Time is moving fast and Christmas will be here before you know it.  If you are needing a quick and easy to make gift for the neighbors, we’ve got you covered.  These also make great little tags to put on presents.   Or just use them as ornaments – they really look festive on my tree.    And just look how elegant the black and gold ornament is:

To make some of these for yourself, here is what you will need:

Long cinnamon sticks. I bought mine at Costco

An assortment of ribbon.  It is easier if you choose ribbon that is the same on both sides but you can still make it work with a design on one side like the black and gold ribbon that is shown.

Scissors

Glue gun and glue

Spray starch and an iron

Twine for the hanger loop

Start by cutting pieces of ribbon in lengths of 9-10  inches. You will need six for each ornament and a little extra for the ribbon at the top.

Tie 6 pieces of ribbon around your cinnamon stick:

At this point, I lightly sprayed my ribbon with spray  starch and with my iron set on low, I ironed my ribbon strips to help them be stiff and stand out nicely.  If you have any kind of plastic or rubber embellishments on your ribbon, be very careful when ironing so they don’t melt.

Next, with your scissors, start from the end that you want the top and cut down towards the “bottom” of the tree at a diagonal making the ribbon longer at the bottom.  This makes it so much easier than tying a tiny little piece of ribbon at the top.  Repeat on the other side.

Cut out the desired length of twine for your hanger.  Place a dollop of glue at the “top” of your tree and secure the ends of your twine to the cinnamon stick.

Tie a small bow with the desired color of ribbon and glue over the bottom of the twine pieces to cover.

Wait until glue is cool and dry before hanging on your tree.

Craft inspiration by Lushome

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Before we start crafting I want to thank  Ginger from Ginger Snap Crafts for sharing her Christmas tree ornaments! Ginger’s blog is full of amazing craft and DIY projects, be sure to head over to see what she has been up to lately!

Enough talking, let’s get crafting

Supplies

Jumbo Size Craft Sticks
2 mm Jute, 20lb by Bead Landing
Turf Green Paint from DecoArt Multi -Surface Satin Paint
Emerald Green Paint from DecoArt Ultra Fine Green Glitter Paint
White Fuzzy Sticks (pipe cleaners)
Sparkling White Fuzzy Sticks (pipe cleaners)
Yellow Scrapbook Paper
Brown Striped or Corrugated Scrapbook Paper
Scissors
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

Embellishments

Recollections Pearls – cut in half with self adhesive
Coarse Glitter White by Martha Stewart
Paper Christmas Tree Jolee’s Boutique Embellishments
White Sugar Pearls by Wilton
Sprinkles White Sparkling Sugar by Wilton
Big Bag of Buttons from Favorite Findings 3.5 oz I

Instructions 

Figure out how many trees you are going to make, you will need 3 jumbo size craft sticks per tree. Paint your sticks the desired color, allow them to dry thoroughly.

Make a triangle with 3 sticks, gently lift up a corner and apply a small dab of hot glue, press down gently until the glue cools. Repeat the process with the other two corners of the triangle.

Glue your star and tree trunk on next.

Time to glue on an ornament hanger and buttons onto your tree.

That’s it, your done! I used green paint to make my first tree and it turned out darling. But…..I’m a gal who loves a little bling and sparkle! I grabbed some glitter and iridescent pipe cleaners to make a few more trees.  I love my sparkly ornaments!

I can’t wait to hang them on our tree this year. These would make great gifts for friends, neighbors and school teachers! I have to say…….

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