101 Days of Christmas: Paper Ornaments

source: Mandi Ehman

These paper ornaments are a classic craft that many of us probably made in school when we were kids. But they have a modern-vintage feel to them (I may have just made that up…) that I love, and you could use these as gifts or to decorate your home for an inexpensive and festive touch. In fact, we’re going to put a second tree up this year in my office, and I’m thinking about decorating it entirely in these paper ornaments in various sizes. Fun!

What makes this project really fun, though, is the use of double-sided scrap paper. For example, in my picture you see a bright red ornament with aqua polka dots from one angle, and a smooth aqua ornament from the other.

Don’t worry — if red and aqua isn’t your style, you’ll find tons of double-sided craft paper at your local craft store in a variety of styles and colors.

Supplies:

• double-sided scrapbook paper
• scissors
• 1/4″ metal eyelets
• eyelet setter
• hammer

Directions:

Cut five 1-1/2″ strips from your scrapbook paper: (2) 12″, (2) 10″ and  (1) 8.5″.

Carefully line up all of the strips at one end and punch a hole through all 5 strips. (You can use a 1/4″ hole punch for this, but I just used the sharp end of my scissors to punch the hole.)

Insert the eyelet into the hole and secure with the eyelet setter and hammer.

Turn the ornament around and carefully align the ends of the strips so your ornament looks like the picture above.

Punch a hole and secure with an eyelet, being careful not to bend or crease the strips.

Use a ribbon, string or ornament hook to hang your ornament and you’re done.

Scale the strips to make ornaments in various sizes:

• five 2″ strips: (2) 15″, (2) 12.5″, (1) 10.75″
• five 1-1/4″ strips: (2) 9″, (2) 7.5″, (1) 6.25″
• five 1″ strips: (2) 6″, (2) 5″, (1) 4.25″

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	Mandi Ehman is the founder and publisher behind Life Your Way as well as a wife and homeschooling mom to four beautiful girls. She lives with her family on a little slice of heaven in wild, wonderful West Virginia and loves coffee, chocolate, easy meals, beautiful things and minimalist spaces.