So I set out to make some great ornaments that were also easy and I stumbled upon some sparkly, but clean ornaments.
OK, I needed clear plastic ornaments, a funnel, some very thin glitter, some paint, and some Pledge floor wax. Yep you heard that right!
First, I took the tops off the ornaments and poured a good amount of the pledge floor wax into the ornaments. Then I swirled the wax around in the ornaments until I saw it covered the ornaments all the way. The wax is clear, but its thick so you will be able to tell. Then I set the ornament upside down on top of the bottle of wax so that the extra wax would drip back down into the bottle.
Then I used the funnel to pour the green glitter into the ornaments. I once again swirled the glitter around into the ornament until it covered the whole thing. I even had to put my finger onto of the ornament hole and give it a good shake so that the glitter covered it all. Then I poured the remaining glitter back into the glitter bottle and I was left with these!
I love them because everyone loves a little glitter right? Well these are nice and glittery, but the glitter doesn't get everywhere since its inside! No mess=happiness! Mr. Hunt came over and thought that I had bought them because they looked so good. They don't look homemade at all.
Don't worry, I didn't stop there. They definitely look homemade now. I originally bought white paint and clear glitter paint. I wanted to write a family's initial on the ornament (like I did last year) with the white paint. Then once that dried I would go over the white paint with the glitter paint. Well, that didn't work very well. The glitter paint didn't show up at all. So I was left with just the white initial. It doesn't look bad though, just not what I pictured. One thing I will remember for next year's ornaments is that my handwriting is NOT good. The initials don't look very neat, but at least they look homemade now, and they have some character. I guess its good that I'm not a perfectionist at all because I probably would have thrown them away if I were.
Lastly, I just tied some red ribbon around the ornaments so that they can be hung.
Cute, but not perfect. Does that not describe me? Did I just admit that I think I'm cute? Let me stop while I'm ahead.
Love ya,
Jen
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