December 13, 2012

Handmade Holiday: DIY Twine Ornaments


Currently, my Christmas tree has a lot of shiny and sparkly gold ornaments. So, it's got the green and gold colors from my theme mentioned here, but I needed to add some brown to really make my rustic theme complete. Easy solution: add twine. 

A lot of my DIY holiday projects, which I will continue to share, involve reusing materials. Makes sense, right? It keeps the costs down and it's easy to make things matchy matchy. 


Choose a starting point on your foam ball, add a dollop of glue and stick on the twine.
Wrap the twine around the ball adding a little more glue here and there. 
(It is not necessary to add the glue every time you wrap the twine around, although I did find that I needed to more as I got closer to the bottom)
Add wire, ribbon or make a loop with your left over twine to create a hook.
Hang finished ornament on the tree.
Step back from the tree and admire your handy work.

11 comments :

  1. These are so cute, and seem so easy! They'd go perfect with my tree :)

    Alyssa
    The Glossy Life

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  2. It's beautiful, but it would make me go bonkers to make this. I had to do something similar in college in 'art for children' (yes, we elementary teachers take such classes...) and I wanted to scratch my face of at the end. I don't have the fine motor skills, I guess :P But it DOES look lovely :)

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  3. So pretty AND simple! Luckily I love my hot glue gun and have lots of patience! Thanks for sharing.

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  4. So so cute! I definitely thinks this adds the perfect texture to a tree full of glossy bulbs!

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  5. I love these! So simple and the perfect rustic touch for a glitzy christmas tree. No seriously, these are awesome.

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  6. these are so pretty! xoxo from nyc & http://www.the-beautiful-things.com

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  7. I think I need to start making a list, because of course right after Christmas I would find all these cute DIY Christmas ornaments. This one is right at the top too, very simple and still very cute.

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