Christmas Ornament Crafts

The best way to decorate the Christmas tree is by making use of the various Christmas ornaments which give an altogether new and fresh look to the tree. The Christmas ornament crafts which are handmade are far more appealing, beautiful and praise-worthy than the decorative items which have been bought in the ready-made form from the market. People from all the age groups can have a lot of fun and entertainment, while making these cool Christmas ornament crafts. Given below are some Christmas ornament crafts ideas, which can make your Christmas celebration a very memorable and exciting one.

Creative Christmas Ornament Crafts

Christmas Ornament Crafts: Christmas Tree Ornaments
If you are interested in the Christmas tree ornaments, you should be well aware of the materials which you will need to make them. For a typical homemade Christmas tree ornament, you will require five craft sticks of normal size, a colorful ribbon, scissors, a big craft stick, a brush for the purpose of painting, a white craft glue, craft paints which are green and brown in color, a gold chenille stem, a silver chenille stem and colored sequins.

The process of making this Christmas craft is quite simple. The first step in the preparation would be to cut the regular craft stick into half and then cutting off the ends of two craft sticks by half inches. Now, the next step is to do the painting work, by painting the trimmed uncut and half craft sticks with green color and the big craft stick in the brown color. The third step is to paste the green craft sticks on the big brown craft stick in a horizontal manner in such a way that the stick which is the most long is placed at the bottom. Now, bend the chenille stem which is silver in color, such that a star is formed and then make four pieces of decreasing size from the gold chenille stems. The gold chenille stems must be curved and glued to the tree by beginning from the longest piece from the bottom of the tree. You can also make use of silver chenille on the tree top and beads for getting the popular beaded Christmas ornaments crafts.

Christmas Ornament Crafts: Countdown Paper Chain

This is another fabulous Christmas ornament crafts to make, especially with your friends. The name of this Christmas craft is countdown paper chain, as we start making it on the last day of the month of November. This craft can provide or generate tremendous excitement and eagerness in the minds of children. What they can do is simply remove a link from the chain formed on every day till the day Christmas arrives. To make the countdown paper chain, you would require glue, a scissor, a pen and a colored paper. The first step in this easy preparation is to make twenty four equal pieces of yellow and blue papers. You can form a ring by simply gluing the first piece together and then put the next piece through the first one and keep repeating the process till the chain consists of twenty four links.

Christmas Ornament Crafts: Making Dough Ornaments
Making dough ornaments is one of the most exciting Christmas ornament crafts. You can easily prepare a bunch of salt dough and get the different ornament shapes by making proper use of the cookie cutters. The ornaments should be hard and for this, you will have to bake the ornaments in an oven for a few hours. By making an effective use of the paints, you can enhance the look of the ornaments. You can read more on:

• Arts and Craft
• Glass and Beaded Christmas Ornaments
• Homemade Christmas Ornaments

The Christmas ornament crafts mentioned in this article will surely entertain you during the Christmas days. Try and get involved completely in making these ornaments and have a lot of fun in this festive season