I love decorating my tree with photos from previous Christmases, and this DIY Photo Ornament craft is one of my favorites!
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DIY Photo Ornament
Are you ready to learn how to make adorable personalized Christmas ornaments?
It’s so much easier than you think!
Now you can deck the halls and trim the trees this Christmas with this super-cute DIY Photo Ornament!
This Christmas Craft is both crazy easy and super thrifty, but what I love most is the personalized touch that it adds to my Christmas tree each year.
These cute DIY ornaments also make fabulous homemade Christmas gifts you can give to family and friends!
So what are you waiting for?
Here’s what you’ll need to get started…
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Supplied Needed for DIY Photo Ornament
Here’s what you’ll need to round up…
- Clear Glass Ball ornaments
- 4×6 Photo
- Pencil
- Ribbon, Twine or Ornament Hook
Instructions for DIY Photo Ornament
You’ll love how easy it is to create these fabulous homemade photo ornaments.
Here’s what you’ll do…
1. Lay your photo down flat, and place the ornament on top of it, then trace around the ornament.
2. Cut your photo out in circle shape you traced. (It may take a bit of trial and error to find the perfect size, so you could always practice with paper first.)
3. Pop the top off of your glass ornament.
4. Tightly roll and wrap your photo around your pencil, then use that as a guide to push the photo down into the ornament.
5. Unravel / unroll the photo inside the ornament and pop it into place using your pencil.
6. Remove the pencil, pop the top back on, and add an ornament hook, ribbon, or twine for hanging.
That’s it… you’re done!
These come together so fast and make fabulous gifts and keepsakes!
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Sarah says
This has given me a great idea to make some for myself and to give my family as gifts- especially old pictures!
Heidi says
That’s great to hear, Sarah! These really would make such sweet Christmas presents!
Kathryn Miller says
Hi I am interested in the DIY photo ornaments. Are the pictures printed out on regular photo paper or printer paper? A fellow teacher said that you have to use the printer paper but I thought it would look nicer with the photo paper.
Heidi says
Hi Kathryn ~ I have always just used photos printed on actual photo paper when making these ornaments. Hope that helps! 🙂
Rhonda Tenderholt says
I did this 2 years ago for some dear friends and they loved them. Recently helped my son do 2 for his best friends and 1 for himself. However, I couldn’t figure out how you did a 4×6 photo. When I did them, they were very tiny, maybe 2×4, not 4×6. They still turned out nice but I couldn’t get a 4×6 in a 3.25 bulb. Any ideas on why it didn’t work for me? Thanks for the ideas. I’m searching now for crafts for next years ladies luncheon and am going through your site for more cute and easy ideas.
Linda says
i like the photo ornament. I am thinking it would be a nice finish to fill the ornament with fake snow after the photo is in place.
Heidi says
That’s a great idea, Linda!
Kathy Tiney says
You did it again and I love it again! Only problem is, I don’t know which idea to get started on first! Happy Christmas to you!
Heidi says
Aww ~ thank you, Kathy! Have fun crafting… and Merry Christmas to you, too! 😉