Make It: Beaded Wire Christmas Ornament

Christmas tree ornaments are fun and often inexpensive to make at home. These pretty beaded wire stars that I first shared on The Idea Room, only take a short time to put together. Make a bunch to trim your tree, give as gifts, or even decorate packages this season.

This quick and easy wire-wrapped diy Christmas ornament looks much more complicated than it is. My inspiration was a gold wire-wrapped star ornament that my sister made to hang on my tree quite a few years ago.

Make It: Miniature Winter Hat Yarn Craft

Whether hung on the Christmas tree, topping a holiday package, or strung together to make a winter garland, these mini winter hat ornaments are an easy and inexpensive craft project for the whole family.

Christmas ornaments are one of my favorite crafts, and this winter-themed one is no exception. Years ago I made a version of these little winter hat ornaments at an elementary school class party. With a few changes, here's my updated version of these sweet little yarn hats. This craft is an easy one to fit in even in the "busy-ness" of the holiday season. Give it a try!

Easy Christmas Kids Craft: Paint Marbled Ornaments and Garland

Over the years we have amassed quite a collection of Christmas ornaments for our tree. It's a really good thing we have a tall one! Some of my favorites were made by my children years ago. Making ornaments together is a fun family activity, and children love seeing their creations hung on the tree. Keep the project simple so you have plenty of time to sit back and enjoy the fun!

Need an idea? Try this fun Christmas Kids Craft I shared on The Shabby Creek Cottage last month. These colorful paint-marbled ornaments and garland make a great family-friendly Christmas craft project and only require a few supplies which you might already have on hand!

For these simple paper ornaments and matching garland you only need a few supplies and some drying time.

Make It: Mini Mason Jar Ornament

Some of my favorite holiday crafts are tree ornaments. I don't know if I've ever made it through a Christmas season without making at least one! Last year I shared this easy snow globe jar ornament tutorial on Landeelu.com.

Mason jar snow globes are everywhere right now. I’m sure you’ve seen them, big small, all shapes and sizes! Well, I can’t seem to get enough of them, so when I saw inexpensive mini mason spice jars when I was shopping at Target, I just had to put together an ornament version.

Here’s what you need to make your own:

• Mini Mason Jar with handle (I found mine at Target. They’re about 3 1/4″ high.)
• Assorted Miniatures to fit your jar (Check your local craft store.)
• White Tile Adhesive
• Faux Snow (optional)
• Ribbon for hanging
• Jingle Bells & Bakers Twine

Make It: Easy Curled Wire Ornaments

These little wire Christmas ornaments couldn't be easier! It will probably take you longer to buy or gather your supplies than to make the ornaments. (I found my pretty Christmas wire at Michael's recently. I thought it would be great for ornaments, although I didn't have a specific plan in mind when I bought it. That's how I roll sometimes-wink-wink).

I think these wire ornaments would look awfully cute as package toppers, too! Just grab some metallic string or ribbon instead of a metal ornament hanger. While you've got then wire-cutters out, whip up some Wire-Wrapped Star Ornaments too. So pretty!

Make It: Itty-Bitty Baker's Twine Wreath

I've been smitten with metal washer crafts since the first pendant I made last summer.  Flat metal washers have become a veritable crafting staple at my house! So why not using them for Christmas crafting too. This tiny wreath tree ornament is the cutest little thing.

This little wreath Christmas ornament takes only minutes to put together and uses very few supplies. Not even glue!

Santa Ornament Yarn Craft

For decades a little yarn Santa ornament has hung on my Christmas tree. It wasn't difficult to make and uses easy-to-find materials so I put together an updated How-To to share with all of you.

Do you remember making something similar when you were a kid?