How to Make Homemade Tree Ornaments

There’s something special about a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments that hold sentimental meaning. Some families like to hang a baby’s hand or feet prints. Some like to hang pawprints or other keepsakes. And what better way to capture your little ones’ imagination than to decorate your tree with ornaments made by their hands?

While sentimentality and memories are good enough to make homemade tree ornaments, they’re not the only reasons. By making homemade tree ornaments this holiday season, you also:

• Save money on store-bought ornaments
• Live sustainably by reducing new purchases and recycling existing materials
• Spend quality time with your family, making memories that you can reuse on future Christmases

Let’s dive into some of the homemade tree ornaments your family can have fun making this year:

Pom Poms and Pinecones

These ornaments are some of the simplest ornaments you can make. Your little ones will enjoy hunting down the perfect pinecones in your yard (though you’re welcome to purchase them from your nearby craft store if you’d prefer).

Along with the pinecones, gather:

• Tiny pom poms
• Ribbon, string, or twine,
• A hot glue gun

To get the complete set of instructions for these ornaments, click here.

Button Wreath Ornament

Imagine making sustainable homemade tree ornaments while also reducing some of those extra knickknacks in your home. Now, stop imagining, because these button wreath ornaments accomplish both!

What you’ll need:

• All those homeless buttons in your home
• Pipe cleaner
• Ribbon
• Metallic thread

Find the complete set of instructions here.

Wrapped Cookie Cutter Ornaments

These cookie cutter ornaments even make the perfect gift from your kids to the baker aunt, uncle, or cousin.

All you’ll need:

• Some cookie cutters you don’t need
• Ribbon
• Double-sided tape

You can check out the full set of instructions here.

Filled Ornaments

Filled ornaments are a magical way to capture some of the most precious moments in life. In a way, they’re like a time capsule that you can hang on your tree and reflect on every year. Maybe, your family fills your ornaments with seashells from your last family vacation. Maybe you fill them with a family photo. Whatever feeling you want to capture, a filled ornament is a perfect way to display it.

To get inspiration and ideas, check out this page.

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