One of a kind Christmas Ornaments

 Do you need a fun craft to do with your kiddos when Christmas break starts?  These ornaments could easily be decorated by kids or by you!  I picked up these plain plastic ornaments from a craft store.  I have three kids and each year we give them a new ornaments - so for this year I made them each a different one that says "Joy" using Momenta letters and the shape bubbles from Epiphany Crafts.    I then added a little glitter into each one that matched the colors I had used.

 -Christine

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December 3rd- Bottle Ornament

It's Erin with another ornament for you today. This one is super fast and simple, and would make a great gift topper. I used a corked vial from the Tim Holtz idea-ology collection. This one measures about an inch and a half high inside the bottle. I measured the inside height and width, and then printed 2 photos that size using photoshop. I then glued them back to back, and curled them slightly to fit them through the neck of the bottle. I added a bit of Doodlebug designs inc. Surgar Coating glitter, a twist of silver jewellry wire, and a ribbon to hang.

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Paper Pinecone Ornament

Over the next month we are going to be featuring daily inspiration for your Christmas projects!  Our designers will be taking turns showcasing ideas - we hope you will enjoy this different format!  As you are looking for other ideas don't forget to check on our tab "Idea Central" and look under the huge list of Christmas ideas there (these are projects from the last two years).

To kick things off we've got Audrey here with you today to share a quick tutorial on making a cute little pinecone ornament!

Here's what you'll need:

*~60 hearts cut out of brown cardstock (about 1.5" high).  Use your die cutting machine to make this step a LOT faster.  But a heart punch will work, too.

*styrofoam egg

*glue gun

*glitter.fake snow

*ribbons

First, take all of your hearts and pinch each lobe to make a crease in each to give the cone a bit of dimension.

Starting at the tip of the cone, tightly wrap a few hearts around each other and trim off the pointy ends.  Glue to th small tip of the egg.

Working your way up the cone, start gluing and overlapping hearts.  You want the lobes on one layer to be inbetween the lobes on the next layer.

When you reach the other end, you need to push the points down and hot glue them to the egg. 

Add some glue to the lobes of each heart and sprinkle with loose glitter or fake snow, or you could use stickles.

Add some ribbons to the top with some pins. Hang on your tree and VOILA!

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial today!  Have a wonderful holiday season!!

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