments.  I swirled craft paint mixed with a few drops of water on the inside of the glass ornaments to color them from the inside. 

Once the paint was dry, I added some seasonal sayings sent to me by my friend Sandy, a rep for Uppercase Living.

A little hot glue and a small feather boa adds a bit more glam to this 5 inch glass ball. 

Some frosted glass spray paint and more vinyl letters convey this simple message. 

These are all on display in our guest space, hung from some cherry blossom branches.

 

If you’d like to order some rub on vinyl applications from Uppercase Living, visit Sandy’s site right here. 

Some more craft paint and metallic glaze swirled inside more glass balls and embellished with snowflake stickers, we created a set of these for our pink, silver and gold themed tree.

Finally, with some of those boxwood leaves and berries, I made this mini terrarium inside a simple glass ball.

All of these creations came from minimal effort and a great time making memories and spending time crafting with my girls.