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November 14, 2012

Stained Glass Ornaments

Homemade Ornaments ~ Recycled Stained Glass Ornaments

Christmas is my favorite holiday.  I love white lights and how cozy my house feels all decorated for Christmas.  Kids love making special homemade ornaments to hang on the Christmas tree.  Our little stained glass ornaments look great and are super easy to create.

Homemade Ornaments are a fun Christmas craft ~ Recycled Stained Glass Ornaments

To make these simple Handmade Ornaments, you will need:

  • Recycled plastic – we used the top and bottom from a plastic fruit container.
  • Sharpies – I have shared my love for sharpies before.  Sharpies are permanent, come in so many bright colors and are are great on non porous surfaces.
  • black paper – to make the frame for your stained glass.
  • white glue

Cut your plastic into a circle, this will be the basis for your stained glass ornament.  I pulled up a few images of stained glass for my kiddos to see.  This gave the kids a basis for designing their ornaments.  Have them draw the outline straight onto the plastic with black sharpie.

Homemade Ornaments are a fun Christmas craft ~ Recycled Stained Glass Ornaments

Color in the design using sharpie markers.  Notice that some of the lines got removed in the coloring process.  It is an easy fix by simply retracing the lines again with your black sharpie.

Homemade Ornaments are a fun Christmas craft ~ Recycled Stained Glass Ornaments

Glue the black paper frame onto the plastic and your ornament is all finished.  I love how easy these little stained glass ornaments were to create and wonderful they look hanging on my tree!

Homemade Ornaments are a fun Christmas craft ~ Recycled Stained Glass Ornaments

Homemade Ornaments are a fun Christmas craft ~ Recycled Stained Glass Ornaments

These simple stained glass ornaments would look great as gift tags on your Christmas presents, or as a special gift to the kids grandparents.

Homemade Ornaments are a fun Christmas craft ~ Recycled Stained Glass Ornaments

Here is a link to another simple stained glass project that I my kids enjoyed creating.

I also have a Pinterest board to showcase some easy homemade ornaments perfect for creating with the kids.  Don’t forget that homemade ornaments make thoughtful gifts or a cute present topper.

Related posts:

  1. Burlap Ornaments
  2. Stained Glass Nativity
  3. Stained Glass Shamrock Craft
  4. Easter Stained Glass Art
Posted in Holidays, Kid Projects, Recycle, take joy in Winter and tagged Kid Projects, Ornaments, Sharpie, Winter Activities.

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29 thoughts on “Stained Glass Ornaments”

  1. Jacquie F. on November 15, 2012 at 8:58 am said:

    These are just beautiful! And I love that they use recycled items! A new add to our holiday list this year – thank you 🙂

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    • Tammy on November 15, 2012 at 9:06 am said:

      Thanks! We love creating from our recycle bin.

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  2. Andrea @ No Doubt Learning on November 15, 2012 at 1:55 pm said:

    These are beautiful! I’m hosting an ornament craft day, so this will make a great addition to the ornaments the kids are making. Thanks for the great idea! I’m a new follower via facebook 🙂

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    • Tammy on November 15, 2012 at 5:49 pm said:

      Thanks! Ornament craft day sounds delightful!

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  3. Ticia on November 15, 2012 at 3:27 pm said:

    I love how cute they are. I’ve actually been thinking about doing a very similar project for a while. Great idea.

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    • Tammy on November 15, 2012 at 5:51 pm said:

      I would love to see how your ornaments turn out! It is such a simple idea, but they look so cute.

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  4. Allison on November 15, 2012 at 3:53 pm said:

    I love using recycled objects!

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    • Tammy on November 15, 2012 at 5:51 pm said:

      Me too!!!!!

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  5. Thaleia@something2offer on November 17, 2012 at 10:34 am said:

    Very nice. I think all three of my kids could make these. I had just posted about my tot making decorated business magnets as gifts, but these would be awesome to make and hang in kitchen windows!

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    • Tammy on November 18, 2012 at 4:37 pm said:

      They would look great hanging in a window:)

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  6. Tulip on November 17, 2012 at 1:15 pm said:

    I love that you used recyclables! They look great too.

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    • Tammy on November 18, 2012 at 4:41 pm said:

      Thanks:) We love creating from out recycle bin!

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  7. JDaniel4's Mom on November 19, 2012 at 6:43 pm said:

    These are really wonderful!! I love that you made them from recycled items.

    I would love for you to link this up to the Holiday Hop of Goodies on my site. http://www.jdaniel4smom.com/2012/11/holiday-hop-of-goodies-introducing-our.html

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    • Tammy on November 19, 2012 at 9:41 pm said:

      Thanks for the invite!

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  8. maggy, red ted art on November 21, 2012 at 12:14 pm said:

    Ooh these turned out so lovely!

    Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy
    PS We have ANOTHER Ornament Linky and an Exchange, if you fancy joining: http://www.redtedart.com/2012/11/14/homemade-christmas-decorations/

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    • Tammy on November 25, 2012 at 11:51 pm said:

      Thanks for the invite:)

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  11. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories on November 24, 2012 at 12:03 am said:

    Very cool! I LOVE that you used recycled plastic. Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Showcase. I’ve pinned this to our feature board. 🙂

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    • Tammy on November 25, 2012 at 11:52 pm said:

      Thanks so much! I love your Sunday Showcase!

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  12. Genny on November 27, 2012 at 9:45 am said:

    Thanks for sharing on Tuesday Tots! I am featuring your ornaments on In Lieu of Preschool this week: http://www.inlieuofpreschool.com/2012/11/christmas-crafts-on-tuesday-tots.html Please feel free to stop by and grab a featured button! Off to pin now. Thanks again! 🙂

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    • Tammy on November 29, 2012 at 1:12 pm said:

      Thanks for the feature!

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  13. Katie on November 30, 2012 at 4:06 pm said:

    These are beautiful! My kids are still too young for this, but I’m going to make a note of this post for a future year.

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  14. Debbie Clement on December 1, 2012 at 4:12 pm said:

    These really turned out so clever and will be something to treasure over the years ahead. Thanks for linking up over at PreK+K Sharing.

    Debbie Clement

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  16. Beth on December 6, 2012 at 6:25 am said:

    These turned out so beautifully! What a fun, clever project =-)

    Thanks for linking up & sharing on TGIF!
    Beth =-)

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