Come on to My House: Crafts: Holiday Ornaments

I love walking through the aisle of a craft store and looking at all the little goodies… like these mini canvases which got my mind to thinking. Hum, I have some craft paper at home from scrapbooking, some spray paint, and Mod Podge (WITH glitter!), not to mention some ribbon. I bet I could whip up some Christmas ornaments to compliment our gifts to neighbors and tutors and all sorts of people.

So, I freehand drew some snowmen and Christmas trees, and I cut out a mini-snowflake (and whoops, forgot to take photos of that part) but if you don’t feel confident in your freehand just find some free clipart online and use that as a guide.

Step 1

Lay out your mini-canvases onto a surface on which you can paint. Remember, have good ventilation so if doing in a garage, open a window or crack the door.

Step 2

Don’t get too close with the paint. You want to be about 24” inches above the canvases and spray evenly side to side. Tops and sides should be sprayed. LET IT DRY! Even if it sits overnight, let it dry (learn from my mistakes).

Step 3

Lay your design cut from scrapbooking paper or other on top of the canvas and make any edits necessary for size.

Step 4

Next, Mod Podge under and over the design making sure that the edges of the paper are flat against the canvas. You don’t want air pockets. But be sure to get the Mod Podge all the way to the edges, especially if you are using the glitter kind, like me.

Step 5

I wanted to embellish my designs with some 3D elements, so to give my Christmas trees some pop I added “lights” (ok, some craft stones) using a hot glue gun. In other designs I added in ribbon (for a snowman scarf). Let your imagination run wild with options!

Step 6

I wanted to add a way for people to hang the ornament and the easiest way was to make a loop out of ribbon and attach to the back using a staple gun.

And there you have it. I let the ornaments sit for a few days to really harden up and then gently brushed off any “strings” created by the hot glue using a soft cloth.

You can apply this design to other canvases. I recently used it to create some adorable unicorn canvases for my girlfriends. See that project here!