December 13, 2007

How to make 25 paper Christmas ornaments

Here's a roundup of ornaments you can make from paper.
Above left: I made with these instructions
Above right: I made with these instructions

(Update: this is now an old post; some of the links no longer work.)

More:
Printable snowflake 1
Printable snowflake 2
Paper snowflakes stapled together into something 3-D
Not 3-D, but nice snowflake cutting templates

Origami star
Ornament made with circle cut-outs
Flower ornament
Ball-like star
Ball-like... ball
Flower ball
Geodesic ball
Multi-colored balls made this way, but fastened with wire
Many-pointed star
Mini star-shaped booklet
Glitter star ornaments
Moravian stars
Recycled paper ornament
Crystal ornament free download plus a gallery of inspiration
Huge spiky starOrigami Christmas tree 1
Origami Christmas tree 2
Kirigami Christmas tree 3

Happy folding!

42 comments:

  1. Thank you for collecting all these amazing links! I'm feeling inspired now :)

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  2. Thanks for the great links... you always have the best resources! Do you have any good links for nice Christmas desktop wallpaper? Your own designs, perhaps? I have your orangey-pod beauty on my desktop right now! Thanks!

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  3. the snowflake ornaments are lovely. i'd love to make a bunch and suspend them in from of my windows.

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  4. Hmm... wallpaper. You could browse the holiday section at Pixel Girl Presents and find things like Snowman on orange...

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  5. Wow, thanks. And I feel like we hardly know each other. :)

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  6. Wow, thanks so much for sharing. I think I'll try the flower or the Christmas tree design.

    Cathy

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  7. These links are so exciting! My friend Renee tipped me off to your blog after I blogged about making the top snowflake on the left for a craft night. I can't wait to try the others. Paper magic... Thanks!

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  8. i just wanted to let you know that i think i'm in love with you. :) i want to be just like you when i grow up...except that i suspect i may be older than you. haha. anyway. i can't remember how i found it, but i'm totally in love with your blog. when i see the awesome things you post, it's almost as though you can read my mind. love it love. thank you so much!

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  9. Those look sooooooooooooooooooooo cute!

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  10. Love this stuff! A huge thank you for finding all of these wonderful, creative things to keep all of us inspired. It's such a huge treat to read your blog!!

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  11. Thanks for sharing all these great ideas. You made my day!

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  12. Thank you for all these very nice links! Now I have projects for my weekend!

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  13. I have another folding star for you, it´s quite popular in Germany and called "Fröbelstern", it´s 3d and made from 4 paper stripes. You find pictures in the web (and instructions) and I also showed one in my blog.

    Thank you for all the great links on your side, I can´t wait to start!

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  14. Wow! Thanks for putting this all in one place!

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  15. Thanks, Jess! That wallpaper is exactly what I was looking for. The Snowman on Orange is my fave and currently making me smile with glee! :-)

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  16. as usual you make me feel as if i've just received a special little treasure. these are great. i'm going to spread the joy and share the love by passing them on.
    xo

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  17. Hi Caro,
    I think that's the same one I found called Moravian star in the list. They must go by many names. I like your red one even better!

    Sarah, I'm glad you found something you liked. I have winter pig on my desktop at the moment.

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  18. ooo these are so pretty!

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  19. Thank you so much for all of the amazing links! I actually found the instructions for the first snowflake just last week and made one for my bedroom window -- so cute and so easy to make!

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  20. I'm currently going snowflake crazy in my home. Thanks for all the great ideas!

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  21. This origami star here, is a little complex, but once you get the hang of it, you won't stop folding them.

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  22. Well its a little late for Christmas but now I know what Krigami is. Enjoyed your Origami links...and your fabric designs.
    Jim

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  23. Hi!

    Today (December 8, 08) I posted an entry on my blog with a link to this entry.

    Would you let me know if that's OK?

    Thanks,

    Nancy Ward

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  24. I can't get the link for the second pink snowflake to work?

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  25. I guess that website took down the tutorial.

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  26. Actually I found it, its:

    http://www.hgtv.com/holidays-occasions/3-d-paper-snowflakes/index.html

    I think you just have the wrong link, or the link changed and so it just redirects to the main page now. I noticed this happened with other links you gave as well. The canon links do the same thing- just go to the main page. As long as you know how to search, you're ok! But not everyone would think of searching.

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  27. Ah, they must have changed it at some point in the last year. Old links are always breaking. Sigh. Thanks, I'll update it!

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  28. Jess,

    I've been wanting to make the spiky star, had the window open on my monitor for a while, decided just to bookmark it and return later, but when I did, the blog says it's private. Is there anyway to get the tutorial back?

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  29. It looks like they changed their privacy settings since the writing of this post, so there's no way to access it. Sorry!!

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  30. Links are broken to snowflakes at Canon. :(

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  31. Yey! thanks so much! did mine and showed 'em here >> http://faithhopelovelikemustard.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=NG3m_jMBAAA.-faSSKnUfWTZmdoszFl_pA.1pwLlf28s5wOEmQOxFIX2Q&postId=1733254661357731085&type=POST...the "not 3d' snowflakes.

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  32. I found your links and tips useful and thought I'd share a cut paper star that is 3D. http://www.bhg.com/christmas/ornaments/pretty-christmas-ornaments-made-from-paper/#page=7

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  33. some of the links go to stuff that have nothing to do with whats to be made....

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  34. Hi Anonymous, that's possible, since this post is now four years old and many sites change their content regularly. Apologies for any links that no longer work.

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  35. Love the paper star, it would be great to make with ribbon. Bummer the link is no longer available.

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  36. Perfect for our holiday crafting. Can't wait to show my girls!

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  37. thank you for these paper ornaments they r amazing! I have made the one on the left but for some reason I cant find the one on the right so can you please help me I am desperate to make the one on the right hand side! :-)

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  38. Try these tutorials!
    http://www.instructables.com/id/Woven-Star/

    http://houserevivals.blogspot.com/2010/11/make-woven-star-from-vintage-book-pages_29.html

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