We do love Christmas and one thing we LOVE doing is making at least one little homemade Christmas ornament every year. Both for our Christmas tree and Granny’s! Some these I made with the children, some on my own and hopefully there will be something for everyone!
UPDATE: This post was written many moons ago! In fact almost 6 years ago. Since then we have created MANY MANY More wonderful Homemade Christmas Tree Ornaments AND have put them all in one place – BY AGE GROUP.. so if you want to see more ideas.. visit our DIY Ornaments Craft page and browse our ornament ideas by Preschool, Kids and “Big Kids”!! I hope that is helpful!
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Here are some of our favourite handmade ornaments for Christmas
Pipecleaner snowflakes – these look so pretty and are really easy to make!
More fun with Pipe Cleaners – turn them into these super sweet Pipecleaner Christmas Tree Ornaments
Let cookie cutters work their magic with these oh so simple cookie cutter clay ornaments!
Super cute CORK SANTAS.. how jolly and cheerful are these? More DIY Cork Ornament Designs here!
Walnuts are a great traditional medium to use for Christmas Ornaments. These Walnut Reindeers are just so sweet! More Walnut Crafts here!
Turn your summer sea glass finds into a festive Sea Glass Christmas Ornament.. rather easy to make too! And a wonderful keepsake from your holidays!
We love a Paper Ornament.. and have LOTS of great Paper Ornament DIYs for you.. these are just a sample of there:
Paper Ornaments made from square pieces of paper
Paper Snowman Ornament (use office paper only!)
And gorgeous Paper Cardinal Ornaments (including free printable!)
Felt Ornaments – these felt ornaments use cookie cutters as stencils and are great for older kids practicing the blanket stitch
Austrian Paper Angel – made from paper and old STOCKINGS (!) you can make these easy angels with things you already have at home
Edible Ornaments – every preschooler will ADORE these easy NO EGG Edible Ornaments
Pine Cone Elves – though we love the little pine cone babies.. I ADORE the gumnut version of these. How wonderful are they?
Snowflakes – this was part of my “learn how to crochet” efforts.. a great pattern for beginners
Art Paper Baubles & Trees – these come with a health warning.. . once you start you won’t be able to stop making these! I have many them and variations on these many times over the years – great for work in the classroom too!
Orange Slices – this is such a wonderful and classic rustic ornament diy – a must for kids at least ONCE in their childhood
Cookie Cutter Card & Ornament in One – practice those cutting skills and make simple paper ornaments with the kids!
Physalis Elves – Physalis are such an amazing Autumn find and look stunning as little elves
Walnut Babies – walnuts are super fun to craft with for christmas – we have a whole set of Walnut Ornaments for you to browse and have a go at!
Scrap Fabric Angel – love this guest post designed and blogged by a teen reader of mine! So sweet.
Swedish Hearts – a great paper ornament craft for all year round!
Mini Presents – we made these for our dolls house.. but I know the Kindness Elves would love them too and they would look great as mini ornaments
Fabric Keepsake Bauble – use an old bauble and some of your baby’s babygrows to make this easy keepsake ornament!
Photo Paper Baubles a variation on the art bauble – I told you won’t be able to stop making these!
Hope you enjoyed this selection of Homemade Christmas Tree Ornaments and that you are inspired to have a go!
Don’t forget we have many many more of our DIY Ornaments now all in one place:
Now our FAVOURITE 30 DIY Christmas Ornament is available in this handy download as an ebook:
Only $7.99
Bethany @ No Twiddle Twaddle says
September 18, 2012 at 12:51 amIt looks like you have some fabulous ornament tutorials. I love the orange slice one!
Mary says
September 18, 2012 at 1:28 amI love it! Can’t get my head around Christmas just yet, but definitely planning on making home made ornaments again this year. I think they are wonderful keepsakes. (Granted a lot of the ones I made as a child *might* have ended up towards the back of my parents tree as years went by….sigh) Pinning!
Isil says
September 19, 2012 at 1:42 pmThanks for the list.I love the walnut babies.
Susanne@babyhuddle says
September 24, 2012 at 3:42 pmOh I love the pine cone angels 🙂 We have some little silver pine cones that could do with sprucing up 🙂
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Red Ted Art says
September 24, 2012 at 4:18 pmBethany – the orange slices are one my favourite as they are so simple and yet so pretty!
Mary – I know I know.. Christmas is a while a way but it is nice to plan, right? Thank you for pinning!
Isil – yes the walnut babes are another favourite. Remind me of my childhood!
Susanne – aaweee thanks. Have more pinecone fairies coming this week!!!
Sian says
November 2, 2012 at 3:14 pmthe walnut babies are so sweet : ) they’d look great with little curled up felted animals in too – hm, now to find some walnuts! oh yes and some time : )
Red Ted Art says
November 2, 2012 at 3:52 pmOoh yes, how lovely would that be!!!
CHRISTMAS says
November 12, 2012 at 2:59 amI JUST LOVE CHRISTMAS AND ANY THEME ABOUT IT, THE ORNAMENTS WE USE TO DECOR OUR TREES IS WHAT IT REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW OUR CHRISTMAS TREE WILL LOOK THIS YEAR… MERRY CHRISTMAS,, GOOD POST!!
Jess says
November 21, 2012 at 7:59 pmI love the walnut babies! They all look fab and I am definitely going to be trying to recreate some of them 🙂 x
Red Ted Art says
November 21, 2012 at 8:01 pmOooh lovely! Enjoy 🙂
Pinkoddy says
November 28, 2012 at 12:05 amWhat an inspiring collection. Thanks for sharing.
Red Ted Art says
November 28, 2012 at 7:57 amAwe, glad you like them! We had fun making them!
abhijit sarkar says
December 16, 2013 at 8:31 amTree ornaments are the best handmade christmas decorations, and i never thought that i would ever get a good article on this, and i must mention that this is just perfect.
Pat Reader says
August 11, 2014 at 9:43 amWonderful ideas. Looking forward to seeing more.
Evelyn Koegler says
September 21, 2014 at 7:02 pmI sometimes need a quick crafty gift…this works for me.
Kaila says
December 10, 2014 at 12:16 pmAwesome list of great ideas !! I enjoyed it very much !
Well done my dear, thanks for sharing 🙂
Mia Francis says
December 14, 2014 at 7:11 amPine cone angels are so cute! I love them.. great idea..looking forward for more 🙂
Desiree @ Hassle Free Christmas Tree says
November 10, 2015 at 5:32 pmI work at a London Christmas tree company and clients ask all the time for decorating ideas. Maybe next time I’ll tell them about your page! You’ve gathered some really crafty ideas, I the fabric keepsake bauble. Thank you for sharing.