CHRISTMAS How To DIY Large Christmas Ornaments

Looking for affordable ornaments for your Christmas tree? Here’s a simple tutorial on how to DIY large Christmas ornaments.

What do you think these are?

A fish bowl?

A garage sale Tupperware find?

A nail dipping bowl from the manicure shop?

Ummm.

Nope.

Not even close.

What they are is so amazing that your head will spin. I was looking for a way to save money with my Christmas decor and I thought up something in my brain that I hoped with every fiber of my being would work.

I hoped it would solve a problem.

I hoped it would look like what I imagined in my brain.

And so I crafted and created and SPOILER ALERT it turned out SO MUCH BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

Because now?

My almost-fish-bowl-plastic-halves now look like THIS.

These beautiful, amazing, large (almost 6″ ornaments).

And I didn’t break the bank.

Not even close.

I made all six for what I was going to pay for one—because those two plastic halves? They are halves of AN ORNAMENT.

And I took the ornament and decoupaged the inside of it.

Yep.

Not the outside—the INSIDE. So on the outside they are shiny and smooth and inside they are blue and white.

Want to know how I did it?

It was SO EASY.

Here’s how to DIY large Christmas ornaments like these.

// set of six large Christmas ornaments that split in half //

How To DIY Large Christmas Ornaments

supplies:

set of six large Christmas ornaments that split in half

blue and white napkins

Mod Podge (great price and there’s a coupon now)

foam brushes

white velvet ribbon

1. Decoupage the inside of the plastic ornaments

The ornaments I found split in half.

I opened them up and used Mod Podge (great price and there’s a coupon now)and foam brushes like these to completely cover the inside of the plastic.

Don’t be Mod Podge shy—make sure you have the entire surface covered.

// blue and white napkins //

2. Get napkins ready to use

Let the Mod Podge set up for just a little until it’s tacky.

Then?

Get your napkins ready to use.

Open them up and spread them out (don’t worry about the folds).

Here are the blue and white napkins I used. You can choose any pattern or color that matches your Christmas decor. I would highly recommend if you use napkins—choose the cocktail size napkins because they fit perfectly into the ornament and they are so lightweight and easy to form to the inside of the curves.

// blue and white napkins // set of six large Christmas ornaments that split in half //

3. Press the napkin into the ornament

Take the napkin and press it into the center of the ornament.

I actually just used my fingers for this, so I didn’t rip the napkin.

Press the napkin into place until it’s smooth against the side of the ornament

// blue and white napkins // set of six large Christmas ornaments that split in half //

4. Add another layer of Mod Podge

Using the foam brush paint another layer of Mod Podge on top of the napkin.

Try not to glump it to much because it takes so much longer to dry.

The napkin will slightly fold over itself. Don’t worry about that—just Mod Podge over the folds.

Let the edges of the napkin hang over the side of the ornament half.

Then let the ornament halves dry overnight.

// blue and white napkins // set of six large Christmas ornaments that split in half //

5. Put the ornament together

This was harder than I thought.

Rip off the sides of the napkins and check to make sure pieces aren’t hanging over the sides.

I thought I could just press the ornaments together.

Nope.

They wouldn’t stay close.

So instead, I just glued the two sides together and held them in place with painter’s tape until they dried.

6. Add ribbon and hang

Now your ornaments are ready.

I ordered this white velvet ribbon and strung it through the opening at the top of the ornaments and hung it on the tree.

That’s it.

And now my tree looks like this.

(total aside: you can see how large the ornaments are compared to the other ornaments on the tree. Also—it’s hard to tell from the pictures, but the tree is full of white ornaments and snowflakes and picks and other things that you can see in real life, but don’t photograph well).

Here are a few extra tips I learned along the way:

• make sure you choose a napkin with an all-over pattern instead of stripes or any pattern that is horizontal
• I used a craft glue to glue the ornaments instead of hot glue because they are plastic
• make sure to spread the Mod Podge because you don’t want it to dry unevenly and make parts of the pattern slightly darker
• if you rip the napkin when it’s inside the ornament, just rip a tiny piece of the napkin and Mod Podge it in place
• have fun with this–you kind of can’t mess it up

So what did you think?

Will you try it?

Have you been looking for a way to make larger ornaments for your tree.

If you have been wanting to make an easy craft for Christmas? This is the perfect DIY for you.

WE GOT THIS.

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