Gosh, does it feel good to be working on craft projects again! I thought I'd get started on Christmas decorations, since, well, the Christmas season begins next Friday. (Is it just me, or did it sneak up on us this year??)I loved this idea - I came up with it myself but I'm certain I'm not the only person who's ever done something like this. But, for the record, I didn't see ornaments like this and duplicate them -- they actually came from my own mind. ;)
What you will need:
- Cardstock in various colors that match (and closely match) your theme
- Big hole punch (mine is 2")
- Glue (like Elmer's, or paper glue, etc)
- thin ribbon
- a really good movie (optional)
- cup of tea (also optional)
Begin by punching out quite a few circles of your selected cardstock. Fold every circle in half with the pattern inside.
Start gluing your circles together. I didn't make any two the same, at least on purpose, so they looked like a mismatched, colorful little band of 3-D circles. I was exceptionally pleased with them.
Cut your ribbon into strips (something like 10" long) - I did some longer, some shorter. Fold them in half, and tie a basic knot at the ribbon ends, forming a loop.
The ornaments should have a natural gap in the center of the circles (see photos above), which the ribbon slides through comfortably.
And you're done!! Before I knew it, I had made almost 20 of them, but unfortunately I had the colors wrong for the person I was making them for (it wasn't purple - it was gold. Durn it.) So this turned out to be a test run. A very successful test run, I might add. Hopefully by the time I do the real ornaments, my new phone will be here and the pictures will be much better. ;)
Happy Monday!
~ Sarah
6 comments:
New phone?!! What happend to Suki? Oh, and these are lovely, as usual.
Ahh, Suki's a little hard-of-hearing these days. (Microphone hasn't worked in weeks.) But Siri will be here to keep me company (hopefully) within the next few days... I plan to have lots of fun with her!
And thank you!
I have made these with the kids before for autumn. Just use orange patterned papers with green ribbon stems, and you can have really cute pumpkins.
What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing!
these are so cute, just making these with my 6 yr old and some Christmas cardstock. How many circles per ornament did yo use??
I actually made them all different... Anywhere from 6 to 12 is what I did, but it works better if you use 8-10. With 6, there's not a gap large enough to thread ribbon through, and with 12, the gap was a little too large.
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