25 ideas for decorating clear glass ornaments

I keep seeing all these great ideas for decorating and/or filling clear glass ornaments (on Pinterest, of course!), so I decided to compile a big list of all my favorites. Just click on the picture to take you to the tutorial by the original creator.

This is so rustic, and I love the tiny little pine cones:

 Here’s a simpler version, but equally gorgeous (I think this might be a spring of rosemary):

And since I’m on a rustic theme, isn’t this cute? A little bit of holly, faux snow, and some tiny wooden blocks, and you’ve got yet another variation:

An ornament filled with pearls… very elegant.

You could even fill an ornament with cheap dollar store beaded necklaces!

Or mini gift bows! So cute.

I think this is my favorite idea of all… put your kid’s Christmas list inside an ornament and you’ve got a keepsake forever. How awesome will that be years from now?

Here’s a couple of different ideas for using fake snow. This one is simply a paper tree cut out, glittered, and surrounded by snow:

A tiny bottle brush tree sitting in snow:.

A snow filled ornament, with a simple piece of ribbon wrapped around the outside:

These are adorable. Just some snow, easy painted face, and a baby sock for a hat:

I hope you can stand all this cuteness, ’cause here’s another one. A melted snowman inside the ornament. Oh. Em. Goodness….

How about rolling up a bunch of strips of paper? (or ribbon…?)

Solid red paper strips made into a Santa belly ornament:

I have seen paper strips cut from books inside glass ornaments before, but this is different; the book pages are punched into snowflake shapes:

I would have never thought rolls of yarn and rope would look so great in an ornament:

How about filling an ornament with jingle bells? So festive.

I also found a few ideas for great wedding keepsakes. This one is filled with dried petals from a bridal bouquet:

And this one is filled with strips cut out from a wedding invitation (This would be a FABULOUS gift idea for the newlyweds!):

(I found this picture on Pinterest but the link was broken, and unfortunately, I couldn’t find where it came from…)

Prepare to be wowed. Peacock feathers inside glass ornaments, and hung in a cluster together. Simply STUNNING.

And here are a couple of ornaments I’ve come up with in the past:

Seashells and sand inside an ornament makes a great vacation keepsake:

Fill an ornament with holly berries:

Or if you’re a Barbie fanatic like me, fill an ornament with Barbie shoes!

Filled with popcorn:

Or, coat the inside of the ornaments with glitter:

Have you ever crafted with clear glass ornaments? I’d love to hear the ideas you’ve come up with!