Holiday Crafting: Winter Wonderland Icy Ornaments

 

When you're in Five Below and you see a tree for $4, and you already have four trees you decorate...of course you buy it! I haven't put it up yet, but the other trees all have dedicated ornaments, and I happened to have a surplus of ornaments from a spontaneous online purchase I didn't read carefully, and ended up with 100 when I misread it as 10. Yeah, I don't know how either. Blaming smudged glasses.

But this tree made me want to do an icy Winter Wonderland theme, so I did!

Supplies:

• Clear Acrylic Ornaments (I think these were from a TEMU moment)
• Seasonal Mini Gingerbread (Michaels)
• Rhinestones and Gems (Rhinestones may have also been from a TEMU moment; Gems, Creatology, Michaels)
• Strong Glue (I used Aleene's Tacky Clear Gel)

These are the things I used. I had these mini-gingerbread pieces from last year, but they have similar this year (they may be the same ones) at Michaels. 

You can find acrylic ornaments like this wherever craft supplies are sold, or online.

These ornaments come with protective covers on both sides to prevent scratching, etc. Peel them off. 

The process is up to you and your imagination. I started by gluing a mini to the center of the acrylic ornament. Then, using Creatology Gems and rhinestones, started placing them around the mini. Doesn't get much simpler than that! 

I had some of these mini snowflakes in my stash, so I used them too! As shown, I added some rhinestones to the minis too. 

Found some of these marquis-shaped gems in my stash. Used them too! 

Or, you can cover the whole surface of your acrylic ornament. This was a happy accident because I goofed on placement and "things took a turn". But we rally and turn a fail to fabulous, right? 

These are four more I made, for a total of eight, which, no, won't be all that go on my tree. Have another set that I did using papier-mache and may have been inspired by Insta to do yet another set. I'll fill in the tree with some glittered white and silver ornaments I picked up at Dollar Tree...stay tuned!