I am absolutely that person who turns on Christmas music, starts baking cookies, and experiments with soup recipes the day after Halloween. There are very few things I enjoy more than creating holiday traditions with my little family! This year I am particularly excited because my son is finally old enough to help me with Christmas crafts, including ornaments for our tree.
Below you will find three festive DIY glitter ornament ideas. Each ornament design can be easily created using mod podge, a foam brush, glass ornaments, glitter, and a little creativity. So gather your kids or a group of girlfriends, pour some hot chocolate or mulled wine and get crafty!
Dipped DIY Glitter Ornaments
Materials:
- Glass Ornaments
- Painters Tape
- Mod Podge
- Foam Brush
- Glitter
- Clear Acrylic Sealer
Step 1: Tape
Step 1: TapeUse painters tape to tape off an area on the ornament where you want to apply glitter. You can create simple designs like stripes, or you can get more creative and punch shapes out of painters tape for polka dots or other designs. Of course, this step is optional if you want to cover the entire ornament with glitter!
Step 2: Mod Podge
Using your foam brush, paint Mod Podge over the ornament in the sections where you want to see glitter.
Step 3: Glitter!
Step 3: Glitter!Is there a way to do this without getting glitter everywhere? Someone let me know! I poured the glitter over the ornaments, and if you go this route, definitely do it over a plate or paper towel. You could also put the glitter in a bowl and dip the ornament into it.
Step 4: Remove tape
Step 4: Remove tapeGive the Modge Podge time to dry and then peel away the tape.
Step 5: Acrylic Sealer
Step 5: Acrylic SealerIn order to reduce glitter shedding from your ornaments, spray them with an acrylic sealer before hanging on your tree!
If you liked this DIY, be sure to check out 5 additional easy DIY ornaments to add to your tree. Now I’m off to bake another batch of Christmas cookies and experiment with ways to make my home smell more like Christmas. With that said, I’d love to know – what are your favorite Christmas traditions?
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it easy to understand. I am not crafty at all but even I was able to do these! Thanks!
Love this my kids just started theirs for their teachers gifts
Absolutely love this idea!
Does the glitter come off or loose pieces drop everywhere?
Love these!! Especially the polka dots!
I love these! They look so easy! I just bought my first jar of Modge Podge this year and am ready to take the leap into DIY ornaments!
LOVE your ornaments! I need to make some of my own!!! :)
these are so beautiful. such an amazing idea for ornaments…thanks so much for sharing!
Oh my goodness Christmas and glitter combined – I love it! I’ve got some fake fruit that I’m planning on glittering up this Christmas. Fingers crossed it doesn’t look tacky.
Tacky? What?! You can never go wrong with glitter! :)
Very lovely sis! I am loving your glitter :) I could actually get into crafting these!
I have some extra ornaments ready to go for a crafternoon :)
So pretty! I have a thing for glittery Christmas ornaments. If it were socially acceptable, I’d probably keep glittery Christmas ornaments around the house year-round. :)
When I was a kid, the day after Thanksgiving was always when we pulled out the Christmas decorations too. I think I was more excited about that than Thanksgiving itself!
The day after Thanksgiving is the best – joining the masses at the mall, going to see a movie, singing with the new 24/7 Christmas music radio stations, eating leftovers. Love it all!
These are so pretty! I’m going to an ornament exchange in a couple of weeks and have been looking for an easy and cute (emphasis on the easy!) ornament to bring. Pinning this!
Definitely easy – the clean up takes more time than the actual craft, ha! have fun!
How glittericious!!! I love these and love the colors you went with. Sometimes I regret spending moolah on store bought ornaments and wish I would have just made my own!
I’ve never tried making ornaments before but it was a hoot – and now I won’t worry so much about the kids breaking ’em!
Cute cute cute! I’m working on some fun DIY ornaments too! It’s so addicting.
Yay, more DIY ornaments! They are definitely addicting!
Oh, Stephanie! I love this! I have a strong affinity for all things sparkly. Yet another fun use for mod podge! Also, thanks for the tip on making perfect polka dots with the foam brush. Genius!
I hope you and your family are set for a fantastic Thanksgiving. It’s just going to be me, my husband, my two pups and a turkey this year. I can’t wait! :)
I know, why are sparkles so darn addictive? I think everything looks better with a bit of bling :) Have a fantastic Thanksgiving!
You’ve always been my go to ‘sparkle arkle’ girl. Love these and the glitter lotion.
Anne xx
I’ll be your sparkle-arkle girl anytime Anne :)