Make Christmas decorations from recycled materials by painting ombre colored light bulb ornaments. A light bulb craft that makes cheap Christmas decorations.
These DIY Light Bulb Crafts Ornaments are an easy ombre crafts project. You can make light Bulb ornaments by recycling old Christmas light bulbs in an afternoon. We have been seeing all the recycled Light Bulb Craft on Pinterest and would love to make so many of them. Homemade cheap Christmas decorations are absolutely the best. And we are lucky to have a guest blogger here today to share painting ombre ornaments.
Easy Christmas decorations from recycled materials
Any shape of light bulb will work, but I really liked the chandelier/candelabra shaped light bulbs. And they have the best tips to mix and match and drop in between branches with my existing collection of round ornaments.
Painting Ombre
What you need for these Light Bulb Ornaments
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- Light bulbs (any shape or size)
- Acrylic craft paint in various shades of the same color, dark to light
- Sponge brush
- Fine glitter
- Paper plates
- Hairdryer
- Jute String
- Scissors
How to Make these Light Bulb Ornaments
1. First, clean the outside of your ornaments with rubbing alcohol and dry with newspaper to remove any dust or other particles. (Newspaper works better than paper towels or cloth because it doesn’t leave anything behind – a little trick I learned working in restaurants when I was a teen!)
2. Next, using a sponge brush, paint one of your ornaments in the darkest shade of color, working from the metal to the tip. When the entire light bulb is covered evenly, sprinkle glitter to your desired coating all the way around.
3. Then, while still holding the metal light bulb base between your fingers, dry your ornament with a paint dryer or hairdryer on high heat. Hold about six inches away from your light bulb and rotate to dry evenly, for about 30 seconds.
4. Lastly, when your light bulb ornament is completely dry, knot a 6″ to 8″ length of jute string (or any other string or yarn that you like) around the metal base of the light bulb, knotting once – and tightly. Then knot the other end to create an ornament loop, and voila!
5. Repeat with additional light bulbs with your lighter shades, together creating the ombre craft effect when they are hung from the tree.
Melissa Massello creates awesome DIY Christmas decorations from recycled materials like this light bulb craft. And shares her experiences with The Home Depot. Thanks so much, Melissa for stopping in and sharing this cheap Christmas decorations idea with us.
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Painting ombre colored light bulb ornaments
Equipment
- Paper plates
- Hairdryer
- Sponge brush
- Scissors
Ingredients
- Light bulbs any shape or size
- Acrylic craft paint in various shades of the same color dark to light
- Jute String
- Fine glitter
Instructions
- First, clean the outside of your ornaments with rubbing alcohol and dry with newspaper to remove any dust or other particles. (Newspaper works better than paper towels or cloth because it doesn’t leave anything behind – a little trick I learned working in restaurants when I was a teen!)
- Next, using a sponge brush, paint one of your ornaments in the darkest shade of color, working from the metal light bulb base to the tip. When the entire light bulb is covered evenly, sprinkle glitter to your desired coating all the way around.
- Then, while still holding the metal light bulb base between your fingers, dry your ornament with a paint dryer or hairdryer on high heat. Hold about six inches away from your light bulb and rotate to dry evenly, for about 30 seconds.
- Lastly, when your light bulb ornament is completely dry, knot a 6″ to 8″ length of jute string (or any other string or yarn that you like) around the metal base of the light bulb, knotting once – and tightly. Then knot the other end to create an ornament loop, and voila!
- Repeat with additional light bulbs with your lighter shades, together creating the ombre craft effect when they are hung from the tree.
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Oh.my.goodness! How adorable are these! I am definitely doing with my nieces!
Very sweet, Evelyn!!
I always want to be crafty, but then I get lazy. These look easy and pretty, and fun! I love it
I love these!! Sharing on my FB today… wish I had some bulbs like this to make these right now!!