Creative and Easy DIY Ornaments for Every Season

Creative and Easy DIY Ornaments for Every Season
Akhtar Ayub

During the holiday season, people become more creative in making home decorations because it serves as the ultimate expression of their spirit. Anyone of any age can enjoy making easy DIY ornaments that personalize Christmas decorations. 

These ideas will help whether you are making DIY Christmas ornaments for adults or some easy Christmas ornaments to make with kids to bring your vision to life. 

Let's dig into some amazing Christmas ornament ideas that are simply beautiful and straightforward.

Felt Mountain Ornaments

Create a cozy DIY Christmas ornament with a felt mountain design. Use colourful felt, sew mountain shapes together, and add beads, buttons, or pom-poms for a snowy peak. Perfect for rustic or winter wonderland tree themes.

Follow these steps:

  1. Cut felt for triangle shapes of mountains.

  2. Sew the pieces together and stuff lightly.

  3. Add some small beads for snow.

  4. Add a string or ribbon attached at the top to hang it on the tree.

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Fuzzy Snowman Ornaments

These fuzzy snowman DIY Christmas ornaments are a fun, easy craft for the whole family. Simply stack foam balls or pom-poms and add a scarf, buttons, and a felt hat to create your snowman or even a whole snowman family!

Follow these steps:

  1. Stack two or three foam balls to create the body of the snowman.

  2. Use felt or fabric to create the scarf, hat, and buttons.

  3. Attach eyes and a tiny carrot nose using orange paper or felt.

  4. Add a loop at the top for hanging.

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Clothespin Star Ornaments

The clothespin star ornaments provide an engaging alternative to traditional stars and present a project with straightforward creativity. 

Mini clothespins provide the basis for creating unique homemade Christmas ornaments decorations that you can paint and organize into stars. Sequins or glitter combined with your project will make them sparkly.

Follow these steps:

  1. Arrange 5 clothespins in a star shape.

  2. Glue them together and paint them in your preferred colours.

  3. Decorate with glitter or sequins.

  4. Attach a string for hanging.

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Beaded Star Ornaments

Beaded star ornaments are both elegant and simple. These easy ornament crafts are truly the easy kind that one needs to add a bit of sparkle to one's tree. 

Choose beads in your favourite holiday colours and wire them together to create a star. Customize the colours to match your tree decor for a personal touch!

Follow these steps:

  1. Use floral wire or thin wire to create a star shape.

  2. String beads onto the wire and twist them around the frame.

  3. Add a loop at the top for hanging.

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Tinsel Wreath Ornaments

The process of creating tinsel wreaths for decorations remains entertaining across generations. A wireframe combined with a tinsel garland turns into a fantastic tree ornament.

Follow these steps:

  • Wrap tinsel around a wire frame or pipe cleaner in the shape of a circle.

  • Wrap tinsel garland over the frame until totally covered.

  • Add a bow or decorative beads in the centre.

  • Attach a string for hanging.

Check out our Wreath Ornaments Collection. 

Salt Dough Shapes

One of the easy Christmas ornament crafts to try is making salt dough ornaments. You need to only mix flour, salt, and water before you shape the clay for baking, then decorate it by painting.

Follow these steps:

  1. Mix salt, flour, and water to form dough.

  2. Roll out the dough and cut it into shapes.

  3. Bake until hard.

  4. Paint and decorate your ornaments.

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Clay Mushrooms, Gnomes, and Trees

Children can manufacture DIY Christmas ornaments through clay crafts that include mushrooms alongside gnomes and trees. Scour the art supply store for materials, then bake the creations before finishing them with glitter and paints to make decorations for Christmas.

Follow these steps:

  1. Roll clay into small balls and shape them into mushrooms or gnomes.

  2. Add fineness like eyebrows, beard, and hat.

  3. Bake according to your clay package instructions.

  4. You can hang it with a hook or string.

DIY Paper Ornament

Do you need an affordable and easy DIY ornament that looks decorative? Wonderful! Making intricate ornaments from decorative paper requires only decorative paper along with scissors and glue. You can generate attractive snowflakes and decorative garlands using this approach to decorate your tree.

Follow these steps:

  1. Cut paper into shapes (such as circles or strips).

  2. Fold or roll the paper into your desired shape.

  3. Glue pieces together and add embellishments if desired.

  4. String or ribbon on.

Metallic Marble Ornaments

Modern metallic marble ornaments can be made through marbling techniques combining fabric paint or nail polish. 

These easy Christmas ornament crafts bring an elegant and high-end look to your tree while being simple to create.

Follow these steps:

  1. Fill a container with water.

  2. Add drops of metallic nail polish or fabric paint to the water.

  3. Dip the ornament in water so it creates a marble effect.

  4. Let dry before hanging.

Wood Bead Snowflake Ornament

For a more boho or rustic feel, wood bead snowflakes are a wonderful ornament option. The actual simplicity of the wood beads paired with a beautiful snowflake shape makes for an elegant, easy Christmas ornament that will surely be a conversation piece.

How to do:

  1. String tiny wooden beads on wire in a snowflake pattern.

  2. Tie the ends together along with attaching a ribbon for hanging.

  3. If desired, paint the beads with a festive colour.

DIY Tartan Ornaments

During holidays, tartan patterns dominate decorators' choices and DIY tartan ornaments serve as one of the best traditional decoration methods. 

You can either use fabric or paper to make tartan designs and turn them into cute plaid-inspired ornaments for your tree.

Follow these steps:

  1. Cut tartan fabric or paper into strips

  2. Weave strips into a checkered pattern

  3. Cut into ornament shapes like stars or circles

  4. Attach a loop for hanging

Conclusion

Whether one is an aficionado of crafting Christmas homemade ornaments like felt mountains or creating cute DIY Christmas ornaments like fuzzy snowmen, there is indeed something for everyone. These simple ornament design ideas will give your Christmas tree more polish and charm with creativity.

Ready to get started? Browse our many ornament-making ideas and easy Christmas ornaments to make at Santa Ville. With our creative kits and materials, you can design your very own homemade Christmas tree ornaments that will make this holiday season more magical.

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