These DIY Christmas ornaments are fun and easy to make. All we need is a little bit of paint, some plain precut wood ornaments, and loads of imagination. Our Girl Scout Troop is gearing up for the upcoming Craftapalooza where we plan to set up a booth all our own. This is our first time participating in something like this (so far, it has only been cookie sales to raise funds for the troop and for Girl Scouts) and all the girls are totally excited about this. With just a vague idea of what to expect (since we have never even been to one of these events before), we picked these ornaments as our DIY to-sell items. We have spent the last couple of meetings in a flurry of colors and joyous sounds. Some of the girls manage to get more paint on themselves (and each other) than the ornaments, but in the end, they all are totally enthused throughout the meeting and have made many ornaments already. As you can see in the picture below, more than ornaments got painted:)
All the girls came armed with brushes and sharpies, as well as acrylic paints, and as I mentioned before, loads of enthusiasm and creativity. We primed the ornaments with white or lighter shade paints and then got on to designing on them. These are totally fun to make and hopefully easy to sell at our Craftapalooza event soon.
For the one pictured above, I used brass colored spray paint on a few of them and then used pink sharpies to write on. It was fun and easy-peasy!
Here are a few pictured below (made by the girls and their siblings, ranging in age from 7 to 12) and these need an additional coating of clear varnish.
My question to the readers: Will you buy these ornaments? Do let me know in the comments.. And which one might be your pick among the ones pictured? Maybe if a couple turn out to be favorites here, we should make more of them… 🙂
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WE won’t have a tree this year, but if I were picking an ornament, I’d go for the orange one in the middle with hearts for eyes. I like its simplicity. I wish you success with this new venture for your troop.
thank you Barbara.. i am hoping the girls have success with selling their DIY items (though i will be there throughout with them).. for me, just being able to have the girls go through this experience is success enough 🙂
and our tree will make its way home early dec
What a great way to have personalized ornaments! I was just looking for a few quick and easy ones and these will be perfect. My favorite is the Love one and the smiley face. These would be great to add to get well baskets also! Good luck to the AWESOME girl scouts! I was one way back in the “old days” and I still have my badge sash!
thank you Martha!! and so great you still have your sash..
I would definitely buy them if they’re supporting a Local Girl Scouts group! Looks like fun to make too.
-Ashley
thanks Ashley.. our last three troop meetings have been spent making these ornaments and they have had loads of fun making them..
I love the idea of making your own ornaments for the tree. When you find them as the years go on, it really shows how much you’ve grown creatively.
that is so true.. now i need to make sure we make some for ourselves and keep them aside
Aww, how fun is this? I love handmade ornaments. Each ornament on my tree has some kind of story behind it, and these will all carry awesome memories of the time spent making them with your Troop. Good luck and I hope you sell lots of ornaments! 🙂
thank you!! It will be nice to recall the stories behind each one as years pass.. i think, based on yours and Tiara’s comments, I should make sure that each girl makes at least one ornament for themselves to keep.. don’t know why I did not think of that before (maybe after the craft fair)
I just finished decorating our tree at home and all I used were ready-made ornaments. I still wish I can add personalized stuff there. Thanks for your ideas, I’ll try making some once I have time.
🙂 our tree makes its way home around dec 1st.. we have many ready-made ornaments too that will go on the tree and a few made by the kids over the years..
These look awesome. wish I had a Christmas this year so that I could make some.
thank you
This is a beautiful DIY project, my kids and I love making DIY decoration for Christmas. Thank you for sharing this idea.
thank you Anna..we hope to make a few different over the next few days.. and will try to add those to the blog with steps
How cute! We actually do this every year, but I’ve never used wood. Think we might do that this year!
What a fun idea, especially to do with kids. Our handmade ornaments hold so many memories, they are my favs.
So super cute! Wish I could have your crafty side!
thank you Audria.. i am relearning the arts and crafts side of me..
What a good idea! Lets the girls get so creative. Wonderful!