{"id":2685,"date":"2011-12-16T07:05:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T12:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/?p=2685"},"modified":"2020-07-21T23:55:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T03:55:07","slug":"popcorn-ball-ornaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/being-crafty\/popcorn-ball-ornaments\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make glass popcorn ball ornaments | DIY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s ornament idea is really quick and easy, but super nifty&#8230;popcorn inside clear glass ornaments. I can&#8217;t take credit for this idea&#8230;I saw it on <a title=\"make stuff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.make-stuff.com\/holidays\/christmas\/glass_ornaments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make-stuff.com<\/a>\u00a0(and there are a few other cute ideas for clear glass ornaments on that page, too, so check it out) and I&#8217;ve been wanting to try it for myself and see if it actually worked.<\/p>\n<p>I did have a few tragic glass ornament casualties while I was experimenting&#8230;but once I figured out the correct popcorn kernel to microwave time ratio (very scientific), they came out really cute.<\/p>\n<h2>You&#8217;ll need:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Clean and dry <a title=\"clear glass ornament\" href=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/fillable-clear-glass-ornaments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clear glass ornaments<\/a>. (These are cheap cheap cheap at Michael&#8217;s and Joann&#8217;s at Christmas-time) Make sure you only use clear ones, not any that are frosty or pearly or anything like that&#8230;those could cause major issues in the microwave. And even though I <em>love<\/em> Christmas ornaments, they certainly aren&#8217;t worth burning the house down over. Oh, on that note, count on a few extra than you expect to need&#8230;I had one break on me, and I also used a few extra while I was trying to get my microwave time right.<\/li>\n<li>Plain popcorn. Don&#8217;t use the microwave kind, because they are all greasy and will make the inside of the ornament all icky looking.<\/li>\n<li>A brown paper lunch bag<\/li>\n<li>A small microwave safe dish&#8230;I just used one of those little mini Pyrex prep bowls.<\/li>\n<li>A ribbon to hang the ornament from.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Remove the top from the ornament (and make sure you don&#8217;t put it back on at all until after you&#8217;ve popped the kernels, of course) and fill it with about 30 kernels. I know that seems like a lot, and I originally tried it with 10 or 15, but the problem is, they won&#8217;t all pop. So I found that using around 30 worked out okay, with enough of them popping to fill up the ornament before things started burning.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2686\" title=\"fill clear glass ornament with popcorn kernels\" alt=\"fill clear glass ornament with popcorn kernels\" src=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fill-clear-glass-ornament-with-popcorn-kernals.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fill-clear-glass-ornament-with-popcorn-kernals.jpg 650w, https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/fill-clear-glass-ornament-with-popcorn-kernals-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Place the ornament in the little microwave safe dish, and put that into the brown paper bag. Roll up the top so it&#8217;s closed, and then microwave it on high. The time that worked for me was about a minute and a half, but you&#8217;ll have to experiment to find the right time for your own microwave. Don&#8217;t leave the microwave or get distracted, because you&#8217;ll need to stop it when you hear more than 5-10 seconds between pops.<\/div>\n<div>Be careful taking it out of the microwave, and let it stand for a few minutes&#8230;the dish and the ornament will be HOT.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>There will still be some unpopped kernels left&#8230;after the ornament has cooled down, just shake the leftover kernels out, pop the lid back on, and tie a piece of ribbon to the top&#8230;voila!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>You could even dress it up a little by adding other things, like artificial berries, mini pinecones&#8230;just keep in mind that if you put anything in that&#8217;s got any weight to it, it&#8217;s going to fall to the bottom and stay there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Very simple, but also really festive!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2697\" title=\"popcorn ball ornament\" alt=\"popcorn ball ornament\" src=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/popcorn-ball-ornament1.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/popcorn-ball-ornament1.jpg 399w, https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/popcorn-ball-ornament1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An update!<\/p>\n<p>I had a few people ask if this ornament would last in storage. Here is mine after a year in my stifling hot Florida attic&#8230; it&#8217;s still looking pretty good!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/being-crafty\/popcorn-ball-ornaments\/attachment\/popcorn-in-clear-glass-ornament\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3934 alignleft\" title=\"popcorn in glass ornament\" alt=\"popcorn in glass ornament\" src=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/popcorn-in-clear-glass-ornament.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/popcorn-in-clear-glass-ornament.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/popcorn-in-clear-glass-ornament-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/OG-Game-3-e1477333163974.png\" alt=\"og-game-3\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7043\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s ornament idea is really quick and easy, but super nifty&#8230;popcorn inside clear glass ornaments. I can&#8217;t take credit for this idea&#8230;I saw it on make-stuff.com\u00a0(and there are a few other cute ideas for clear glass ornaments on that page, too, so check it out) and I&#8217;ve been wanting to try it for myself and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[177,184,330,294,180,178],"class_list":["post-2685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-being-crafty","tag-christmas-ornaments","tag-clear-glass-ornaments","tag-free-tutorials","tag-glass-ornaments","tag-ornament-ideas","tag-ornaments-to-make"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}