How to Make a Drink Pouch Christmas Ornament

Cut your holiday budget by making your own Christmas decorations and tree ornaments. Recycle empty drink pouches into creative star tree ornaments for the holidays.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 empty drink pouches, cut in the bottom, then rinsed clean with soapy water and dried
• ruler
• scissors
• stapler
• 1/4 inch ribbon
• scotch tape or similiar
• optional: bone folder

1. 

   Cut squares from the drink pouches, cutting two front and back squares from the pouches, approximately 3 1/4 inch by 3 1/4 inch. Cut below the straw hole for a better ornament.

2. 

   Fold each of the 2 front drink pouch squares into five folds each. Use a clip or paper clip to hold them together. A bone folder will help the creases stay better. Make the folds in even measurements to ensure a round star in the final step.

3. 

   Place both folded squares together, remove clips and staple in the center. With scissors, cut off top and bottom squares at an angle, as shown in photo.

4. Unfold and tape sides together from the backside of star. Trim up star ends with scissors if they appear uneven.

5. 

   Tape a piece of satin ribbon to the backside of your finished ornament. Because these stars are so light, you don't need glue. Now you have a new ornament for your tree or gift package.

Tips & Warnings

• With the backside squares, make an all silver ornament using the same directions, giving you two ornaments from two drink pouches.
• Coordinate ribbon color with colors on the drink pouch.

Resources

• The Internet Consumers Recycling Guide

[Psychstudent]

on 11/20/2008 how cute!

[Sapphira]

on 11/19/2008 What a cool idea! Thanks for sharing.