My goal each holiday season is to make at least one Christmas ornament for the tree and host one Christmas party. If I can make cute decor that can double as treats for the guests to take home, it’s a bonus. This cute easy DIY snowflake Christmas ornament is my kind of project. It can be made in minutes, because I am all about saving time but looking like I fussed. It’s inexpensive to make and can be used as place markers for the dinner table. My guests can take them home and use them as ornaments for their tree. It will give them a great memory of a fun evening spent with friends.
How to Make A DIY Snowflake Christmas Ornament
You’ll need these supplies:
Epsom Salts (or “fake” snow from the dollar store) I used about a cup per ornament.
Food Coloring or Paste in color of your choice. I used blue on half and kept half their natural color.
Round, flat clear ornaments (find them at craft or major chain stores)
3d Stickers
Ribbon for hanging
Scissors
Directions to Make the Ornaments:
Step 1: Pour one cup (per ornament) of Epsom salts into a large bowl.
Step 2: Mix in food coloring or gel food paste until you reach the desired coloring. (I used about four drops food paste.)
Step 3: Use a funnel to pour Epsom salts into the ornament, filling to within a few centimeters from the top.
Two Tips:
*If you use Epsom salts this will make the ornament heavy so be sure the top is fastened securely. If the ornament seems to heavy to hang, use “fake” snow. It’s basically small styrofoam pellets.
*Also, place a sheet of paper under the ornament when pouring in the filling to make clean up easier.
Step 4: Once the ornament has been filled and the top fastened securely, add the stickers to the front.
*To make snowflake ornaments: I used blue colored Epsom salt for filling along with snowflake stickers.
*To make holly ornaments: I used white Epsom salt with holly stickers.
Step 5: Add ribbon and tie into place.
The ornaments are now ready to hang or use as place settings. They can also be used on outdoor Christmas trees.
Do you have a favorite Christmas tradition or ornament you make each year? What is your favorite DIY Christmas Ornament?
Looks very doable, I like DIY crafts more than the ones that can be bought. The Holiday season is all about enjoying the spirit and meaning of Christmas and as such I think it involves activities such as making these.
This sounds like a great idea, but are they too heavy with all the epsom salt in them?
These are so cute! I think this might be the perfect diy project to do with my nieces.
I was just all over pinterest today looking for DIY ornaments. My girls love arts and crafts and these would be perfect for them to make!
My daughter just asked if we could make some ornaments! What a great idea!
Cute idea, today I found out my daughter loves snow globes. This DIY will be perfect for her, it is snowglobe-ish.
What a cute craft! As I have always mentioned, I am not very crafty but I know who can pull off something as pretty as this – my sister! I’m sharing this post with her.
How darling! I love crafting for the holidays, and these would be a great way to get the kids in on the fun.
What a cute project! I’m always on the lookout for easy craft projects I can do with my kids while they are on holiday break.
These are really cute! Not to mention, they look easier than I thought they would be!
These are really cute. I love homemade ornaments and I’d fill my tree with only homemade if I could. I will have to do these with my kiddos!
That is very artistic. My daughter’s class always makes this kind of project and I always love the things they bring home.
This would be a great activity to do with the kids. I really like how these look and they are so easy to make.
This is a clever project.
I may share this with my niece; it looks like fun.
These easy DIY snowflake Christmas ornaments are an awesome idea. They would also make great gift ideas too. I will have to try making these with my sisters. Thanks for sharing these gorgeous ornaments.
These are so cute! I love making DIY ornaments for our Christmas tree.
oh wow…. beautiful and love how easy it is to make! Thanks for sharing the idea!
I would never get to make the craft as I would probably end up using all the Epsom salts for a long soak in the tub at the end of a stressful day! LOL 🙂
These are so cute. We were just talking about making ornaments with our team. I’m going to show them tese.
What a great ornament! I’d love for your stop by my Holiday Recipe and Craft Link up to link up this post. I’m choosing five blogger’s posts to share in the month of December. http://heartfullyheather.com/2016/11/heartfully-heather-holiday-recipe-and-craft-link-up/
These ornaments are adorable!! I love the snow and the decorations on the outside!! Cute!!
I absolutely love this idea for ornaments. Maybe once our kittens are older, I will consider making them. For now, they would trash them, LOL.
These are so cute and so easy to make! My kids would love them!
I love this idea, its so simple yet so memorable. I like to make things with pictures on it to hang on the tree, we glued on macaroni and sparkles and write the year so we have something every year to watch them grow.
These are brilliant idea! Making an ornament without idea is hard! This is cute!
What a fun ornament idea! These are so easy that my kids could probably make them all on their own. I bet they would enjoy handing them out to friends too.
I love making ornaments for the holidays. This snowflake ornament is truly so beautiful. Thanks for sharing the easy tutorial.
What a cute and creative idea. I will have to make some ornaments for my coworkers.
This is adorable!!! I have never made an ornament like this before, what a fun craft for the holidays!!
Those are adorable! I love this idea. Thanks for sharing!
Now, these are so cute! I never would have thought about using Epson to put in bulbs to decorate the tree. I love how easy they look to do and I am going to have to try them out.
That’s adorable! I need to make these with my daughters this year. We always do some sort of Christmas craft as keepsakes.
Such a great idea. Love this and it is something that I could definitely do with my daughters which I always love! Thanks for sharing this!
These DIY Snow flake ornament is amazing and I want to make these with my daughter. I love making homemade things for the Holidays!
My son and I have been trying to think of different ways to decorate ornaments. This one is perfect. I cannot wait to do it with him.
Your ornaments are adorable! I use Epsom salt so much during the holidays for all my faux snow needs. These would be fun to make with my daughters.
I love the epsom salt idea!! I never would have thought of that. Always looking for crafts for my older daughter. Thanks for the ideas!
This is such a cute idea, I love the idea of making some decorations myself so I will have to try this out!
Those ornaments are really cool. I love the look of them, and I love that they’re EASY to make. I have to be honest. If a project isn’t easy, I probably won’t do it. 😉
That’s really cute. I think I need to make these with the kids. Crafts like this always make Christmas so much more fun.