Upcycled and Other DIY Cristmas Ornaments

When I was growing up, we  didn't have the money to buy  any fancy ornaments  for Christmas decorations so we kinda make our own out of the materials that we have  at home and  believe me there  are the kind of materials that is trash to other people such as  candy wrappers. the  goil that you find in a cigarette  box and so on.  Nevertheless, we still have the great time every time despote the lack of material things because we celebrate as a family.  Having said that, here are some  ornaments that  are upcycled  and from other recycled things.  

 This  snowman is made from a lightbulb.  Someone  has this creative idea to decorate a lightbulb and  make a really pretty snowman.  Materials include  twigs, buttons, yarn, plastic, glitters, and play dough.

 For those  who have a lo of bead at home, this cute angel is a great project to do.  Materials needed are beads, safety pins, and string.

 This one is made  from a type of dried grass that is kinda like the one they use to make a broom sweeper.  For the pop of colo, they use plastic balls, artificial holly and pine leaves, and ribbon.

 For old gloves, you can turn them into a  covering for your old balls and make it as an ornament as well.  It is one way of preserving  memories of their  snow fights during winter time.  Instead of  throwing  it, reuse it.

 This  cute ange ornament is mounted on a  popsicle stick.  One of the kids  did this as a project  at their  art class in school.

 For colorful  candioes that  your kids don't eat,  put them in a small jars that you don't need and  you can use it as a decor as well.  My kids does not like skittle candies but they always got it as a treat so I put them in the cute containers that I saved  and it make cute accent even in the kitchen.

 All of the  pine cones that I used in my Christmas ornaments are  picked up from our walks during summer time.  We painted some of them and  leave some  plain.

My daughter  and I painted these   few years ago and they turned out really pretty.

 I filled the  candle jars with colorful balls and they make pretty accent .  It adds color to the holiday.

 This tree is made from the materials that you use when you make tutu.  I won this from a  giveaway few years ago and  the kids especially my daughter likes it.  The cute snowman perfectly match the color of the tree so I put it on top.  I also found  those cute  ornaments from an auction site.

 If you have old magazines at home, you can make cute trees out of it.  Jazz it up a little bit with some stuff and  they  are pretty!

 This is another  cute prijects that my daughter did at her art class in school.  They used play doguh for this project.That's her handprint.

 My son  made this priject as well at his art class in school.  These are the things that we make us miss their old teacher who just recently retired.  She did so many neat projects with thekids and now that she's not in school, they don't do these kind of things anymore.

 The kids  painted this nativity set last year.  They got it as a gift from one of our neighbors and have been part of our decoration ever since.

 This was given to use by my father-in-law.

 Now, if you are wondring what to do with your old Christmas cards, you can make this kind of ornament.  My daughter made this  at her gifted program class.

 She made some again this year at home.

 I remember, we used to do this kind of things  as a kid but we  make bells instead.  We didn't have the materials that  we have now but we make it work back then.

 Well, that's about it.  Till next time again.  Thanks for  dropping by and leaving your thoughts.  Maybe you can share some projects you did with your kids.