Last year, I made some faux mercury glass ornaments and thought they were some of my favorite homemade ornaments. Until today. These DIY Christmas sweater ornaments might be the favorite now. And, they can be customized to your style and favorite colors for the Christmas season! And, they are easy to make! The entire family can get involved.
Whenever I am browsing Pinterest, I always fall in love with the look of the Scandinavian designs. I especially fall in love with it around the holidays. In particular, the minimal, simple vibe that comes with the Scandinavian design is what draws me in. Our holiday decor doesn’t look like that exactly, but there are elements of it around our home. These DIY Christmas Sweater Ornaments remind me of Scandinavian holiday decor and I knew I would love them if they turned out.
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Supplies To Make DIY Christmas Sweater Ornaments
Regular Rolling Pin
Cookie Sheet Pan
Wood Skewer/Pencil/Paintbrush (something to poke a hole in the top of the ornaments)
This process is so easy.
There are some things I learned throughout the process that I share in the steps below.
First, roll out the dough to about 1/4″ thickness with a regular rolling pin. Work with about a golf ball size chunk of clay each time. The embossing rolling pins are only so wide. The golf ball size was a good amount to fit the entire width of the embossing pin on the rolled-out clay. It is hard to match up the patterns exactly with anything bigger than that.
After the clay is rolled out, roll the embossing rolling pin over the clay. (It took me a few times to figure out how much pressure I needed). If you mess up or don’t like it, just flip the clay over and roll it again with the regular rolling pin to “erase” it. Then, start again. You will find the perfect amount of pressure you need to get the look you like. The pattern stands out more and is more dimensional with more pressure. Less pressure gives the outline of the design without all the dimensions.
Once the pattern was on the rolled-out clay, cut out the shapes you want with cookie cutters.
After the shapes are cut out, poke a hole through the top with a wood skewer, pencil, end of a paintbrush, etc.
How To Bake The Ornaments
Place the ornaments on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 275° for about 10-15 minutes.
When you pull them out, they won’t be rock hard. Let them cool on the baking sheet and they will harden as they cool.
That’s it!
You can leave them white like I did or you could do so many other things. For example, paint them, stain them, or age them using brown paint or cinnamon mixed in craft glue.
I think they would be pretty brushed with metallic colors over the raised areas as well. There are so many options.
The simple white is so pretty to me. They look like Christmas sweaters.
As soon as Gabrielle got home from school, we sat down and made a few more. Due to the fact that she made some of these with me, it might mean that these win over for favorite Christmas ornament.
These ornaments would make a great garland strung together. Also, you could use them as name tags for gifts.
Is this a project you would try?
If you do, I would love to see them! Share a photo and tag me on Instagram @mycreativedays.
Here is the live video showing the process of making these sweater ornaments:
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If you liked this easy project, you will love these Christmas projects:
Wood Burned Christmas Tree Garland
Wood Bead Wreath For The Holidays
I love these! So simple but impressive.