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Homemade Christmas Ornaments

Here is a great little project from Ewenique Treasures

I love how she made these yummy little prim ornaments using only a few supplies… that you may already have around the house!

Here’s how she made these beautiful little gumdrop Christmas ornaments:

  • To give the gumdrop shape, cut the bottoms off of a 2 1/2 inch Styrofoam ball
  • Using her fingers, she molded them into more of a gumdrop shape
  • Inserted a bit of rusty wire in each top with a drop of glue
  • Paint with different yummy gumdrop colors
  • While the paint is still wet, roll in clear glitter


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    11 Comments »

    Comment by Mary Ruth
    2008-11-13 18:19:53

    OH how clever and DELICIOUS!

     
    Comment by Dianne
    2008-11-13 18:52:59

    Great idea…wish I’d thought of it.

     
    Comment by Cathy Scalise
    2008-11-14 09:02:38

    What a great idea. Those are absolutely adorable. I just love faux sweets.

    Thank you for sharing this fun, sweet project.

     
    Comment by Dena
    2008-11-14 12:08:46

    This is the cutest idea! I have a gingerbread theme and these would be perfect, I am definitely making these. Thanks for sharing!

     
    Comment by Gina
    2008-11-15 07:40:30

    That’s pretty nifty! I think I’ll try that.

     
    Comment by Lavender Dreamer
    2008-11-15 21:58:10

    I love this idea and want to try it! Hope hubby doesn’t eat them! lol

     
    Comment by brooke
    2008-11-16 21:40:46

    These look delicious! What a great idea for a children’s tree!

     
    Comment by Linda
    2008-11-18 21:25:02

    These look good enough to eat :) At first I thought they were made with real gumdrops. Great idea! Thanks for sharing :)

     
    Comment by Pearl Maple
    2008-11-22 01:53:48

    How cute !
    Very authentic looking too.
    Thanks for sharing these creative ideas.

     
    Comment by Firany
    2008-12-01 05:42:51

    They look nice but I can’t imagine them staying long with my two children. They can smell sweet everywhere so putting them on Christmas tree isn’t a challenge for them.

     
    Comment by Joan
    2009-11-11 17:03:00

    Very creative and lots of fun. Good to eat too.

    Those green, red and white candy canes that you can find in a dollar store make great colorful Christmas ornaments too if the kids don’t eat them all up.

    You can make your own old fashioned dough ornaments and pop corn chains. Kids have a lot of fun with these around the holidays.

    Joan M

     
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