Christmas Ornaments to Make

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. ~ Ralph Sockman

Christmas is the time when everyone is set for giving a special touch by decorating their house in various ways. This festivity brings on joy and happiness with the new year following it. Kids are excited about various Christmas ornaments, decorations and gifts that they get and give each other. Although there are lots of options available in the market, I think that Christmas crafts made at home, bring about a special touch to the whole festive season. The decorations made at home are an easy and inexpensive way of decorating your house that can include varieties of ornaments that may be made of beads, plastic, wood, clay and so on. Santa is coming to gift you and you too can be ready to present him a return gift this time. So select your Christmas ornament now by singing the all time favorite song Jingle Bells Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way!...

#1: Santa Christmas Ornament

You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town ~ Haven Gillespie

Kids can start making this angel Christmas ornament that can please the Santa Clause who is on his way to gift you something special this time.

Materials Needed:

• Red plastic ball ornament
• Skin Colored craft paint
• Q-tips
• 2 wiggle eyes (size as per your choice)
• Cotton Ball
• Glue

Procedure:

1. Paint with Q-tips a large circle of skin colored craft paint which will complete the face of the Santa.
2. Apply some glue on the wiggle eyes.
3. Now tear off a small part of cotton ball and stretch the cotton to fit across the top of the face.
4. Stretch the remaining cotton to fit across the bottom of the face and glue it.
5. Pull down a bit of the cotton to make the beard. Glue it and let it dry.

And there you are, the Christmas Santa ornament is ready to be gifted or planted on your Christmas tree.

#2: Glass Christmas Ornaments

The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing others loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts, becomes for us the magic of Christmas. ~ W. C. Jones

Materials Needed:

• Glass Ball Ornaments (Polka dot ornaments can also be used)
• Acrylic color paint Red, Green, Blue
• Paint Brush
• Ribbon
• Empty egg carton

Procedure:

1. Empty the egg carton and turn it upside down. This will serve as a stand to decorate.
2. Now place the ornament upside down on the egg carton, that will rest between the egg cups.
3. Now dip the handle-end of the paint brush into the acrylic paint and dot into the ornament. Re-dip after each dot.
4. Dot it all around the ornament and let it dry completely.
5. Tie a piece of ribbon through the hanger hook on this Christmas craft ornament.

#3: Homemade Christmas Tree Ornament

The best of all gifts around any Christmas Tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~ Burton Hillis

Materials Needed:

• 1 jumbo craft stick
• 5 regular size craft stick
• Green and brown craft paint
• Ribbon or yarn
• Glittery chenille stem of gold and silver color (1 of each)
• 30 colored sequins
• Paintbrush
• Scissors
• White craft glue

Procedure:

1. First, cut one of the regular craft sticks in half and put it aside.
2. Now cut an half inch of each end of 2 regular craft sticks, neglecting the cut ends.
3. Paint the jumbo craft stick brown.
4. Paint the uncut craft sticks, the half craft stick pieces and the trimmed craft sticks with the green color. Allow the craft sticks to dry.
5. Now glue the green craft sticks horizontally onto the brown color craft stick (trunk of the Christmas tree), firstly the longest stick, that can be placed at the bottom and working your way upward. These sticks should be spaced out evenly. Allow the glue to dry completely.
6. A star can be formed by bending the silver chenille stem into the shape of the star and trimming the excess, if needed.
7. Cut the gold chenille stems into four pieces, each of them should be smaller in size than the other one.
8. Now curve each of the gold chenille stem and glue them onto the tree as garland. Starting from the bottom, glue the longest piece in place, moving up further on the second largest piece and so on.
9. Glue the silver chenille star on the top of the tree.
10. Using the white craft glue, bottle tip to dot on the top of the glue in various spots on the green sticks and place the sequins onto the glue dots. Set it aside to dry.
11. Turn the ornament over and glue a coiled piece of yarn or ribbon onto the back for the hanger.
12. One can also paste the beads as an alternative to the sequins to get an beaded Christmas ornaments.

I think by now you must have got enough idea about some unique Christmas ornaments to make, which would be different from the traditional ones you make every year. So use these ideas to decorate your house, Christmas tree, and also gift these to your friends wishing them a Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to you all!