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!
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Beautiful! Yet so simple!
How so I recieved my free ornament workshop thing ?
Just a quick couple of corrections: 1. That sprig in one of the photos is not Rosemary. 2. The feathers in balls later in the collection are not peacock feathers. Some are dyed feathers, some look like pheasant or similar feathers, perhaps turkey. It would be a nice gift to give the hunter in your life.
Hi Edie, thanks for letting us know. Have a nice day!
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There are so many wonderful ideas that my head is spinning. Besuriful!
I have painted winter scenes on clear bulbs before, just blue sky, snow & pines. Also I filled one with fiberfill, then, & this took me forever, using a pair of tweezers, I put one of my husbands fly fishing flies front & center. Took a long time for this OCD nut case to get it perfectly centered & sitting exactly straight!! I stuffed the fill in pretty tight to hold the fly in place. It looked pretty cool & he loved it. I’ve also filled the clear bulbs with potpourri. I love all of your ornaments, some whimsical & some so very elegant!! Thanks for all of these ideas!
Hi Kathi, those sound beautiful! Wonderful ideas. And thank you so much for your kind words!
My kids and I enjoyed pouring small drops of colored ink inside clear ornaments, and blowing the drops around the sphere with compressed air. All were beautiful!
That sounds beautiful! I bet it’s so neat.
Hellblocks. o Staci Ann,
I have made acrylic ornaments (afraid to break glass ones) inserting miniature paper-pieced quilt blocks. They measure about 2 1/4″ in size. I roll them and insert them into the ornament. I then add snow, colored foam balls, mini pine cones, etc., etc. depending on the block I made. Glue the lid back on, add ribbon(s) and a hanging loop.
Lokks like my intro got mixed up !! OOOPsss
These are lovely and have given me so many ideas for my ornaments this year. My friends and I are not exchanging gifts this Xmas so I’m making them a bauble for their trees