THE TOOLS
MATERIALS:
- Cardstock paper in variety of color + Glitter paper (optional but so fun!)
- Oil Pastels, Crayons or drawing medium of choice (I used oil pastels and these are my go to brand for kids)
- Glitter (optional but so fun to put on your design at the end)
- 2.5” round circle cutter (don’t hand cut each one…yikes, any size will do but I love a 2.5”!!!!)
- Glue dots/liquid glue/glue stick (I ended up using all three but you can just choose one!)
- Bone Folder or ruler
- Twine, string, anything fun you want to hang your ornament with.
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THEME: Pop up paper craft
ART LINGO: 3-D Design, Pop Up, Pastels & Patterns
APPROX TIME: 30+ minutes
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Any Age, adult supervision may be needed to put together!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!!!! Love me some Merry Everything and all the fun holiday cheer happening everywhere in December! Join me for a super easy and creative paper ornament to do with your loved ones during winter break!
You ready to get to it?? COME ON AND SCROLL DOWN WITH ME
STEPS
Step 1:
Grab your pastels and cardstock and have fun!!! Fill in the entire page with lines, dots, patterns galore! You can’t go wrong with layers and layers of color. Pastels love to be blended and layered, I love to pair light colors next to darker hues.(See Photos 1 & 2)
Step 2:
Next, grab your paper punch and hole punch at least 20 circles, I ended up using some fun sheets of glitter cardstock as well, you can use old magazines, colored cardstock, paper bags, you name it just be sure to have enough circles to make your ornament POP! (See Photos 3 & 4)
Step 3:
Go get your bone folder or ruler and fold each circle in half making sure to crease the center line so it stays folded. (See Photo 5)
Stack your circles in a pattern of your choice (I did pastel circle, glitter, pastel circle, glitter….) (See photo 6)
Step 4:
With your circles folded in half, take one at a time and fold the pattern or glitter paper inward so the back/blank side is facing you and glue one half of the circle, I used a glue stick for this. Attach another half circle to this one making sure you are attaching the backside to the backside (so you don’t glue a glitter or pattern side to the back, making it so you can’t see it). (See photo 7)
Step 5:
Once you have all your circles glued in a stack you will want to put glue down the spine of your ornament (see photo 8) and place a piece of string tied in a loop along the spine, this is so it can hang from the tree/mantel. Once the string is in place put glue on the last folded circle on the stack and wrap it around to meet the first folded circle you made (scroll down to the second image below to see this), this should make your beautiful 3-D ornament come to life! Oh la la!
That’s it for now! A super easy and sweet holiday treat and the perfect thing to do with family or friends this time of year!!! Have a beautiful Christmas and winter break and stay creative, friends!!!
xx Mrs. K!
