It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Okay so technically we haven't even reached Thanksgiving yet but my mini me and I have already started our Christmas journey.  Our first project was making glittery Christmas ornaments from plain old clear glass ornaments.  I said it was our first project but she actually did all of them so I didn't get a chance to do a single one.  :(

I found this project randomly but once I saw it I thought that it was something that we'd definitely enjoy doing.  The first youtube video that I saw on this project made it seem simple but I really didn't want to spend money on the stamp ink and glitter that was recommended.  I am on a tight budget you know.  So I kept searching and found this youtube video and this one was right up my alley.


Supplies needed:

Clear Glass Ornament (obviously)

Pledge

Fine Glitter

Disposable Cup

Funnel (trust me this is crucial)

- I made mine by rolling up a small piece of paper and secured it with double sided tape

Plain piece of paper to pour excess glitter onto


Instructions:

Remove ornament hanger thingy

Pour a generous amount of Pledge into ornament and
swish around until well coated 

Pour excess liquid into cup and allow ornament
to drain for a few seconds

Using the funnel pour a very generous amount of
glitter into the ornament

This is what it looks like before the inside is coated

Turn the ornament to coat the inside

Once the ornament is coated to your liking begin
to pour excess glitter onto paper

This is all that came out at first so I thought that it
took a lot of glitter for this ornaments but ...

She shook a little more and we got this.
And then ...

Finally all of the excess glitter was out

Viola

I wish that I could say that we got all of this right the first time that we did it but alas that was not the case.  What you saw above was actually our eighth ornament but we really had our process down by the third ornament.  Initially we didn't use a funnel or have any paper to catch glitter and we wasted a little glitter.  That didn't work for me because the packs of glitter that we bought were $5 and $6 a piece for six small bottles of glitter and I didn't want waste a single glit (In my mind that's the singular form of glitter.  Don't judge me).

Drying tray with finished hearts

Ornament dried and hook thingy reattached

Happy creating and crafting

Cha Cha