Holiday Kissing Ball Ornament
I just love ornaments! I used to make ornaments when I was younger and give them to all my family members each year. Here’s a great project to make with your family that’s easy and fun! This ornament makes a great hostess gift to give at the holidays, too!
Supplies:
- Happy Holly Days Designer Kit by Karen Lewis
- scoring board with tool or ruler and scoring tool
- 2 inch punch
- marker
- ink
- ribbon
- adhesive
- gems or other embellishments
I started by printing out my designer papers from the kit I chose to use along with any of the elements I thought I might use for embellishing. Since you will only need two 2-inch circles from each pattern, you can print them out two to a page at 5×7 size. This also makes the pattern a little smaller since we are working on a smaller scale project!
Cut out twenty circles with circle punch. I used the 2-inch size.
Then, you need to determine the size of the center triangle. I’ve already done this for you…for a 2-inch circle, each side of the triangle needs to be 1 3/4 inches. I made a template from a piece of thick cardstock.
Since I wanted my triangles to be outlined, I used my template and traced each one with a thin marker so the lines would show. I also inked the outside edge of all the circles with brown chalk ink.
Next, you’ll need to score each line and fold along the lines.
Do this for all twenty circles.
The next step is to arrange your circles into four rows of five, varying the patterns and colors.
Apply glue or adhesive to the back of the three folded tabs and begin to assemble the top row of your ornament.
I find it easier to insert my ribbon hanger at this point. Fold the ribbon in half and carefully pull it through the top where all the triangles meet to the desired length.
Tie a knot and cut off the excess.
Continue adding two more rows of five…it will look like this.
Add the final row, attaching all the triangles in the center like the top of the ornament.
Embellish your ornament as much or as little as you like. I added the holly element from the Designer Kit and a couple of red gems for berries. I also added a green gem at each intersection where the triangles meet.
Since I had lots of extra designer paper and I just loved the kissing birds from this kit, I decided to make a matching card!
Imagine the endless possibilities for making fun ornaments for everyone in your family. You can use different size punches for smaller ornaments and there’s a ton of possibilites to customize the ornaments using the recipients favorite colors, characters or themes!
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