Tea Light Ornaments

You have to love an ornament that actually lights up! These tea light ornaments are so fun to make and look amazing. Plus they use easy craft supplies like pipe cleaners and pony beads.

These cute Christmas trees are adorable to hang on a tree or use as part of your Christmas mantel display!

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Supplies for tea light Christmas ornament:

• Electronic Tea Lights.
• Pipe Cleaners.
• Beads.
• Hot Glue and Gun.
• Beads.
• Decorative Ribbon.
• Ruler.
• Clear String.

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Christmas tree-shaped ornament

Start by trimming your pipe cleaners into 4-inch pieces. You can use 2-3 pipe cleaners depending on the final look you are going for. 

Using hot glue, attach the pipe cleaners around your tea light. Make sure not to go over the edge of the bottom. 

You can pinch the top to see how the tree will look. 

Related Craft: This Christmas tree craft uses several of the same supplies!

Then attach a decorative ribbon around the outside. 

Place beads along each of the pipe cleaners. This is a great fine motor skill-building activity for your little ones.

Take and pinch together all of the pipe cleaners at the top of your tree. Give them a good twist. 

You can stop here if you plan to place them out for decoration. Or add on a clear string for hanging them on the tree. 

Make sure to flip the switch and watch the light shine through the beads.

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Angel Wine Cork Christmas Ornaments

How fun to add these beautiful singing angels to your tree decor this year! Perfect to make in batches and hand out to relatives too!

They are super simple to create and you can pick and choose the colors that will match your tree best!

Since they are made with simple supplies like pipe cleaners and wine corks, you can create one or a dozen with ease!

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Supplies for wine cork Christmas decoration:

• Pipe Cleaners.
• A Cork.
• A Wooden Bead. With a big hole.
• Hot Glue and Glue Gun.
• Black Marker.

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How to make an angel wine cork Christmas decoration

While some of our ornaments can be completed by kids alone, others will need some help or supervision from adults. This is one of them. Hot glue can burn so kids need to be extra careful.

Using hot glue attach the bead to the top of the cork. Make sure to do it at an angle where the mouth is tilted up. 

Next, make your wings and a halo. Use the bead to measure the circle for your halo. Twist and cut off most of the leftover pipe cleaner. Leave a bit behind to attach.

For the wings take a pipe cleaner and fold both outer ends to the center and twist. You can shape them after. 

Attach your halo in the same place you added the bead. 

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Next, add on a full pipe cleaner for your angel’s robe in the same place. 

Twist it around the cork until you reach the bottom. Attach on the backside with a bit of glue. Trim if necessary to have it end on the back.

Once you have shaped your wings you can add them on in the same place. 

Draw on eyes, and a nose if you like. 

Then you’re finished!

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Mickey and Minnie Christmas Ornaments

While most of our Christmas ornaments crafts are aimed at younger kids we didn’t want to leave out the older ones.

So today’s tutorial is designed with the bigger kids in mind.

These Micky and Minnie Christmas ornaments are so fun to create and will look lovely on any Christmas tree!

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Supplies for Disney bead ornaments:

• Glass Beads. Black, Red, & White.
• 20 Gauge Wire. I used red and black.
• Needle Nose Pliers with Wire Cutter.
• Large Bottle Cap. Size of Center Circle.
• Black Permanent Marker.

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How to make Mickey ornaments

Start adding your beads to the belly side of your mouse. For Mickey, I did all red with 2 white patches (for his buttons) near the middle. For Minnie, I went red white red white for her dots. 

The best way to see how many beads you need is to use a large bottle cap. Wrap the wire to see how many beads will get you half way around your circle then finish with black beads on either side. 

Wrap around your cap again and twist off. Then twist again at the top of your wire to create a loop for hanging. Pinch tightly with your pliers and cut off any extra you might not need. 

Now to make your ears. Start by creating a loop at the end of the black wire. Add black beads until the size looks good compared to the bigger circle. 

Take the end of the wire through your loop and pull tight. 

Leave a gap with the loop for attaching to your main circle. 

Use the extra wire to wrap around your main circle and ear. Pull nice and tight each time around until it feels secure, 3 or 4 times around. Clip off the extra wire and pinch tight.

Touch up the wire with a permanent marker if you need it. Then you’re done!

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