Morning Meanderings… Decking The Halls? Here is how to do it!

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)

Good morning!  I feel… refreshed.

I just took my pups to the groomer for their trim.  They are pretty shaggy looking and they will come out looking like they each lost about 5 pounds of hair.  My timing is not the best as the weather is getting a bit cooler now, however by the time we get into the real heart of a Minnesota winter they will be putting the coat back on and all will be fine to get to them their next cut in late February.

I have been promising all week that I was going to share the recipes and the crafts from my girls weekend last weekend and in my hustle and bustle of life I have managed to give you one recipe so far.  GAH!

Today I will share with you the craft that I brought to the cabin for us to do, painting Christmas ornaments.  Here we go!

 

Christmas ball ornament painting

 

 

You will need:

An assortment of glass ornaments like pictured above.  The craft stores have some fun shapes – squares, tear drop, egg-shaped, heart-shaped, coin shaped, etc….  mix it up – it is fun

A variety of colors in craft paint  (Delta ceramcoat works well,or any acrylic craft paint) **If the paint is too thick add a little water to the paint bottle and shake it well.

Pretty ribbon for the ornament to hang

assortment of items (optional) to hot glue on to the ornament such as:  craft pine, craft berries, sequins…

There are the ornaments my friends and I made last weekend

To do this project, choose the colors you would like in your ornament… drip them down the side inside the glass ornament, not too heavy on the paint – you can always add more.

Some people like to slowly turn their ornament to let the paint run together to create the design – I take a napkin over the opening of the ornament and shake it to cover all the spaces inside with paint.  If you have a spot that is still unpainted, set ornament down with that side as the bottom and the paint will eventually run to it – or I gently pat that part of the ornament until the paint fills in.

If there is excess paint inside your ornament we usually have a large ornament that we tip the excess paint into to create a “community ornament” which winds up with a mix of everyone’s excess paint – and usually turns out quite pretty.

You should let the ornaments dry out with their lid off for a day or so.  (It still works if you do not have that kind of time to finish them)

Choose your ribbon and if you wish choose decorations for the outside of your ornaments as well.

These are fun and fairly easy to make, plus you can customize them for friends and family by using their colors of their home in the ornament, or decorating with their homes theme:  woodsy, antique, modern, etc….

Here is one use I came up with for the ones I made

Ideas beyond the tree….

A few ideas we came up with besides putting these ornaments on the tree are

Put the ribbons at different lengths and hang them on the curtain rod in a window

make a large ornament and hang it off a hook

make a glass bowl centerpiece and fill it with the ornaments

Hang them from a stair railing

Have you made these?  What ideas or tips can you share?

😀

 

 

30 thoughts on “Morning Meanderings… Decking The Halls? Here is how to do it!”

  2. We’ve often ended up with a crystal dish of fancy ornaments, among our Christmas decorations. 🙂 Sometimes we work ornaments into a garland, as well — inside or outside.

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  5. What a creative idea! I especially like the hanging ornaments in the last picture. I might have to add ornament painting to my holiday gift making program at the library. It looks like a lot of fun and the teens would enjoy it. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Great ideas here. I purchase small sized clear glass ornaments and pour different color craft paints inside, then swirl around to create different effects. It’s a nice party activity too especially for people not crafty.

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  11. You know what’s really funny….because of how hectic work gets this time of year, the later it gets the less time I have to decorate…..well the tree went up yesterday, the wreath went up today and I will be doing the rest of it over time the next few days and on top of that I’ve been listening to Chrstmas music all day. I guess it’s time to break out the clear bulbs and craft paints now. Great post.

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  13. When my oldest son was in kindergarten his teacher helped all of the kids make painted glass ornaments as presents for their moms. I always wondered how to make them, and was excited to see your post.

    Sadly the ornament that he made broke a couple of years ago. It was so pretty!

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