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I love Christmas! I love it so much because it’s a time when I feel like my whole family can get together and get a little creative. We make ornaments, bake cookies, decorate our tree, build snowmen, and celebrate together. One of our favorite family traditions is ornament making, and our absolute favorite ones to make are these glitter in glass ornaments! Once you master the art of making these, you can bling them out or dress them up in all sorts of ways! So, today, I am kicking off the Christmas season with my favorite easy glitter in glass ornaments…
Supplies:
Floor Wax (I use Bona, but you can buy any brand)
Glass Ornaments with Removable Tops
Glitter
Funnels
Jar or Bucket
***Cover Your Work Area…The Wax Sticks To Furniture***
Grab one of your glass ornaments and take the little lid off.
Pour about a about 1 tbsp of wax into your ornament using your funnel. Shake it around coating the inside of the ornament, then pour it all out into your jar or bucket.
Now, pour some glitter into your ornament using the other funnel…about 1/2 inch from the bottom.
Shake, shake, shake until the glitter coats the entire inner surface of your ornament. Pour the excess glitter back into your glitter container…quite a bit will be left over and it should be fine to use again.
Put your cap back on. How gorgeous is that???
Make a zillion of them and hang them everywhere!
Would you rather see the video version of this tutorial? Just click on the arrow below to play!
Be gentle…it’s my first video :)
Are you ready for Christmas decorating? Too soon?
Next week, I will be showing you how to use these fabulous ornaments a few different ways, so be ready to do some serious pinning ;)
I wrote this post last year, but because of my hideous writing and photography skills, I started over this year…much better now ;)
Your ornaments came out great! I’m trying to make all homemade ornaments for my tree this year, which I also made out of driftwood. It’s getting me in the holiday spirit. Hope your holiday season is great!
What a great way to keep the glitter in/on the ornament and off of everything else!
My daughter and I just made a ton of these and we just love them! You’re are lovely!
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So the wax is the trick! I was looking at those at the craft store the other day and wondered how to get the glitter to stick. Thanks for sharing!
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Those are some beautiful ornaments. Homemade ormaments are extremely cool, because they can last a lifetime and remind you of good times many years later. I have a few simple ornaments that I made in elementary school, and they set me right back to that time every year when we decorate the tree.
Where did you buy the floor wax and what kind? A lady I work with said dont buy the polyurathane for wood…. is this correct? I love these ornaments and cant wait to make them!
I bought mine @ Target, I am pretty sure you can get it at any store…Pledge sells floor wax in a blue container, I bought Bona.
These are very nice. Tried to make some by swirling around glitter acrylic paint but they took FOREVER to dry and the colors weren’t quite right. I will try this way.
Thanks for sharing.
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Very cute! I like the red ones.
These are great! I would love it if you shared these at my Fabulous Friday link party
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i am definitely going to try this. I have some clear ornamental bulbs for around the last 10 years that I’ve said I would do something with and haven’t I’m going to do my in soft blues, into that since last holiday. thanks for showing how and sharing at Sunday’s Best. Now following you.
Hi Jessica, what a fabulous idea. Thank you so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
those turned out great I’d love it if you would add this to my blog party at http://raegunwear.blogspot.com
These are very pretty and such a fun project!
So cute! I linked you to my post today! :)
What a cool idea! I never would’ve thought that you could use floor wax! Thanks for sharing this at What’s In The Gunny Sack.
Those came out so great! I wish I had more time this year to make my own holiday things because these would definitely be on the list! Maybe next year..
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Luv! Great craft Jessica!! I love that turquoise glitter! Great start to Christmas!
Hey that’s being a green blogger right?
You recycled :)
They are glittery. So I adore them!!!
Love!!! Glitterfied ornaments are awesome!! These are great!
I love them because you can make them in custom colours, to suit your décor! Thanks for the idea, I’m Pinning this!
Oh, I was totally going to do this last year! I bought a gazillion ornaments, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it from the inside… Bona wax. Brilliant! Thanks, girl!
Oh my goodness! Love them and I will try to make some. Who knew you could use floor wax! I have plenty, not using it on the floor ;)
Debbie
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Thank you for the tip about the floor wax. Great Job!!
Shirley
These are great and look so easy! Thanks for sharing! I’d love for you to share them at my Twirl & Take a Bow party, if you have time…
Leslie
House on the Way
These are so fun and I love the colors you used!!
I love this! So darn cute!
Jessica…and that’s floor wax?!….will have to try it as i have lots of floor wax!!….Beautiful ornaments!!
AMAZING!! I am so excited to have glitter ornaments this Christmas :)
I am soooo doing this!! Thanks for the tutorial.
Love em! Yes I do! Cute Cute Cute!!!!!!
Super cute! I might have to make a ton of these for myself and for gifts!!
I love easy ornaments. I always buy 2 or 3 dozen of the DIY ornaments in the weeks after Christmas to jazz them up throughout the year. Here is another to add to my list. Thanks!
Jessica,
Super cute idea! And the wax idea versus glue is genius my friend!
:)
Linda
I love this soooooo much! What a clever girl! Thanks for sharing! I will definitely be making these!!!
These are absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing – I want to go make a thousand and, no, it is not too early for Christmas!
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Leslie
House on the Way
Beautiful!! I loved your tutorial too. I have a whole pack of empty glass ornaments just like that, that I picked up for a coin or 2 at a tag sale. The ideas of what to do with them are building, and now THIS is in the running too! Nice job, Jessica. Enjoy your Christmas season. :)
Okay… I gotta make me some of those!!! Love it! Thanks for the tutorial, Jessica!
Love these! I’m totally going to make some. You made it look so easy.
-Erin @ DIY On the Cheap
Cute! Love the video, Jess! I love that it seriously takes less than a minute and a half to make one, and now you have the proof! :)
Love these! Now I know how to bling the box of clear ornaments I got at a Girl Scouts’ yard sale this summer (priced 25 cents, I paid $1).
These a re great jessica!! Love the video!! you go girl!! ;)
You had me at glitter.
I would have never guessed floor wax was the secret ingredient!
Glad I found you through Savvy Southern Style.
Great video Jessica!! Perfect tutorial!! Thanks for sharing you cute mom!
Meegan
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So beautiful. I would love for you to add this post, and any others, to my weekly Mom’s Library Link-Up.
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Thanks and Be Blessed,
Julie
Wow, never in a million years would I think to try floor wax! They are terrific and I will be trying them with my boys (whether they want to or not! 15 and 12 year old boys are not very crafty).
Thanks for the inspiration,
Julie
http://renew-create-restore.blogspot.ca/
I love love love these glittered glam ornaments! I can’t wait to make some! Great tutorial :)
These are beautiful! I think I may need to stock up on some glass bulbs.
You are genius! I love this idea, here from POP party and pinning away :)
xoxo, Tanya
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This is a fab idea! Love the colors you chose too!
Very pretty! Pinning from Debbiedoo’s pinning party!
I love that you could totally customize your color scheme this way and not be limited to the colors of ornaments that happen to be selling any particular year. These are beautiful. Great job!
I got totally addicted to making glitter balls last year :-) I used a slightly different method, but the results are the same as yours – glittery & sparkly gorgeousness! Love the colours you used :-)
These are GORGEOUS! I am so, so, so excited to make these! I’ve never used glass balls before. Are they expensive and can I just find them at Michael’s or Joann? Would plastic balls work? Thanks! I am so looking forward to making these! :)
These are beautiful! How in the world did you think of floor wax? Thanks for sharing!
Will Murphy’s Oil Soap work? I have tile floors, so need for floor wax and would have to travel afar to get it for this weekend project . . . . guest may bring “mop & glo” tomorrow . . . I see these ideas on internet, but would like to get more feedback
I was looking to make these exact ornaments when I received the Everyday Home blog and there they were!! The ornaments were easy to decorate and came out Beautiful! No mess or fuss. Thank you for helping my Christmas tree look more fantastic this year — I told many ladies about making your ornaments and they were impressed! Thank you :-) Liz
I was looking to make these exact ornaments when I received the Everyday Home blog and there they were!! The ornaments were easy to decorate and came out Beautiful! No mess or fuss. Thank you for helping my Christmas tree look more fantastic this year — I told many ladies about making your ornaments and they were impressed! Thank you :-) Liz