As promised, I’m sharing a Tutorial for the Book Page Crafts Ornaments that I created, and showed on my recent Holiday House Tour! These were fun and easy to make and quite inexpensive too.
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Supplies:
- Flat Glass Ball Ornaments
- Mod Podge Matte
- Pages from an inexpensive book
- Foam Brush
- Glitter or Stickles
- Glue if you’re using glitter
- Natural History Butterfly Print
Click HERE to Download the Printable
Step 1) Print out the Butterfly printable using the link above. (Or you can use the original sepia toned printable from HERE if you prefer.)
Step 2) Cut out the Butterflies that you want to use on your ornaments. You can do one big one like I did, or several small ones.
Step 3) Tear the book pages into small pieces.
Step 4) Apply the torn pages to the glass ornaments using the Mod Podge and the foam brush. (Hint: Remove the metal cap first!)
Step 5) Continue working around the ornament until it’s totally covered with the paper and allow to dry.
Step 6) Apply the Butterfly image that you cut out, using the Mod Podge and the foam brush.
Step 7) Press firmly to the ornament and smooth out any wrinkles.
Step 8) Allow to dry.
Step 9) Apply the glitter using Glue and a small brush, or you can use a product called “Stickles” which is glue and glitter together in a bottle, that has a small spout (easy!).
Step 10) Replace the cap and add some glue and glitter to it, if desired. Allow to dry.
All you have to do next is hang it on your Christmas tree and enjoy! I hope you enjoyed this fun craft! This would be a fun one to do with the kids too, you could use the plastic balls in place of the glass ones to make it more child friendly!
Here are a few more Book Page Crafts that you might like as well:
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Trina O'Neil says
December 10, 2013 at 9:58 amWhat a cute and neat idea. I love seeing homemade ornaments like this. It brings back the special meaning of Christmas to me.
Karen Watson says
December 10, 2013 at 2:40 pmThank you Trina!!
Debbie says
December 10, 2013 at 10:34 amThese look fabulous! Thanks for sharing.
Debbie 🙂
Karen Watson says
December 10, 2013 at 2:40 pmThanks Debbie! I’m glad you like them!
[email protected] Vintage Crab Jewelry says
December 10, 2013 at 12:17 pmVery pretty! Thank you for the images and the tutorial!
Karen Watson says
December 10, 2013 at 2:42 pmYou’re so welcome Keith! Thanks for the kind comment!
Patricia B says
December 10, 2013 at 1:28 pmI love this idea… I’m gonna try a few different modifications to make them my own. Thank you so much for the inspiration! I love all of your graphics, thank you for sharing. Love ya’
Karen Watson says
December 10, 2013 at 2:44 pmThanks Patricia! Yes, by all means make it your own! There are so many ways you could go with these, I thought about coloring the Butterflies in, or using already colored ones, and of course you don’t have to use Butterflies at all! I’m glad you are inspired! xoxo
Prayer Notes by Cynthia says
December 10, 2013 at 1:31 pmVery beautiful! Now, that my shop is on vacation, I will be able to create items for my home! So excited! Thanks, Karen!
Karen Watson says
December 10, 2013 at 2:45 pmThanks Cynthia! That’s lovely that you are taking a little break and taking some time do some fun things for your home!!
Helen Pelzer-Lane says
December 10, 2013 at 6:29 pmThese will make a perfect addition to what we have been creating this past week. Thanks so much for sharing. Merry Christmas!
Karen Watson says
December 11, 2013 at 12:28 amThat’s great Helen! I’m glad the timing on this worked out for you. Merry Christmas to you too!
Pat S says
December 10, 2013 at 7:27 pmKaren – Thanks for sharing the tutorial. Those are very cute ornaments and would make nice little gifts for friends. AND thanks for everything you do to keep this site up and running with all the new images.
Karen Watson says
December 11, 2013 at 12:29 amThank you so much Pat for all the super sweet comments this year!
Sandi says
December 10, 2013 at 8:58 pmGreat tutorial thank you.
Karen Watson says
December 11, 2013 at 12:30 amThank you Sandi!
Kathleen says
September 7, 2015 at 8:13 pmThanks for sharing your tutorial. This looks fun!
Christina says
March 9, 2017 at 2:05 pmLove this! Looks great with the text background
graphicsfairy says
March 10, 2017 at 9:29 amThanks Christina!