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Making Mini Halloween Tree Ornaments


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August 26, 2014

mini halloween tree with ornamentsI love Halloween and am always looking for new decorations to put up. I borrowed this little tree from my brother-in-law and couldn't find any good ornaments for it at the store. So I decided to make a bunch of little ornaments for it myself.

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Supplies:

  • Paper Bats:
  • Halloween themed tissue box
  • Wooden Bead Pumpkins:
  • wooden beads
  • orange paint
  • green chenille sticks
  • Button Candy Corns:
  • orange triangle buttons
  • white paint
  • yellow paint
  • orange felt
  • Googley Eyes:
  • googley eyes (various sizes)
  • Wooden Bead Ghosts:
  • wooden beads
  • white paint
  • cheese cloth
  • white pipe cleaner
  • black marker
  • Other Supplies:
  • paint brush
  • scissors
  • fishing line
  • hot glue gun

Click here if you would like to make the Witch Hat Tree Topper too.

Steps:

  1. I found a really cute tissue box with bats all over it. The smaller bats were the perfect size for the tree. Cut out the shapes you want to use on the box using a craft knife.
  2. flattening tissue box
     
    cut out bat images 1
     
    cut out bat images 2
     
  3. Cut a piece of fishing line and knot the ends together. Using scrap parts of the box, cut out small squares. Apply hot glue to the back of the shapes, then lay the knotted end of the fishing line on the glue, and press the cardboard square onto the glue to hold the fishing line in place.
  4. paper with fishing line hanger
     
    glue fishing line to back
     
    paper bat ornament on tree
     
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  5. Paint the wooden beads orange, applying as many layers of paint as needed, then allow to dry completely. NOTE: I put the beads on the end of a paint brush for easy painting and drying.
  6. paint wooden beads
     
    allow paint to dry
     
  7. Cut 1 in. pieces of green chenille sticks, folding them in half. Cut a piece of fishing line and knot the ends together. Place the folded chenille stick through the loop of fishing line.
  8. wrap stem around fishing line
     
  9. Apply hot glue inside the hole at the top of the wooden bead. Then push the two ends of the chenille stick into the hole. Allow to dry.
  10. put glue in hole
     
    insert stem in hole
     
    wooden pumpkin ornament in tree
     
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  11. Paint the lower third of the buttons yellow, applying as many coats of paint as needed. Allow to dry completely.
  12. paint lower part yellow
     
  13. Paint the top of the buttons white, applying as many coats of paint as needed. Allow to dry completely.
  14. paint upper part white
     
    painted button
     
  15. Cut a piece of fishing line and knot the ends together. Now cut small squares of felt. Apply hot glue to the back of the buttons, then lay the knotted end of the fishing line on the glue, and press the felt square onto the glue to hold the fishing line in place.
  16. put glue on back of button
     
    press felt square onto glue
     
    candy corn ornament on tree
     
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  17. Cut a piece of fishing line and knot the ends together. Put hot glue on the back of one googley eye, then lay the knotted end of the fishing line on the glue, and press a second googley eye onto the glue to hold the fishing line in place.
  18. put fishing line into glue
     
    adhere another googley eye
     
    googley eye ornament in tree
     
  19. Paint the wooden beads white, applying as many layers of paint as needed, then allow to dry completely. NOTE: I put the beads on the end of a paint brush for easy painting and drying.
  20. paint bead white
     
    allow paint to dry
     
  21. Cut 1 in. pieces of white chenille sticks, folding them in half. Cut a piece of fishing line and knot the ends together. Also cut a few circles of cheese cloth about 4 in. in diameter, placing them on top of each other.
  22. fold piece of chenille stick in half
     
    cut cheese cloth
     
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  23. Push the fishing line through the center of the cheese cloth. Hook the piece of chenille stick through the fishing line near the knot. The loop of fishing line should be on one side of the cheese cloth, with the chenille stick and knotted end on the other side.
  24. put fishing line through cheese cloth
     
    attach chenille stick to fishing line
     
  25. Apply hot glue inside the hole at the top of the wooden bead. Then push the two ends of the chenille stick into the hole, making sure that the whole piece of chenille stick is inside the hole. Allow to dry.
  26. glue chenille stick into bead hole
     
  27. Using a marker, draw eyes and a mouth onto the bead underneath the cheese cloth.
  28. draw face on bead
     
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  29. Drape the cheese cloth down over the bead to make a ghost. Trim off any excess threads.
  30. finished wooden ghost ornament 2
     
    wooden ghost ornament on tree
     
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