Variation on a Theme – Elf Ornament Method to Make Swan Lake’s Odette

Here is my latest project. The method is very similar to my felt elf but obviously I dress it in a ballerina’s tutu.

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Elf Ornament – Figuring It Out

^Okay if you remember, this was the inspiration^
Here are images of my elf ornament in progress.
[I'll try to edit this with directions when I'm finished. Hopefully I'll be able to make some patterns!]
What you need:
round wood bead [I used 25mm]
Flesh toned acrylic paint [I used Delta Ceramcoat  'santa's flesh']
paint brush
black art pen [for drawing face]
2 [...]

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Peppermint Ornament

If you like painting, you will enjoy making these scrumptious looking peppermint ornaments.

Materials:

3 1/2″ Paper Mache disk
All purpose sealer *
Acrylic paint – red & white
Pink paint – either fabric paint in a squeeze bottle or acrylic paint
Paint brush
Thin ribbon
Clear cellophane

*Can be found where acrylic paints are sold
1) Paint the entire disk with [...]

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elf ornaments

[Here are a couple of craft projects mined off of the net. Above is a cute ornament I found a picture of on Flickr, I will try to come up with directions on how to make it when time permits!! There should be links back to the original sites on all the photos, if not [...]

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Ribbon Candy Ornaments

Here is a photo of one of my Christmas projects.
Handmade polymer clay ribbon candy ornaments. Our tree is in the process of becoming a candy theme and these make me remember my Grandma (she loved ribbon candy and appropriately her birthday was on Christmas day!) These will eventually make their way to the bzlittlechristmaself.etsy.com site [...]

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Too cute! Bronner’s is the best Christmas store! Click anywhere on the post to go directly to their store!

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Add a little sugar and spice to your Christmas tree this year with this adorable gingerbread couple ornament! Personalized with permanent black ink by our professional Bronner’s [...]

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My first project – the first finished ornaments

I have other ‘gingerbread’ ornaments I’m working on but these were my first few. Finished but missing hangers. I can’t wait ’til I get to the snowflakes!

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How to from ehow.com

How to Make Paper Gingerbread Men

by MommyMentor

Gingerbread Man
Introduction
I love Christmas and there are so many crafts you can do with the kids from toddlers and up like paper gingerbread men!
Instructions
Difficulty: Easy
Things You’ll Need

brown constructions paper
red construction paper
hole punch
stickers
markers or crayons
glue
glitter
yarn

Steps

Step One
cut out a gingerbread man shape [...]

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My Christmas Craft Projects!

Here’s a photo of all my supplies for the upcoming Christmas season! There will be some stamping, ornaments, a cookie plate for Santa. I don’t know what I’m doing with the ribbon, I just thought it was cute!! I have other supplies but they wouldn’t fit!! I’ll post photos when I finish something!

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how to make a ribbon candy ornament from BHG.com

Make a Ribbon Candy Twist Ornament
Wow family and friends with these handcrafted retro ribbon candy styled ornaments.
What You Need

Spray adhesive
Wide, medium, and narrow ribbon
Water-soluble marking pen
Long-eye beading needle
White embroidery floss
Eleven 10-mm-round pearls

How to Make It

Glue the medium-width ribbon to the center of the wide ribbon.
Trim the length to measure 16 1/2 inches.
Using the pen and [...]

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