Making Plastic Bottle Cap Christmas Ornaments

Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - ornaments hanging on the tree

This is a page about making plastic bottle cap Christmas ornaments. You don't necessarily envision cute Christmas ornaments when you look at plastic bottle caps. But add some paint, glitter, sequins, ribbon, and beads to create these adorable ornaments.

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Craft: Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments

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December 5, 2018

Upcycling makes me so happy. I had so much fun making these ornaments from plastic bottle tops. Don't get me wrong; I love beautiful ornaments, especially vintage hand-me-downs. But there's something super special about making your own from scratch. I decorated the caps using scraps from my leftover craft supplies, so these cost me next to nothing!

I used regular water bottle caps and larger sports drink caps for these ornaments.

Total Time: 1 hour plus dry time

Supplies:

plastic bottle caps
spray paint
string
hot glue gun with glue
white glue
glitter
tweezers
sequins
hole punch tool
ribbon
beads

Steps:

Spray paint the exterior portions of the caps. Allow to dry.

Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - spray paint the outside of the caps and allow to dry

For the ornament hangers, cut a piece of string about 8 inches long, then double/triple knot the ends to make a loop. Make one loop for each ornament.

Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - cut string and triple knot the ends to make hangers

Place the knotted end of the loop inside the middle of a small bottle cap and hot glue it down.

Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - glue the knotted end down inside the cap

Add a thin line of hot glue all around the lip of the bottle cap, then place another small bottle cap on it and hold closed.

Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - add a line of glue around the lip of the cap and glue another one one

To give some sparkle to the exterior of the ornament, put it on a plate or pan with edges to catch debris. Apply a nice, thick layer of white glue to any areas you'd like the glitter.