Do you have any good ideas for homemade Christmas ornaments?

In the past, I've done things like use small pinecones, spray them green, add candy and glitter while the paint is still wet so it sticks We've also bought cheep Styrofoam balls and used glitter and plastic jewels to make them shiny. There is the ever so popular stringing of popcorn :P We've bought a lot of kits from oriental trading dot com, but there are many places on the web to find homemade ornaments. Here is one (of many) links: allfreecrafts.com/christmas/index.shtml#....

That all depends on how much work you want to put in. Personally, I'm fond of beaded ornaments but that takes a certain amount of skill and time. Here are some tutorials for simple beaded ornaments: dystini.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/beaded-... dystini.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/beaded-... allfreecrafts.com/christmas/crystal-swir... Here is a tutorial for one using ribbons and a styrofoam egg: squidoo.com/holiday_decor These ornaments are made from polymer clay and are kid friendly: squidoo.com/polymerclayholidayornaments How to Make Ornaments From Dough ehow.com/how_3560_make-ornaments-dough.html Glitter, paint and clear glass balls bhg.com/holidays/christmas/ornaments/mak... http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-Christmas-Ornament Paper and glitter ornaments http://www.allfreecrafts.com/christmas/glitter-ornaments.shtml Fill clear glass balls with almost anything you can think of: dystini.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/beaded-...0 Styrofoam and Chenille stem snowflakes dystini.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/beaded-...1 Wrapping paper ornaments http://www.doityourself.com/stry/xmaswrappingpaper Recycle soda cans into ornaments http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/Holiday-Ideas/How-To-Make-Your-Own-Ornaments.aspx Pasta Angel Ornaments http://www.pepperspollywogs.com/blog/?p=4667 Pine Cones, Glitter and Ribbon, Tassels, http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-make-christmas-ornaments These are just a few of the thousands of idea that can be found on the web.

Look around your house - ribbons, bows, glitter, old silverware, lightbulbs, even nuts and bolts can be made into interesting and unique ornaments with a little imagination (and a lot of fiddling around).

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