Handmade Christmas Ornaments

I love, love, love to make handmade Christmas tree ornaments.  I've been making them every year for as long as I can remember.  My favorite time of the year to make them, prior to homesteading, was during the summer months.  I'd take my supplies outside and watch the kids play in their small pool.  Now that I garden in the summer, I have to adjust my time. 

These are just a few of my handmade Christmas ornaments, but wanted to share a few.  Each one brings back memories of when and where we lived when I made them.  

 Made from a tiny basket that I bought at a dollar store, filled with mini-balls of yarn made from embroidery threads, and the "knitting needles" are toothpicks and beads.

Update:  You can find directions on how to make this ornament at:  How to Make a Knitting Basket Christmas Tree Ornament
 

 Almost every ornament I have made, has been made for gift giving to my family every Christmas.  This one, however, was the only one I made.  He is made from a wooden clothespin, paint, felt and small pom poms. His arms are chenille stems, or what we call "pipe cleaners."

 Made from craft foam and texture paints.  I made several with red and green glitter to look like sugar cookies also.

 Simply made with felt, thread, and buttons.

Remember when grocery stores still bagged groceries in paper bags? This is made from a paper grocery bag, rick rack, buttons, ribbon and stuffed with pillow stuffing.

 Made by tracing 3 heart cookie cutters in different sizes, cutting them with pinking shears, and the top dots are made with textured paint.

Made from a recycled Capri Sun drink pouch.  Only one exists.

Made from a plastic lid, threads of beads, and crocheted around the edges.  Only one exists.

 This was one of my favorites.  I made a bunch of these for gift giving one year.  They are made from two wooden popsicle sticks, and the ski's are painted toothpicks, snaps for the bottoms of the skis, and metallic thread for the ski handles.

One year I made a bunch of these in different sizes.  I purchased clearanced blue ornaments, and the head are styrofoam with glued beads.  I made many of them to also look like policemen.  Some had police hats, and had belts, guns etc.  Those went to my brother for his tree and for the tree at the police station.

 Candy Apple Ornament.  These were fun to make also.  A simple plastic apple from a dollar store, dipped in glue, and then in bird seed, and glued into a silver candy paper.  The stick is a cut piece from a wooden skewer and pressed down into the plastic apple.

 Wine Cork Horse.  These recycled wine corks were cut with a small hand saw, and glued together.

 Made with recycled denim, buttons and a small amount of ribbon.  They were filled with pillow stuffing.

These were made from a paper toilet paper roll, cut and then glued.

This was another of my favorites.  The drum is made from a toilet paper roll, covered with felt and ribbon.  The top is white craft foam, and the sticks are toothpicks and very tiny black pom poms.

This was made with twigs and twine.

Chocolate Christmas Candy.  It's made from a painted ping pong ball, with a hole drilled in the top for the hanger, and the white frosting is made from crayola's model magic clay.  It's topped with leaves (sequins).

Handmade Christmas Ornaments © Dec 2011 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart