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25+ DIY Christmas Tree Ornaments to Make

You’ll love these easy tutorials for crafting your own DIY Christmas Ornaments this year! Settle in for a relaxing crafty afternoon with over 25 ornament ideas and tutorials from craft and home bloggers.

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A collage of six homemade ornaments with the words, "25+ DIY Christmas Ornaments".

Sometimes the holidays fly by so quickly that it seems impossible to find time to craft and create. That’s where I love suggesting bite-size projects like DIY ornaments.

Depending on the age of your kids, you can invite the whole family to join in on an afternoon of crafting these various ornaments. OR, take a solo afternoon for yourself with your favorite tutorials, craft supplies, and a hot Christmas-y beverage to unwind this holiday season.

What Do I Need to Make These Ornaments?

These ornaments feature a variety of craft supplies and techniques. From washi tape to wooden embroidery hoops, wood slices to old sweaters, there’s a project for every crafter here.

The best thing about crafting your own Christmas ornaments is that they can be great “scrap-buster” projects. All those scraps of fabric, ribbon, interesting papers, glitters, and more can be creatively used in custom ornaments for your tree.

Homemade ornaments also make a great last-minute gift idea too!

25+ DIY Christmas Tree Ornaments

Glittery 3-D House Ornament

This adorable A-Frame Putz House Ornament from A Beautiful Mess is made with simple supplies you probably already have around and finished with a dose of glitter and fluffy faux snow.

A mini pink A-frame house ornament surrounded by faux snow and bottle brush trees.

Personalized Wood House Ornaments

Use your Cricut to personalize these sweet Wood House Ornaments from Single Girls DIY. Add a mini wreath for holiday charm. Great for celebrating your first year in a new home or other important milestones!

House ornaments with mini wreaths and hand-lettered family names.

2-Ingredient Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments

It really doesn’t get easier than this! This 2-ingredient dough can be used to make ornaments for the tree or pretty embellishments for garlands or gifts. It’s PERFECT for kids too!

A cinnamon ornament start cutout wrapped around a plaid package.

Wood Slice Snowman Christmas Ornament

If you love finding new ways to craft with wood slices, try this snowman ornament from It’s Always Autumn. Soo cute!

A DIY Snowman Ornament.

Embroidered House Ornaments

These easy felt house ornaments are embroidered with a simple floral motif, but they are so easy to customize any way you like. Great for a farmhouse style Christmas tree!

Felt house ornaments with green floral embroidery in a woven basket.

Milk Paint Ornaments

Don’t pass by ornament blanks at the craft store. Use them for creating customized ornaments like these Milk Painted Ornaments from Miss Mustard Seed. The milk paint gives a beautiful vintage finish that works well with a variety of Christmas décor styles.

Wooden ornament painted with milk paint and tied with a large blue bow.


Washi Tape Christmas Ornaments

I love collecting washi tape and these washi tape ornaments are such an easy way to showcase your favorite spools! Also a great craft to do with kids.

Spools of washi tape and decorated Christmas ornaments on a wooden surface.

Farmhouse Style Wood Bead Ornaments

These quick Felt Ball and Wooden Bead Ornaments from Love Grows Wild can be easily customized to your holiday color scheme.

DIY felt ball and wooden ball ornaments.

DIY Christmas Window Ornament Using Chalk-Style Paint

This Christmas window ornament uses a dollhouse window and a mini wreath to create a festive ornament!

A handmade Christmas window ornament hanging from a decorative pine bough.

DIY Ornaments For Christmas

Repurpose old knit sweaters with this cute little ornament design from Farmhouse on Boone. This is great for using up scraps if you’ve been making sweater pillows or sweater pumpkins.

A wooden embroidery hoop made into a Christmas tree ornament.

Gold Marble Christmas Ornaments

The colors are so stunning in these Gold Marble Christmas Ornaments from Lovely Indeed.

Hand holding a group of DIY green and gold marbled ornaments.

DIY Christmas Ornaments with Vintage Cookie Cutters

Use chalk style spray paint to spray vintage cookie cutters and completely change the look. These retro ornaments look great on a farmhouse style Christmas tree.

If you love DIY Christmas ornaments as much as I do, then you'll love this quick DIY that uses vintage cookie cutters and spray paint to create pretty farmhouse style Christmas ornaments. A tutorial from Bellewood Cottage.

Letter to Santa Ornament

A whimsical touch to the Christmas tree, this Letter to Santa Ornament from Single Girls DIY is quick to create.

A "Letter to Santa" enclosed in a clear ornament.

Embroidered Wool Ornaments

You’ll have fun felting and embroidering these festive Embroidered Wool Ornaments from A Beautiful Mess.

Embroidered wool ornaments with red and gold stitching.

DIY Farmhouse Christmas Ornament Tutorial

Use wooden appliques, chalk style paint, and a little sandpaper to make these farmhouse style ornaments.

A DIY farmhouse Christmas ornament hanging off a Christmas print.

DIY Christmas Ornament

I love embroidery hoop ornaments and these from My Creative Days are so pretty. Use mini embroidery hoops for these easy Christmas ornaments.

A wooden embroidery hoop decorated to become a Christmas tree ornament.

Rose Gold Glitter Ornaments

Like the cookie cutter ornaments I shared a bit earlier, these ornaments start with a basic vintage aluminum cookie cutter and are glammed up with rose gold glitter spray paint and black velvet ribbon.

Hands holding glittery Christmas ornaments made from vintage cookie cutters.

Ornament Nativity

Use glitter vinyl and a cutting machine to create this Glitter Ornament Nativity from DIY Beautify. Such a pretty ornament display! Or, just make a few of the ornaments to feature on your tree.

A Christmas Nativity made with clear ornaments, glitter vinyl cutouts and a wooden frame.

Marbled Ornaments

These neutral Marbled Christmas Ornaments from Cherished Bliss work great with a more modern tree.

Black and white marbled ornaments.

Nutcracker Glass Glitter Ornaments

I love the look of glass glitter and these simple Nutcracker Ornaments with Glass Glitter from Sincerely Marie Designs are a fantastic embellishment for nearly any tree.

Nutcracker print ornaments with glitter edge and blue ribbons.

Christmas Tree Twig Ornament

A DIY Christmas Tree Twig Ornament from The Turquoise Home is made using painted twigs from the yard and a wooden plaque.

A green Christmas tree ornament made with twigs.

Snowman Ornament

Snowman Ornaments for Kids from Crazy Little Projects are made using paint and clean baby food jars.

A baby food jar painted to look like a snowman.

Blue & White Ornaments

These French Farmhouse Ornaments from DIY Beautify are a relaxing craft you can dive into with a fine tip Sharpie pen.

White ceramic ornaments with blue floral designs made with a fine Sharpie pen.

Book Page Christmas Tree Ornaments

In this tutorial for Book Page Christmas Tree Ornaments from Maison de Pax, Rachel shares tips and tricks to make these ornaments easier to craft.

Three ornaments covered with scraps of book pages.

Marbled Ornaments

Marbled Ornaments Tutorial from Carrie at Lovely Etc (she includes tons of tips for how to do this technique successfully–so helpful!)

Blue, gold, and red colored ornaments with the words, "How to Make Marbled Ornaments".

Gold Leaf Ornaments

Upcycle old ornaments with this Gold Leaf Ornaments tutorial from The Honeycomb Home.

Homemade ornaments decorated with gold leaf.

Glitter Stars Ornaments

Sprinkle the tree with these Glitter Star Ornaments from Creations by Kara.

A glittery star ornament.

Temporary Tattoo Christmas Ornaments

Use temporary tattoos to create unique ornaments with this Christmas Ornament tutorial from DIY Candy.

A ceramic ornament with a floral temporary tattoo.

Hope you enjoyed this Christmas ornament roundup! Happy Christmas everyone!

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