The first that I'd like to share with you looks like this. It's one of my favorites. This past Christmas when we had to make ornaments to exchange on Christmas Eve, this is what I made. We drew names Christmas Eve to find out who would receiver our ornament. My nephew Jamie got my ornament. He's still too young to appreciate it now, but he will one day (he's not quite 2 yet). His is exactly like the white one here. This was my first time trying a snowflake, but I'm happy with how it turned out.
The process is really simple. The hardest part is waiting for everything to dry. So here's how you do it:
First you start by getting all of your supplies together. You'll obviously need some clear bulbs (I got mine at Hobby Lobby), I used glitter glue (got at a Family Dollar), acrylic paint and ribbon to hang it with. Oh, and something like newspaper or paper towel to put under your project to keep you table clean.
Next, decide what design you want and what colors you want to use and draw that design on the ornament. I found it is better to do the outside design first and then paint the interior. When i first made Jamie's ornament I painted the inside first. For some reason putting the glitter glue on the outside after having the paint dried on the inside made the inside paint slide away from the place the glitter glue was. This left me having to redo the inside painting a few times. Long story short: do the outside first.
The glitter glue is now dry. |
What is always helpful too is if you think you have too much paint inside the ornament and it's taking a while to dry, just put it upside down and let the paint flow out onto your newspaper. Also, when trying to get paint to an obscure part of the bulb, use your paint bottles to hold the bulb in place if you need to.
This is one of my new favorite ornaments. It's simple, yet beautiful. I just bought some puffy paint from Walmart last week so I think I might try that next time instead of glitter glue and see how it goes. Anyone have any ideas of what to try next? Let's keep it simple shall we? I like simple.
I'm not quite finished with my other ornament project yet. Most of it is done, I just have to figure out how I want the finishing touches. I can't wait to share it with you when it's done! I hope you've liked this ornament. Let me know what you think or if you have any ideas!!
Merry Christmas!!