3 Easy DIY Ornaments

X-HT-300016

If you’re looking for a quick, fun craft project to do this holiday season we've got you covered with three adorable (and easy) DIY Christmas ornaments. We're sharing complete tutorials for all three of these ornament designs. With these ornaments you’ll find ways to use scrap fabrics and to add a nautical twist to your ornament collection. Let’s get started!

Materials List:

Old ornaments
Scrap fabric (we used scraps of dark red and dark green fabric for the poinsettia and a fuzzy white fabric for the snowflake)
Rope

Tools List:

Hot glue gun
Scissors

3 Easy DIY Ornaments 3 — Three creative, no-sew DIY ornament ideas to bring holiday cheer to your tree.

Rope Ornament

3 Easy DIY Ornaments 4 — A nautical-inspired rope ornament for your Christmas tree.

Bring your love of the water to your holiday decorations with a rope-wrapped ornament. This no-sew project is quick to make and adds a unique texture to any Christmas tree. For this project you’ll need a shatter-proof ornament, manila rope (#562911), and a hot glue gun.

Place a bead of hot glue on the top of the ornament, at the base of the hanger hook. Press one end of the rope onto the glue.
Slowly begin working the rope around the ornament, adding glue as you go.
When you reach the bottom of the ornament, trim the rope to size and cut the end of the rope at an angle so that it will lay flat when glued to the bottom.
Press the rope’s end into the glue and hold in place. Add a bit of extra hot glue if necessary to keep all the rope’s strands together.

Fabric Poinsettia

3 Easy DIY Ornaments 6 — A festive poinsettia ornament made from fabric scraps.

Create a cute poinsettia flower using fabric scraps and hot glue. This no-sew ornament is a great project to do with kids or grandkids. For this project, you'll need two fabrics in contrasting colors (we used scraps of Sunbrella Cast Currant (#48115-0000) and Sunbrella Bliss Aspen (#48135-0008)), twine or string, and a hot glue gun.

Cut six long petal shapes out of your main fabric. They don’t have to be identical, but you can make a template if that’s easier. Ours were about five inches long.
Place a bead of hot glue in the center of one petal and pinch the center widthwise. Repeat for all six petals.
Place another bead of hot glue in the center and fold each petal in half lengthwise. Repeat this for all petals.
Assemble the flower by gluing the petal pairs together at the base, creating a full circle.

5. Cut a small circle from a contrasting fabric and glue it to the center of the flower.

6. Cut a length of string or twine and attach it to the back of the flower with hot glue.

Fabric Snowflake

The process for creating a snowflake is the same as the poinsettia. We used Crypton Hesse Snow (#122663), a soft and fuzzy fabric, for a snowy effect, but you can choose any fabric that reminds you of snow. Cut your shapes, use the same folding techniques, and glue the pieces together. The main difference is the orientation: what was the back of the poinsettia will be the front of the snowflake. There is no center circle, but you can add glitter or use a shiny ribbon to hang it on your tree.

3 Easy DIY Ornaments 10 — A fabric snowflake ornament to complete your DIY holiday collection.

And there you have it! Three easy, no-sew ornaments to bring some DIY style to your Christmas tree. How do you decorate your tree? Let us know by sharing photos on social media with #Sailrite.