DIY Christmas Ornaments

If you’re looking to do some last minute Christmas crafting, I’m sharing these simple DIY Christmas ornaments. The base of these ornaments are some inexpensive wooden ornaments that I picked up at Dollarama. They were leftover prizes for a game we played at our team meeting earlier this month.

This is how they come, although there are several of each ornament style in the package.

The first thing I wanted to do was colour them. These could be painted but I was pressed for time and wanted to use what was handy so I used a gold Wink of Stella for some and a mossy meadow Stampin’ Blend (alcohol based marker) for the others.

The Stampin’ Blends work really well, although they are a bit hard on the tips of the markers. To embellish this version I used the fabulous deer dies from the Reindeer Fun dies. Because this version is a bit more rustic, I stuck with using the jutte that came with the ornament.

Aren’t they cute?!

For the next one I wanted something a bit more traditional and simply added an embossed greeting to the front. With the gold Wink of Stella and gold embossed greeting, I felt like the jute needed to be replaced with some ribbon to give it a fancier feel. If you don’t have a gold Wink of Stella, you could use a gold marker or gold paint.

Step-by-Step

1. Remove the twine.
2. Colour or paint the ornament. I only coloured the one side but you could do both sides.
3. Die cut a circle for your focal point. I used the 2nd smallest circle from the Stylish Shapes dies but a circle punch will work too. I cut an extra for each ornament for the back. This will allow you to either stamp a sentiment or write a brief message.
4. Stamp or die cut your focal point and add it to the ornament. I used multipurpose glue and dimensionals.
5. Add the twine or ribbon back through.

These came together so quickly and are definitely inexpensive. They could also serve two purposes – you could use them as a gift tag and then the receiver can then use as an ornament.

I hope you enjoyed these DIY Christmas ornaments.

Until next time,

Shopping List

Click on any of the images to shop my Canadian online store or to find out more information about any of these products. In addition to these products I also used some wooden ornaments from Dollarama and a Gold Wink of Stella (retired but you may be able to find it on Amazon or in your local craft store).