Handmade Ornaments are fun to make and they give your Christmas Tree a personal touch. Today I’m going to show you how to turn Dollar Store Ornaments into beautiful customizable and pretty ornaments. This is also a great way to give your old tree decorations a new look!
Let’s make a bunch of handmade ornaments together!
To make these you are going to need just a few things! DecoArt has a product that turns any painted surface into chalkboard. I know! How crazy brilliant is this?
My favorite part is that it’s super easy to use and the possibilities for chalkboard paint colors are endless!
MATERIALS
Paints of your colors choice – Find It HERE
( For this project I used the color Santa Red found HERE )
Chalkboard Coating – Find It HERE
Smooth Surface Ornaments – Find It HERE
Brushes – Find it HERE
Chalk – Find it HERE
TUTORIAL
You are going to love how easy this is!
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The first thing you are going to do is paint your ornaments with your acrylic paint.
If you don’t like red, no problem, there is a ton of colors to choose from HERE.
Use a stick or something similar to help you hold the ornament and paint it thoroughly.
After they are painted hang them to dry.
Mine were hanging from our dining room chandelier.
You do what you got to do!
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After they are completely dry paint them again but this time with the Chalkboard Coating.
Here comes the magic!
Follow the instructions on the back of the bottle. You will need to apply it horizontally and then vertically, letting it dry for an hour between each of these coats.
Do you see how the Chalkboard Coating looks kind of white? Don’t worry about it, it will dry clear.
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The final step is to cover the ornament with chalk. I like to smash a little bit of chalk and apply it with my hands all around the surface. This will take you just a few seconds to do.
Now you are ready to have fun and write or draw anything you would like to have on it. Here is one of my girls helping me with our first one.
So easy and you can change them every year with new designs or let your children make their own.
So simple and perfect for our White and Red Christmas Decor…
I love it!
Now think about the possibilities of transforming everyday surfaces into a chalkboard!
I am not just talking about ornaments my dear but walls, doors, oh my goodness this is dangerous!
So FUN!
Here it is on the tree!
Here are some other Christmas DIY Decor Ideas that I love!
15 Minute Handmade Ornaments – Click HERE
DIY Cupcake Liner Christmas Trees HERE
DIY Snow Globe Tutorial HERE
Besos!
Desiree
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Adorable, as usual! And I seriously need to get my hands on some of that paint. What a genius invention!
Lately my favorite color is royal blue.
Love our chalkboard ornaments! So pretty!
If I had to pick one color; I’d say orange.
Hola Desirée! Me he quedado con la boca abierta viendo como has transformado tu bola con el acabado de pizarra! Ha quedado estupenda!! Me voy corriendo a la tienda a ver si venden este producto! Espero que si…
Besos desde Spain
I shared a chalkboard ornament today too! Though mine is made with chalk cloth and not paint!
http://www.dearemmeline.blogspot.com/2012/12/chalk-cloth-hoop-ornaments.html
Have a great weekend Desiree!
If I had to choose just one, my favorite color would be blue.
Love your ornaments! I have some of this, I just need to use it 🙂
I love DecoArt products! Chalkboard ornaments would be a great craft to do with my 4 year old daughter!
Greens. Lime green. However, I really do like colors in the orange family too. Thanks for all of the fabulous ideas!
Love this idea– chalkboard ornaments!! My fave color is blue!