Handmade Ornaments {Glittered Toilet Paper Rolls & Soup Can Lids}

I have been working around the clock to make handmade gifts this year.

I like to teach my children that a gift can be a little more special if you make it:-)

We used toilet paper rolls and soup can lids to make Christmas ornaments for his teachers.

I put my Martha Stewart glitter set to use this year!

Soup can lids decorated in different colors, one for each of my son's teachers. The kids and I worked on these for about a week. A total of four.

Each teacher received a soup can lid in a box with a large star on top of the box.

Glittered toilet paper rolls, vintage sheet music, and little Christmas embellishment's.

 

I am SOOO in love with the glittered toilet paper rolls!! I am going to get a head start on these for myself next year. I want to do a more "color" schemed tree next year.

Can you just picture a tree filled with glittered stars!!!

Sorry for the not so good photo's. The good camera is being used AGAIN!

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Handmade Ornaments {Glittered Toilet Paper Rolls & Soup Can Lids}

Glittered Acorns

Has anyone started putting their pins to use?

This is one of my pins on my craft board.

{via Etsy}

SOO pretty!!

This is easy to make and the little ones can do it with you:-)

I started by going out to our oak tree behind the house...the boys collected all the acorns.

Use a little Mod Podge on the caps and sprinkle with your glitter color of choice.

I LOVE my Martha Stewart set of 24 glitter!!!

I used cotton balls to fill the insides of the acorns and another thing I used was Halloween spider web leftovers. The spider web stuff gave them a more "needle felt" look as where the cotton is a softer white look.

Place a little glue inside and stuff away!!

I hung them from the branch hanging off of my chandelier.

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Glittered Acorns

Pottery Barn Inspired Stick Art

This is a picture I found in the Pottery Barn Christmas catalog 2011.

Notice the birch tree letters saying NOEL? Isn't it fabulous!

I wish we had birch trees in Florida, but cypress branches will have to do.

While at my mothers house two months ago we cut down some cypress bushes and I brought home a pile of branches for Christmas garland and such. The branches made for perfect letter making.

This is what I pieced together.

My husband will be happy to see that the branches I have had on the back porch for a month and a half....GONE!

 Now I just need to add some garland around it and I'll be happy with it:-)

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