Fun and Easy to Make Christmas Ornaments

I love making holiday decorations and gifts so I purchased a set of clear glass and looked forward to some crafts with my two girls. We added paint and glitter and swirled it all around. Both girls had fun playing with the messy stuff and making their ornament.

The ornaments looked gorgeous that night but could not be hung up before they were done drying. The purple and blue ornaments dried the best but they all looked great! They looked so good, we even gave a few as gifts.

Christmas Advent Calendar

I love Christmas advent calendars and wanted to make one for my two daughters. I thought about it for a while and decided I did not want to add candy or toys to each day as my children already get the paper chocolate calendars. I just wanted it to be something fun the girls could take turns flipping over each morning.

After some searching, I found this great calendar idea on

http://shannonmakesstuff.blogspot.com/search?q=advent

I really like what Shannon did and decided to modify for my family. I used her templates for the ornament shapes and numbers. For the back side of the ornament, I used Shannon’s templates through #13 and after that I made up my own images.

My changes:

Background

I made my background a rectangle that is large enough to fit the ornaments with about 2 “ of breathing room all around. My final size is: 23” x 26.5”

Ornaments

I used Shannon’s templates up to # 13 then made my own. See images. I cut everything out free hand using the extra felt I already had.

Hooks

I used the hook and eye closure Shannon suggests. I used both the hook and eyelet. I sewed the hook on the background and sewed the eyelet on the ornament. I covered up my sewing by gluing a small piece of felt that ended up looking like the piece of metal on the top of a real ornament. I also hammered out the curve in the eyelet with a mallet so the ornaments hang flat. My girls take turns flipping an ornament each day and they are excited to do it.