How to Make Scented Christmas Ornaments

Scented Christmas ornaments are a terrific way to add a festive look to the Christmas tree and their aromatic scent will fill the room with a yummy holiday aroma. You can design your scented Christmas ornaments into different shapes to suit the holiday season like: Snowmen, stars, Santa's or simple circles etc. You can decorate them with designs, using colored felt or add shimmer to your scented Christmas ornaments with glitter and colored gems.

Materials:

muslin fabric
felt (several colors)
chalk
pencil
poster board
fabric glue
cinnamon (1 tablespoon per ornament)
cinnamon oil (1/8 teaspoon per ornament)
straight pins
pinking shears
glitter or colored gems (optional)
satin ribbon

Directions:

Begin by mixing the cinnamon and the cinnamon oil together in a small container. Set the mixture aside. Now you are going to make the spice packets for your scented Christmas ornaments. Begin by cutting the muslin fabric into 2 - 2" circles, or small enough to fit into your ornament, yet large enough to hold a tablespoon of the cinnamon mixture. Place the 2 circles of muslin together and sew around the edge, leaving an opening large enough to insert the tablespoon of cinnamon inside. Turn the circle inside out and fill it with 1 tablespoon of the cinnamon mixture. Sew the opening, closed. Continue this step, to create all of the spice packets needed to fill your scented Christmas ornaments.

The next step is to design the shapes of your scented Christmas ornaments. On the poster board, draw a design for each Christmas ornament (to create a template), this can be done free hand or you can use cookie cutters. If you use cookie cutters to make your shapes, be sure they are a good size and trace them from the outside of the cookie cutter so the ornaments aren't too small. Cut out the shapes. Now fold a piece of felt in half and place the template on top. Using the chalk, outline the template. Now remove the template and cut out the shape of the Christmas ornament along the chalk line, making sure to cut through both layers of felt.

Now lift the top layer of felt and insert a spice packet. Replace the top piece of felt and line up the edges. Pin the ornament together and sew a 1/4" seam around the edges. Cut around the edge of the scented Christmas ornament with the pinking shears to give it a decorative finished edge. Repeat this step, for all of the scented Christmas ornaments.

Now you can decorate your scented Christmas ornaments using different colors of felt, glitter or gems. Once you have finished decorating your scented Christmas ornaments, make a small hole in the top of each one and insert a piece of ribbon and tie it to form a hanger. Your scented Christmas ornaments are ready to be hung on the Christmas tree.

Hints: If you do not own a sewing machine, you can make these scented ornaments using a hot glue gun if you prefer.