How to Make a Tabletop Christmas Ornament Tree Using a Knitting Needle. I haven’t done a lot of holiday decorating this year – keeping it simple, but I found this idea in an old Christmas decorating book and wanted to try it out. It is a non-permanent way to use your ornaments, very easy, and can be done in many variations. It is perfect to place on a mantle, table, or just to accent your decor. All you need for the basic version is a knitting needle and about 16-20 classic ball ornaments of varying size. I found my color coordinated ornaments at Walmart. They were $2.50 for a box of 10 -18 balls. Here is the basic version.
The ornaments are just placed over the needle – largest ornaments on the bottom – smallest on top. The bottom can be simply left alone, adorned with some greenery, or placed in an urn or planter. I put this tree in my dining room using a collection of vintage ornaments. For this one, I added a star ornament on the top and made a coordinating tree stand from an empty spool of ribbon and some scrapbook paper. Supplies Needed: Professional Wit: Chinese Lucky Stars Rainbow Christmas Tree Garland. Landee See, Landee Do: Festival of Trees: Glitter Cardstock Trees. Holiday Decor How-To, thanks to Eddie Ross | 12 Days of Christmas – Make Your Own Adornament | Bower Power. What the heck is an Adornament? Well, simply put, it’s an ornament you adore. Or an ornament that you have adorned. Or a dorn you have mented. Whatever floats your boat. What floated my figurative Christmas boat was thinking about making my own ornaments.
I don’t know about ya’ll – but sitting in an office all day is hardly the way to get me into the holiday spirit. So when I got the chance to be Mrs. I started by snagging a box of plain opaque white ornaments at my local Hobby Lobby for half off: And then I gathered some inspirational ornament photos: I loved the Ballard Designs alphabet lettered ornaments – don’t they kinda look like Lotto balls? So now that you have seen my inspiration – let me show you how I DIYed a few ornaments for around the Bower house. First I located my Sharpie paint pens – I love the metallic colors. And then I used a bit of painters tape to give me a guideline for my monogrammed ball: My second ornament was inspired by those ZGallerie votives. Don’t make fun of me. » How to Make a Fabric Bow | Tutorial » Whipperberry.