How to Make Clock Ornaments for Christmas
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For today’s project we are making clock ornaments for your Christmas tree as part of this month’s Creative Craft Hop. We have an total of 5 great projects for you — a nice mix of great crafty projects and also holiday projects. A special shout out to Sara @Birdz of a Feather who is posting today’s hop and Donna @Modern on Monticello for co-hosting year.
If you are joining from Carol at Blue Sky at Home I know you enjoyed her Chinoiserie Decoupage Christmas Trees! Can you ever get enough of any of those? I mean, chinoiserie is great in itself but add decoupage AND Christmas trees? Whoa Nellie! Fabulous.
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If it’s your first time visiting here at Shop at Blu, let me take a minute to introduce myself! I am Sue or Suzanne or Sue at Blu! I had an antique and consignment store in Alabaster, Alabama for 10 years. I’m back to work in the corporate world now but still dabble with my love for DIY, antiques and all things vintage. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, I’ve lived in the Birmingham, AL area for 24+ years with my husband 0f 35+years, (Mr. Blu) where we have raised our 5 kids. I have one grandson who I used to call Gbaby Blu but is growing so quickly that he needs an updated name.
My first love is painting (furniture and really anything else) but repurposing vintage and well- loved items in unique ways is another passion. Browse the blog and tell me what you would like to see!
Enough about me. Let’s make some Clock Christmas Tree Ornaments!
How Many is Too Many Full Sized Trees?
I may have a tendency to over decorate. If you consider 7 full sized Christmas trees over decorating than I am guilty. I usually put my first holiday tree up in September. I like to decorate for fall. I believe you need a good variety of trees.
I usually start with just a tree and some fall decor.
This one is a favorite fall tree. Since the tree is already up for fall, it becomes a Thanksgiving Tree. Mia approves.
Here is last year’s Thanksgiving tree:
Eventually we transition to Christmas. Here is my vintage bedroom Christmas tree. My goal is to put a tree in every room.
My store was kinda famous for our upside down Christmas tree. We still put it up every year at home. Tradition is tradition, right?
Being Catholic, our Christmas decor stays up through the feast of The Epiphany. Hence, our tree is still up for New Year’s. And a New Year’s Tree needs it’s own special ornaments. So, I made some clock ornaments. We will used them for Christmas as well. You’ve got to multi-purpose, right?
Making Christmas Clock Ornaments
I started by saving the tops of cans. Mr. Blu saved all of the can tops for many months. Tuna cans. Soup cans. Vegetable cans. Bean cans. You name it. He saved them all. For several months. We had over 100 in various sizes. Some were gold and some were silver. Mr. Blu gets an A+!
CAUTION: For safety purposes, I lightly sanded the edges of every can top to prevent injury. I also suggest wearing work gloves and safety glasses while sanding and handling the metal. Can lids are very sharp and can easily cut your skin. Be cautious and use the safety gear!
Selecting Clock Faces for the Christmas Ornaments
I searched the internet for some clock graphics and found quite a few that I liked. So I saved them. I printed a few and played with the sizes until I had the perfect sizes for all of my lids. Then I printed them on card stock and them out.
Over 100 clock faces were printed and cut out.
I used Mod Podge to secure one clock face to each lid.
Once dry, I flipped the lids over and hot glued a Christmas tree hook to the back of each clock ornament with my cordless Ryobi glue gun, one of my favorite tools!
This went quite quickly as I was able to work on 6 ornaments at a time.
They turned out great!
I used 4 different styles so there was a little variety among the ornaments.
And the Christmas hooks made it so easy to scatter the clocks around the tree.
Here is the tree decorated for Christmas. I went with silver and gold ornaments and white/gold ribbon.
And here are the clock ornaments added to transition to the New Year’s tree.
I think this year I will add some blues…because why not?? I think they will be great with all of the blues. Isn’t everything better with Blu??!!
Below are the other 4 projects being shared by my friends. Next on the hop is the incredible Sarah from Birds of a Feather. She is sharing how to make your own silicone molds! What a fabulous skill. I will be making one (or more) of those cement hearts!!
Be sure to visit everyone and leave them a comment.
2 Ways to Crochet a Water Bottle Cozy
Decoupage Poinsettia Paper Napkin Rings
Chinoiserie Decoupage Christmas Trees Using the Iron Method
How to Make Clock Ornaments for Christmas – YOU ARE HERE!
Thanks for stopping by! This hop will resume in January with great new projects!
