How to Make Homemade Christmas Ornaments With Kraft Paper

Use a template to cut out Christmas ornament shapes from Kraft paper.

Kraft paper, a brown paper often used for wrapping, also makes a cheap material for creating your own Christmas ornaments. These Christmas decorations require no special skills to make, so even children can participate in the crafting. Look for Christmas-themed patterns or templates on the Internet or use cookie cutters in the shapes of trees, angels or reindeer.

Things You'll Need

• Christmas-themed pattern (template) or cookie cutters
• Scissors
• Kraft paper
• Pencil
• Paper plate
• Glue
• Wooden craft stick or paintbrush
• Glitter
• Hole punch
• 6-inch length of ribbon

Instructions

1. Print a Christmas-themed pattern from the Internet and cut the shapes out with scissors. Skip this step if you wish to use cookie cutters for the template.

2. 

   Use Christmas-themed cookie cutters for templates instead of paper patterns.

   Place the cut-out pattern or cookie cutter on top of a sheet of Kraft paper and trace the outline of the shape onto the paper using a pencil.

3. Cut the shape out from the kraft paper using scissors and place it onto a paper plate.

4. Spread a thin layer of glue over the entire surface of the Kraft paper shape, smoothing the glue out with the side of a wooden craft stick or a paintbrush.

5. 

   Sprinkle glitter on your ornaments to add a festive, holiday touch.

   Sprinkle glitter over the glue, covering the surface with a heavy layer of glitter.

6. Turn the ornament upside down to knock the excess glitter off onto the paper plate and lay the ornament, glitter side up, to dry on a flat surface for one hour.

7. Use a hole punch to create a hole in the top of the Kraft paper ornament.

8. Insert a 6-inch length of ribbon into the hole, and tie the two ends to create a loop from which to hang your Christmas ornament, and hang on your tree.

References

• All Free Crafts: Glitter Ornaments

Resources

• Family Fun: Christmas Ornament Pattern