For the past couple of years, I've handmade some ornaments for each of the members of our family. It's been a fun tradition that I look forward to continuing for the years to come. Some i love, others not so much. whatever.
This year, since I've been using a ton of vinyl and my cricut, I just bought a box of 12 shatter-proof ball ornaments, and vinyl-ed their names across the front.
Simplest idea, but I love them.
I bought enough to make some for my neighbors kids, too
I love the bright fun colors, and I guess I just am obsessed with letters and words for decorations these days, so why not hang them on the Christmas tree as well?
Here are some examples of home-made ornaments from years past:
Snowman hands: love this one. We just painted everybody's hand white, and slapped it on a clear ball. Then we decorated with puff paint circa 1985. these are some of my favorites!
Felt, lowercase monogrammed ornaments, with a touch of stuffing in the middle. Each person has a different color, and I love that it brightens up the tree.
and lastly, just a clear ball ornaments stuffed full of all of my red & green ribbon scraps I could muster. My kids stuffed them in, and then when it was full, I tied a bow on top and called it good.
Do you make your own ornaments? Please, share and give me some ideas for future use!!!
ps...i know I'm from Seattle, so it's a little embarrassing, but...one day we'll rock a real tree!
The vinyl ornaments are genius! Love them...everything on our tree has to be shatterproof with baby Ruth around and always undecorating it...but this year Simon and Grace have gone to town, making a million "ornaments" for the tree...everything from photos to drawings of R2D2. The top looks like a crazy art project and the bottom is naked thanks to Ruth. It's out of control and really not cute, but they like it and so I'm leaving it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe next year we'll have a pretty tree and I'll steal your vinyl letter idea.
-liZ