Paper Christmas Ornament

This Holiday season instead of going out to purchase new ornaments why not try out paper Christmas ornament instead. In fact you can make this out to be a fun filled family project for the Holidays. It's simple really!

A paper Christmas ornament project can produce some surprisingly beautiful tree decorations. With just a few supplies, you can create sophisticated and glitzy Christmas ornaments. Paper Christmas ornaments are wonderful fun for kids. They can use their creations to decorate a small tree in their own room. Depending on the age of your kids, you may want to supervise the activity.

Here are some supplies you may want to look for when planning your paper Christmas ornament shopping trip. Craft, party, and art supply stores carry these items:

• poster board
• a small utility knife or scissors
• a jar of acrylic clear gloss medium
• colored marker
• metallic markers in gold, silver or bronze
• poster paint
• glue gun and glue sticks
• small beads
• glitter
• rick-rack
• stickers
• small dried flowers
• small lace doilies

Gather your purchased supplies together on your work table. Choose a shape, such as round, diamond, star, snowman, or gingerbread man. Draw your master template on ordinary paper, and then cut it out.

Place on poster board and trace around the outline. A tree decked out in paper Christmas ornaments looks best when each shape is of a uniform size. Use your utility knife to cut the poster board

Using colored markers, you can decorate the shape as you please. Look at your gathered supplies, and let your imagination guide you. You might color a round shape in a single color, place a lace doilie on top and paint with the acrylic gloss.

Snip a mini-bouquet of dried flowers, and quickly center on the ornament before the gloss dries. A single color also works well with a sticker in an Angel or Santa motif. Paint with the acrylic gloss and then immediately sprinkle with gold glitter.

Acrylic gloss serves a couple of purposes in a successful paper Christmas ornament project. It serves as glue for lightweight decorating elements like glitter, and is transparent.

Gather some fresh flat green or red leaves. Hold the leaf on the paper ornament with your fingertip and apply the acrylic gloss, gently removing your fingertip to completely seal the leaf under the gloss. Remarkably enough the leaf will retain its original color for years, as it is not exposed to oxygen.

Another unusual paper Christmas ornament is made with colored sand. Place the sand in several small containers and get out your food coloring. Use a small amount of water to wet the sand. Leave until the desired tint is achieved. Drain the water and allow the sand to dry. Coat the poster board with acrylic gloss and then quickly sprinkle your choice of colored sand.

Be careful that small children should not use utility knives or glue guns. You can help them cut out and glue their creations together. Glitter is also not recommended for young children as they have a tendency to end up on fingers and eyes. Glitter can be applied last, after they've painted their paper Christmas ornament masterpiece with acrylic gloss medium.

I'm sure you'll have dozens of ideas of your own to create many beautiful paper Christmas ornaments. Have fun!

So instead of going off to the Department stores this year to buy those over priced Christmas decorations why not do it yourself at home. Gather your nieces, nephews and kids to assist you with this Paper Christmas ornament project and create memories that will last an eternity.

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