Painted Christmas Tree Ornament

I have made many Christmas tree ornaments over the years, one for each of my grandkids, nieces and nephews. These are hand crafted specifically with the child's name on them. This year two more precious baby's so two more ornaments to make. Hope you enjoy them and it might just become a tradition in your family too.

Start out with wooden stars. I base coat them in a neutral color.

Transfer the design you want to make onto the star.

Now the fun begins. Painting the design on the star.

You can add as much detail as you like.

 

I used snow tex for the arms and the bottom snow.

Outline everything with black extra fine marker, it show up better.

Invisible jewellery cord is what I strung the ornaments with.

Remember to write their names on.

I wanted to deliver them in something special, so I made them a Christmas card.

 

Working on my card.

 

I stamped and colored in the snowmen.

Making a special verse for their card completes it.

 

 

The outside of my card.

The inside of my card.

Christmas Wreath For Your Front Door

 

Buy a flocked wreath and fluff out, you will have to pull apart the branches as some will be stuck from the "frost" that is on the wreath.

 

Gather together what you decide to put on your wreath. In this wreath I decided to go all white, so I bought snowball Christmas tree ornaments (they are soft, kind of like batting for a quilt), white birds, a strand of white beads, and white ribbon with gold through it.

 

I hot glued floral picks into the snowballs.

 

 

Wind the ribbon beads around the wreath.

 

 

When you like the looks of the beads on the wreath and they are evenly filled out, wire them onto the wreath.

 

Next you can cluster the snowballs onto the wreath and hot glue them on. If you have floral picked them, wire the stem. This will give them extra support.

 

Hot glue the birds onto the wreath.

 

Floral pick the ribbon.

 

Hot glue them in.

 

 

DIY Place cards with a Christmas Candy Theme

For this DIY project you will need a box of chocolates, lollipop Christmas tree ornaments, candy liners, a glue gun and paper clips.

 

 

 

I wanted to have a chocolate that was large enough to be a base for the place card. Next time I would buy a solid chocolate and not one with a soft middle because the middle came out when I put the lollipops in. Place them in the candy liners. You can use as plain or fancy as you want.

 

I wrapped the bottom of the candy cane Christmas ornament with saran wrap.

 

I would not recommend a real lollipop because I think they would be too heavy to support.

 

Heat a utensil that you can melt the chocolate with. I used a bread blender. You just want something that will melt a big enough hole to put the lollipop through. If you don't do this the chocolate will break when you poke it into the chocolate.

 

When heated poke it through the chocolate.

 

Set the lollipop into the chocolate. The chocolate will harden around the lollipop and make it sturdy enough to stand.

 

Put your place card into the paper clip and hot glue.

 

Glue onto the lollipop.

 

The nice thing about these place cards is that when you are done with them you get to eat the chocolate and you can take home a Christmas tree ornament. This would be nice as a fun Christmas holiday theme or a kids birthday party.

Store Front Winter Window Display (Making an Igloo 0ut of Chicken Wire)

 

 

Cut a piece of cardboard the size you want for the igloo.

 

Purchase enough chicken wire to cover the igloo.

 

Cut cardboard for support in the middle.

 

Shape cardboard around the edges.

 

Wrap the chicken wire and shape.

 

Paper Mache the igloo by cutting newspaper in strips, mix flour and water together making a paste. Run the strips of newspaper through the paste and onto the chicken wire. Do one layer and let dry completely before adding more layers. To complete the igloo you will have to layer at least 2-3 times.

 

Paint and draw lines.