Quick and Easy DIY Christmas Ornaments #GlueNGlitter #cbias @Elmers

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B (Craftykid) has had this idea for awhile for DIY ornaments using the clear ones you can find at a craft store. We were asked to make a ornament craft using Elmer’s paint pens so we thought this would be a great craft to use her idea and make some cute ornaments with the pens.

Supplies:

Glitter Glue (we used Elmer’s 3D Glitter Paint Pens)
Elmer’s Clear School Glue
Glitter
Elmer’s Paint Pens
Fake Snow
Mini Styrofoam balls
water
mini acrylic paint pots
paint brushes
cups to put paint and glue in (we used my silicone measuring cups)

DIY Christmas Ornaments by CraftyKid (Jen @craftymomof3’s 11 year old daughter)

First we each took out an ornament. On mine I took a black Elmers paint pen and made an outline of a candy cane on it. Then using the same pen I drew a line separating the ball into halves so that I could make one half a solid color and the other my candy cane design. Then I took the red Elmers paint pen and colored in the back half. Then to finish up the candy cane I took the black marker and put lines through it and then colored every other line, red then white to make it look like a candy cane. Then I put the top on and…Presto! A stunning first ornament.

Next dad designed a funky pink and blue ornament for mom . He drew lines on it separating it like it was an orange . Then he colored in one orange slice with the blue Elmers paint pen. Next she skipped a spot leaving it clear. Then colored the next one pink and continued this process all the way around. Next my dad put some blue Elmers glitter glue inside . He then put the lid on the ornament and shook it all around hoping it would coat the inside with color. It would not quite work like that . My Dad then had the idea to put in a bit of water (about a third of a teaspoon) to loosen it up. It worked! Then we left the top off for an hour so it could dry.

I really wanted to make one with a wreath on it . So I gathered two different colors of green paint pens. First I drew a wreath with the darker green color.t Then I quickly colored over it with the lighter colored green paint pen to sort of mix the colors to make it look realistic. After it dried I then put dots of orange glitter glue to decorate the wreath . To finish this up we mixed together in a bowl, glitter,fake snow and tiny styrofoam balls and then filled the ornament half way with these things, put the cover on and tied a bow around it.

My mom likes snowmen so she made two ornaments, one with snow and one with a snowman. She filled her’s with the fake snow to make them look like a snowglobe.