Glitter Christmas Ornament Directions =)

Here are the instrutions for the glitter Christmas ornaments.  Like I said before, they look like they took a whole lot longer than they did.  Here we go...

First, you will need to get your supplies...

- Small can of Minwax Satin Polyurethane or some other kind of varnish

- Glass ornaments, any size/shape you want

- Super fine glitter

- Small dixie-cups (the smallest you can find work the best)

- Something to cover your work area

- Paper to make little funnels (use to get glitter into the ornaments) OR buy small funnels

Steps...

1. Cover work area - you do not want to get the varnish on it, trust me, it is not fun to try to clean it up!

2. Make some funnels with the paper.  Make a different funnel for each color glitter you have.  You don't want to get red glitter mixed into the white, etc.

3.  Pour some varnish into a dixie-cup.  Since the cup can is paper, I use it to pore the varnish into the ornaments by crimping one of the sides, so it looks like a measuring cup.

4.  Pour some varnish into the ornament.  Rotate the ornament so the varnish covers the entire inside.  DO NOT SHAKE the ornament now!!!  If you shake it, you wil get bubbles in the varnish and they DO NOT pop.

5. Put the ornament, upside down, in one of the dixie-cups.  This will let any extra varnish drip out.  Let it stand for about 5 minutes.

6.  Using one of your funnels, pour some glitter into the ornament.  Plug the hole with your finger and shake away!  Add more glitter if needed.  Pour any extra glitter back into the glitter container. (I used Tulip Fabric Glitter Dust, only because that is all my Mom could find.  Martha Stewart makes some super fine glitter dust in an assortment of beautiful colors.  Just look at the craft store and see what you find.  BUT it needs to be super fine, or glitter dust.  NOT the normal school glitter.  The finer it is, the more sparkly your ornaments will be.)

7.  Place the glittered ornament back in the ornament container to dry for another 5 minutes.

8.  This is what you have when you are finished…



I think they look pretty in a glass bowl =)



9.  As an extra, you can wrap ribbon around the top of the ornament to add more pizzazz to it =)  The ones I am going to make for the Christmas tree next year will have contrasting ribbons on them.

I hope you have as much fun as I did making these.  It sounds more complicated then it is.  Once you get an assembly line going you will be amazed how fast you can make these =)

Happy Crafting!!!

~Charlotte