Craft Projects for Making Beautiful Christmas Ornaments

If you enjoy craft projects for Christmas, I know you will have a great time crafting these easy to make Christmas ornaments. These festive Christmas ornaments are a wonderful way to add a personal touch to your Christmas decor. You can hang these beautiful Christmas ornaments on the tree, decorate the mantle or create a fabulous center piece.

Jeweled Christmas Ornaments

Jeweled Christmas ornaments are a great way to add elegance to your Christmas tree or home decor.

Materials:

Solid colored round Christmas ornaments
a glass or cup
pencil
tacky glue
a pair of tweezers
a gold glitter paint pen and assorted jewels (gems)

Directions:

Cover a flat work surface with newspaper or plastic. Place a Christmas ornament onto a glass or cup to keep the ornament from rolling around. Using the pencil make a design onto the Christmas ornament to determine the placement of your jewels. Using the tacky glue and the tweezers (depending on the size of your jewels) attach the jewels to the top half of your Christmas ornament. Let the glue dry.

After the glue has dried, use the gold glitter paint pen to carefully outline each of the jewels. Let the gold glitter paint dry. Turn the Christmas ornament and repeat the process on the bottom half of the ornament. To hang your jeweled Christmas ornaments you can use a standard bulb hanger, although a coordinating satin ribbon would really add a touch of sophistication.

Jingle Bell Christmas Ornaments

These wonderful Christmas ornaments will add an enchanting jingle to your Christmas tree.

Materials:

small clear ornaments
small red
gold or silver jingle bells
satin ribbon
small Christmas decorations
hot glue gun/glue sticks

Directions:

Begin by filling the clear Christmas ornaments with the small jingle bells. The bells can be one color or use a variety of colors to make them more colorful. Wrap the satin ribbon around the the top of the ornament and shape it into a bow or glue on a small Christmas decoration. Cut the ribbon tails to your desired length. Use the satin ribbon to create hangers for your Christmas ornaments.

Frosted Pine cone Christmas Ornaments

These charming frosted pine cone ornaments are a great way to bring in a touch of the outdoors and are perfect for a country or log cabin Christmas.

Materials:

Pine cones
eye hooks
a can of snow spray
wire ribbon
thin satin ribbon

If you have pine cones in your area you can collect them to create these quick and easy ornaments. Just be sure to clean them with a weak solution of bleach and water to remove dirt and sap as well as any little critters hiding inside. If not they are available in most craft and discount stores

Directions:

Begin by twisting an eye hook into the top of each pine cone. Using the can of snow, lightly spray the edges of the pine cones. Now take the wire ribbon and tie a bow to the top of each pine cone Christmas ornament. You can thread the thin satin ribbon through the eye hooks to create lovely hangers for hanging them on the Christmas tree.

Have fun creating one, or all of these easy to craft Christmas ornaments to liven up the holidays.