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These Fun and Festive DIY Christmas Ornaments are a great way to personalize your holiday decorations and make your house a home this holiday season!
Decorating for Christmas is so much fun. With just a few decorative pieces, you can transform your home into a magical space full of Christmas cheer.
These fun and festive DIY Christmas Ornaments are a great way to personalize your holiday decorations to really make your house a home this holiday season.
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Beautiful DIY Christmas Ornaments Anyone Can Make
Snow Globe
Bring back those cherished memories of Christmases long ago with this easy vintage snow globe design.
Vintage Toy Cars
If you have such an amazing toy car collection or can find some old toy cars, consider making this super simple, seriously cool ornament for your Christmas tree this year.
Heavenly Scented Cinnamon
Nothing smells like Christmas more than cinnamon! Make these wonderfully fragrant cookie cutout inspired ornaments with this tutorial.
For an easy, no bake version, check out 25 DIY Christmas Ornaments to Make with the Kids.
Stained Glass Cookies
Whipping up a batch of stained glass cookies this holiday season? Set some aside to make lovely homemade ornaments for the Christmas tree!
Stovetop Potpourri
These simple ornaments filled with homemade stovetop potpourri make the perfect sweet-smelling gift!
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Home State
Make these home state ornaments to honor your home state and where you live now, or your home state and your partner’s home state.
Here’s another fun and creative way to commemorate your birthplace or favorite destination.
Easy Dollar Store Photo Ornaments
Family photos turn cheap Dollar Store frames into a cherished keepsake with this easy DIY project.
More DIY photo ideas: 20 DIY Photo Gifts Friends and Family Will Cherish Forever
Make an entire tree featuring all the most cherished people and pets in your life.
Gum Drop Pomander
These colorful ornaments are made with real gumdrop candies and just a few other cheap items you can easily find at Wal Mart or the Dollar Store.
Hazelnut Mini Wreath
This real food decoration is beautiful in its simplicity and a great fit for any decor.
Baby’s First Christmas
Did you have a new addition to your family this year? Commemorate that special day with this precious keepsake ornament.
Bringing Good Cheer
Decorations don’t come more bright and cheerful than these glittery scallop ornaments!
Boho Tassels
Give your tree a bohemian feel this Christmas with these glamorous tassels.
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Gold Lettering
Don’t worry, you don’t need fancy calligraphy skills to make these gorgeous gold lettered ornaments. The tutorial and free printable template make it super easy!
Felt Ball Wreath
Here’s another simple wreath design using these super cute handmade wool felt balls, which are available in numerous colors to fit any décor and DIY project, to make a fun DIY ornament design that would make a great project to do with the kiddos.
More kid-friendly ornament project: 25 DIY Christmas Ornaments to Make with the Kids
Easy Chalkboard Ornaments
These ornaments have that stylish, rustic chalkboard look without the hassle of paint with this easy tutorial using Adhesive Chalkboard Paper
Salt Dough Ornaments
These salt dough ornaments have a rustic, modern styling that makes them great for any home.
Their small size also makes them perfect to use as package ornaments for a little extra something to include with your gifts this year!
Salt Dough Keepsakes
Have a little one in the family? Make this easy keepsake with their little hand print for an ornament you can cherish forever.
These also make a great gift for grandparents and aunts and uncles.
Here’s another keepsake ornament idea using their cute little hands.
More DIY ornaments you can make with the little ones: 25 DIY Christmas Ornaments to Make with the Kids
If you or someone you know loves animals, make this lovely ornament celebrating four legged family members.
Pinecone Elves
These cute little felt and pinecone elves will add a touch of magic to any holiday décor.
Popsicle Stick Sleds
Make these adorable sleds with small and regular-sized popsicle craft sticks
Live Air Plant
Who would believe you could put a live plant in a tiny ball ornament, but you can with air plants! This creative ornament gets a holiday makeover with fancy gold accents.
Woodland Creatures
Let your artistic side shine with these DIY ornaments made by painting plain glass balls
Embroidery Hoops
What’s Christmas without colorful plaid and that ever-popular country truck design?!
Popcorn Balls
Popcorn has long been a popular DIY Christmas tree decoration.
Here’s an easy new twist on popcorn strings – popcorn in a clear glass ball makes a simple, festive ornament.
Personalized Ornaments
These gold and clay ornaments were made for baby’s first Christmas, but you can stamp any message you like.
Christmas Gnomes
Gnomes aren’t just for your garden anymore. These DIY gnome ornaments are so cute, how can you resist??
Nutcracker Peg Dolls
Inspired by the Nutcracker ballet, these DIY peg dolls are a unique take on a classic Christmas design.
Mason Jar Lid Ornaments
Repurpose old mason jar lids into these cute plaid fabric ornaments perfect for a rustic tree.
Hot Cocoa Mix
Make your ornaments do double duty with this pretty clear glass ball idea.
Just fill plain ball ornaments with hot cocoa ingredients for a fun, seasonal decoration that makes a wonderful gift!
KEEPSAKE PHOTOS
Capture sweet memories with this 10-minutes DIY project.
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Mini Santas
With these cute mini Santas, you can feature the big man himself on your tree this holiday season!
Quilt Block
These quilt block ornaments will give your tree a rustic, country vibe.
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Upcycled Wood Slices
This wood slice ornament project uses a Cricut Cutting Machine 
You can do this too if you already have a Cricut machine or do enough DIY projects to warrant buying one, but even if you don’t have this product, you can use stencils and paint to get a similar effect.
Cut your own wood slices with this tutorial, or you can buy them pre-cut.
If they are at least 4 inches in diameter, they can also serve as coasters for holiday drinks!
Here are some other cute and creative designs!
Paint your wood slices with Chalkboard Paint
If you don’t want to deal with paint, you can also use Adhesive Chalkboard Paper for a mess-free design.
For this project, you’ll need a printer to print these free printable designs (additional free designs are available).
You can then transfer your printouts to any wood item for an attractive, rustic decoration. This project may look complicated, but with the detailed instructions in this tutorial, it’s so easy!
At first, I was intimidated with the thought of using a woodburning pen to trace the moose shape, but surprisingly, it’s super easy!
You can just buy a starter woodburning tool and stencils at your local craft store or online here
These are so easy, but look so impressive!
Family Photo Ornament
This photo ornament is super easy and great for capturing wonderful family memories to display for years to come.
These also make a great gift for close friends and family members.
For more DIY photo ideas, check out 20 DIY Photo Gifts Friends and Family Will Cherish Forever.
Pine Cone Owls
Gathered pinecones get an adorable makeover with some wool felt to make these sweet little owls.
For a soft, high quality wool felt that would be great for this project, check out BenzieDesign on Etsy.
If you get your pinecones from outside, be sure to bake them in a 200 degree oven to dry them out and kill any bugs that may be inside.
Bake until the pinecones open up and the sap dries out, which should take about 30 minutes.
Mini Mittens
This ornament is for the knitters out there, and they’re so tiny, you should have them finished in no time!
Simple Filled and Painted Ornaments
Bring some color to your tree with these pretty DIY ball ornaments.
Left: A little paint is dropped into a small glass ball ornament and swirled around for an easy DIY painted ornament.
Center: Martha Stewart Flocking Powder
Right: Fill a clear glass ball with rainbow sprinkles for a fun, colorful decoration.
Glitter Plastic Balls
These plastic balls show you can substitute plastic balls for traditional glass in these DIY projects to prevent breakage.
These balls get their gorgeous, glittery glow from this glitter
Gold Dipped
Gold is a very popular home design trend right now, and even more so at Christmastime.
If you like the clean, modern look of gold, these easy DIY gold dipped balls are the perfect ornament for your tree.
Bath Bombs
Give the gift of relaxation this holiday with these DIY bath bomb ornaments.
Put these festive bath bomb ornaments on your tree, then use them to unwind after the holiday season is over.
Brass Tacks
Here’s another affordable gold design. It’s hard to believe that simple brass tacks could make such attractive ornaments!
Yarn Wrapped Star
If you like knitting or crocheting like I do, you probably have extra yarn lying around. Put it to good use with these cute ornaments.
Yarn Ball
This simple yarn ball ornament would make the perfect gift for the knitter in your life!
Vintage Inspired Bell Jar
These ornaments are a bit more detailed and intricate, but are so worth the extra time and effort to create the ultimate winter scene in your home.
Personalized Truck Ornament
Capture the iconic symbol of the holidays with this personalized Christmas truck ornament gift idea. Make them in bulk with your Cricut to have on hand for last minute gifts you may need!
Pom Pom Santa
Use a fork to fashion a cute little beard out of yarn in this simple ornament inspired by traditional Scandinavian Santa ornaments.
Simple Pinecone Ornament
Pinecones, white spray paint, twine, and glue are all you need for this incredibly easy DIY!
Cinnamon Bundles
Here’s another DIY ornament design using natural materials. Cinnamon will give your tree a lovely, warm fragrance this holiday season with this easy decoration.
Dried Fruit
If your oranges aren’t as sweet as you’d like or you can’t eat them before they turn, don’t throw them away.
Repurpose fresh fruit into a pretty, sweet-smelling ornament!
You can use other fruits, too, such as apples and pears. Hang some dehydrated apple slices outside for the birds to enjoy.
Feather Ornaments
Old feathers are given new life in a clear glass ball.
If you have chickens or other backyard birds like I do, have a friend with birds, or are just lucky enough to find a pretty feather outside, show it off in this effortless ornament idea.
Glitter Twine Balls
I see these twine ornaments in the stores every season – and even bought one when they first came out.
Why buy them when you can make as many as you like for little money with the help of these easy tutorials!
Birdseed Ornaments
Make these beautiful natural ornaments for your trees inside and out while providing some much needed nourishment to your birdy friends this Christmas.
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For more DIY ornament inspiration, check out 25 DIY Christmas Ornaments to Make with the Kids.
What do you think of these Easy DIY Christmas Ornaments? Do you think you will try any of these cute and creative tutorials?
Please share your thoughts in the comments below!
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