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15 Homemade Christmas Tree Ornaments

September 15, 2012

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!

# 15 Handmade Christmas Tree Decorations - 15 Homemade Christmas Tree Decorations - a wonderful way to get the kids crafting for Christmas, we think that they make fabulous little Christmas gifts from the kids to parents too!

Here are some of our favourite handmade ornaments for Christmas

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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!

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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!

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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!)

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Felt Ornamentsย – these felt ornaments use cookie cutters as stencils and are great for older kids practicing the blanket stitch

Austrian Paper Angelย – made from paper and old STOCKINGS (!) you can make these easy angels with things you already have at home

Edible Ornamentsย – every preschooler will ADORE these easy NO EGG Edible Ornaments

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Pine Cone Elvesย – 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 & Treesย – 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!

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Orange Slicesย – 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 Elvesย – Physalis are such an amazing Autumn find and look stunning as little elves

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Walnut Babiesย – walnuts are super fun to craft with for christmasย  – we have a whole set of Walnut Ornaments for you to browse and have a go at!

Scrap Fabric Angelย – love this guest post designed and blogged by a teen reader of mine! So sweet.

Swedish Heartsย – a great paper ornament craft for all year round!

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Mini Presentsย – 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 Baubleย – use an old bauble and some of your baby’s babygrows to make this easy keepsake ornament!

Photo Paper Baublesย 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:

DIY Ornaments for Preschool

DIY Ornaments for Kids

DIY Ornaments for Adults

Now our FAVOURITE 30 DIY Christmas Ornament is available in this handy download as an ebook:

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  1. Bethany @ No Twiddle Twaddle says

    September 18, 2012 at 12:51 am

    It looks like you have some fabulous ornament tutorials. I love the orange slice one!

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  2. Mary says

    September 18, 2012 at 1:28 am

    I 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!

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  3. Isil says

    September 19, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    Thanks for the list.I love the walnut babies.

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  4. Susanne@babyhuddle says

    September 24, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    Oh I love the pine cone angels ๐Ÿ™‚ We have some little silver pine cones that could do with sprucing up ๐Ÿ™‚
    x

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  5. Red Ted Art says

    September 24, 2012 at 4:18 pm

    Bethany – 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!!!

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  6. Sian says

    November 2, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    the 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 : )

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    • Red Ted Art says

      November 2, 2012 at 3:52 pm

      Ooh yes, how lovely would that be!!!

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  7. CHRISTMAS says

    November 12, 2012 at 2:59 am

    I 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!!

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  8. Jess says

    November 21, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    I love the walnut babies! They all look fab and I am definitely going to be trying to recreate some of them ๐Ÿ™‚ x

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    • Red Ted Art says

      November 21, 2012 at 8:01 pm

      Oooh lovely! Enjoy ๐Ÿ™‚

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  9. Pinkoddy says

    November 28, 2012 at 12:05 am

    What an inspiring collection. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. Red Ted Art says

    November 28, 2012 at 7:57 am

    Awe, glad you like them! We had fun making them!

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  11. abhijit sarkar says

    December 16, 2013 at 8:31 am

    Tree 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.

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  12. Pat Reader says

    August 11, 2014 at 9:43 am

    Wonderful ideas. Looking forward to seeing more.

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  13. Evelyn Koegler says

    September 21, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    I sometimes need a quick crafty gift…this works for me.

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  14. Kaila says

    December 10, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    Awesome list of great ideas !! I enjoyed it very much !
    Well done my dear, thanks for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚

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  15. Mia Francis says

    December 14, 2014 at 7:11 am

    Pine cone angels are so cute! I love them.. great idea..looking forward for more ๐Ÿ™‚

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  16. Desiree @ Hassle Free Christmas Tree says

    November 10, 2015 at 5:32 pm

    I 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.

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