Easy methods to Make DIY Classic Christmas Body Ornaments | Thrifty Decor Chick

Easy methods to create sentimental and delightful customized ornaments with these tiny DIY
classic frames.

These photograph decoration concepts are really easy to DIY and add a private contact to
your Christmas tree! I am sharing a couple of I’ve performed through the years, together with
my most up-to-date (and favourite!) model. 

I really like celebrating the occasions and particular moments of every yr by including
photographs to our vacation decor, and the tree is the right place to show
them. 

EASY PHOTO TREE

Years in the past I did the best model of this by printing out photographs from my
telephone and simply tucking them into the tree: 

I imply…you’ll be able to’t get simpler than this! 

For a nostalgic contact, I edited them with a sepia tone earlier than
printing. 

This tree decorated with photos
was so candy and I liked wanting via the images all through the season.
It was surprisingly fairly on the tree too!: 

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You understand how whenever you put up the tree, it is so fairly with simply the
lights that you just contemplate leaving it that method? Is that simply me? 🙂 

Effectively it is a good way so as to add a bit one thing sentimental that does not
overwhelm the tree or your decor. 

ACRYLIC DIY ORNAMENTS

A pair years in the past I added some
DIY photo ornaments
to our mud room chalkboard. This was a enjoyable one and was tremendous cheap and
simple to do!

I took some spherical acrylic ornaments from the craft retailer and used Mod Podge
to connect the photographs to the again: 

It was SO easy to do and the ornaments are a steal! 

I draw a snowy forest on this chalkboard yearly, and I hung a few of the
ornaments from the “bushes” that yr: 

MINI ORNATE FRAME ORNAMENTS 

My most up-to-date model is a bit more refined. I LOVE how these turned
out! 

The set got here with 5 completely different shapes — rectangle, sq., circle, oval and
coronary heart formed. The oval was a bit too small, however I stored them for a future
mission. 

These ornate frames got here in additional of a rose gold shade, so I did an excellent fast
and light-weight coat of this gold spray paint to provide them a bit extra sparkle:

I liked the end result! 

Subsequent up, I wanted to determine find out how to hold these from the tree. I may have
tied some ribbon via the opening, however I favor utilizing hooks so I can place
them wherever I would like. 

I did not look after the heart-shaped frames, so I used one as a check to see how
a small drill bit would work with the resin materials: 

It went via with ease! I used this methodology to drill holes into every little
body. 

Then it was time to determine the sizing for my little photographs. The frames are
all completely different shapes, however all of them have been round 1.25 to 1.50 inches on the
widest level: 

I resized my photographs and printed all of them off on one sheet of paper: 

I performed round with every photograph to determine the perfect placement with the
completely different frames: 

I used thick card inventory for my photographs, however subsequent time I do that mission I’ll
both laminate them first, or place a small piece of flat plastic on the
entrance first to guard the photographs. 

For now I will must wrap these up with care after I retailer them away every
season. 

I reduce the paper to measurement, leaving some room to connect them onto the again of the
frames. I ended up simply utilizing common scotch tape for a couple of since that caught
rather well: 

As you’ll be able to see, I threaded the decoration hook via the opening I drilled into
the body, and simply wrapped it round. 

That is it! They’re so small, however I LOVE THEM. I stored exhibiting my household “look how teeny tiny and CUTE!” Lovely. 

We obtained them up on the tree:

I used to be tickled by them. I solely did ten for this spherical, so my plan is to do a
set yearly. I can put the yr on the again of them with a Sharpie.

What a gorgeous and nostalgic solution to bear in mind the significant moments of the
yr!:

Glue some magnets to the again to make fairly framed fridge magnets. 

Or use a push pin to hold them from a bulletin board!

My son and I have been saying how they’re like little “Easter eggs” on the tree
that we will search for yearly. I simply love how detailed and dainty they’re.

These can be a terrific mission for a artful night with household or associates.
Simply have everybody convey their small photographs printed out and you will not want a
entire lot extra!

After all you do not have to make use of photographs for these…fairly wrapping paper,
scrapbook paper and even printed sheet music (Christmas music maybe?) would
be beautiful as effectively.