Cute Christmas Ornaments

I love the holidays and creating fun projects to make and display throughout my home. No matter how old I am, I always enjoy decorating and beauty of the season.

Want to make a fun craft project with your kids or grandkids? The holidays are a special time for kids and what a fun project to create with them and have lasting memories that you’ll remember each year as you add these to your tree.

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There are three designs for the Cute Christmas Ornaments: Santa, Reindeer and Snowman. They will make a fun project to create for the holidays using your Cricut and card stock.

I would suggest making these ornaments at least the size of 4 inches wide.

santa ornament

Materials Needed

  • 1 Sheet of Barely Pink Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Red Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of White Glitter Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of White Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Gold Glitter Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Pink Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Blue Cardstock
  • Barely Arts Glue
  • Foam Strips
  • Foam Dots
  • Design #124 in Free Library
reindeer ornament

Materials Needed

  • 1 Sheet of Dark Brown Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Medium Brown Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Kraft Brown Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Blue Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Black Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of White Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Pink Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Red Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Dark Red Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Gold Glitter Cardstock
  • Barely Arts Glue
  • Foam Strips
  • Foam Dots
  • Design #124 in Free Library
snowman ornament

Materials Needed

  • 1 Sheet of White Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of White Glitter Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Black Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Blue Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Orange Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Gold Glitter Cardstock
  • Barely Arts Glue
  • Foam Dots
  • Design #124 in Free Library


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Snowman Ornament

Author: Carla Arlene Creations

Equipment

  • Cricut Maker
  • Brayer
  • Standard Cutting Mat
  • Spatula

Materials

  • 1 Sheet of Light Blue Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of White Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of White Glitter Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Gold Glitter Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Orange Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Black Cardstock
  • Glue
  • Foam Dots

Instructions

Cutting Out the Snowman Ornament

  • Unzip the download file.
  • Then open up Design Space and start a new project.
  • Click Upload and find where you saved the unzipped version of the downloaded files for this project.


  • Then go into the SVG Folder and select the SVG Files
    upload button
  • snowman ornament in design space
  • You can resize the ornament by selecting all and clicking on
  • design space resize
  • the size you would like the ornament to be
  • click on the Make It button
  • then the prepare screen will appear
  • select the snow and click on the three dots "…"
  • snowman ornament move snow piece
  • then the next screen will appear for you to choose a new mat
  • then click on continue
  • snowman ornament select new color of new mat
  • select a color for new mat then click on continue
  • please note the new color for this mat does not matter as you are going to cut the snow pieces out of white glitter card stock
  • snowman ornament prepare screen
  • Now if everything looks correct on it, click on the continue button
    The next screen will be where you will select the type of card stock you are using. If you do not see the material in your material favorites, click on "browse all materials" to find the weight of cardstock that you are using. For example the black Cardstock I used is medium weight, you will need to select "Medium Weight"..
    Once you have Design Space set, you are now ready to prepare your mat. I used a brayer when placing the Cardstock on the mat, this helps in making sure that the paper is adhered to the mat and will help in keeping the paper from ripping or moving when it is being cut. 

Assembling the Snowman Ornament

  • Starting with the main snowman piece
  • snowman ornament bottom layer
  • next take the snowman's black hat
  • put glue on the back of the black hat piece and glue it to the bottom layer of the snowman
  • next take the two pieces of white glitter snow
  • snowman ornament white hat glitter pieces
  • put glue on the back of each piece and glue them on the black hat
  • next take the eye pieces
  • glue the white eye piece to the large black eye piece
  • then glue the small black eye piece onto the blue eye piece, make sure to align up holes
  • then glue the blue eye piece on to the white eye piece
  • put foam dots on the back of both eyes
  • next take the nose piece
  • snowman ornament nose piece
  • put foam dots on the back of the nose
  • place the nose on the snowman and then place the eyes on either side of the nose (see photo below for placement
  • next take the mouth piece
  • snowman ornament mouth piece
  • put glue on the back of the mouth and glue it underneath the nose
  • next take the gold hanger piece
  • put glue on the back of it and glue at the top of your snowman ornament where the hanger goes

Reindeer Ornament

Author: Carla Arlene Creations

Equipment

  • Cricut Maker
  • Brayer
  • Standard Cutting Mat
  • Spatula

Materials

  • 1 Sheet of Light Blue Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of White Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Red Glitter Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Medium Red Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Kraft Brown Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Pink Cardstock
  • I Sheet of Brown Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Medium Brown Cardstock
  • 1 Sheet of Black Cardstock
  • Glue
  • Foam Dots
  • Foam Strips

Instructions

Cutting Out the Reindeer Ornament

  • Unzip the download file.
  • Then open up Design Space and start a new project.
  • Click Upload and find where you saved the unzipped version of the downloaded files for this project.


  • Then go into the SVG Folder and select the SVG Files
    upload button
  • reindeer ornament in design space
  • Select all and click on
  • design space resize
  • the size you want to make the ornament, I would suggest not going below 4.6 in width
  • Then click on the Make It button
  • The prepare screen will appear
  • reindeer ornament prepare screen
  • Now if everything looks correct on it, click on the continue button
    The next screen will be where you will select the type of card stock you are using. If you do not see the material in your material favorites, click on "browse all materials" to find the weight of cardstock that you are using. For example the brown Cardstock I used is medium weight, you will need to select "Medium Weight"..
    Once you have Design Space set, you are now ready to prepare your mat. I used a brayer when placing the Cardstock on the mat, this helps in making sure that the paper is adhered to the mat and will help in keeping the paper from ripping or moving when it is being cut. 

Assembling the Reindeer Ornament

  • starting with the medium brown reindeer piece with antlers
  • and the brown reindeer piece with antlers
  • reindeer ornament inner antlers piece
  • you will notice that the antlers on this layer are smaller as they are the inside part of the antlers
  • put glue or foam strips on the back of this piece and place it on top of the brown reindeer with antlers layer
  • next take the ears piece
  • reindeer ornament ears layer
  • and the two inner ear pieces
  • reindeer ornament inner ear pieces
  • put glue on the back of each inner ear piece and glue it on the ears
  • then put foam dots or strips on the back of it and black it on top of the ornament
  • next take the reindeer face piece
  • put foam dots or strips on the back and place it on top of the ears piece
  • next assemble the eyes
  • reindeer ornament eye pieces
  • glue the white eye pieces to the large black eye pieces
  • then glue the back of the small black eye pieces to the blue eye pieces, making sure to align up the circles that are cut out
  • then put foam dots on the back of the blue eye pieces and place them on to the white eye pieces
  • then put foam dots on the back of the eyes
  • next take the nose pieces
  • reindeer ornament nose highlight piece
  • put glue on the back of the nose highlight piece and glue it on to the nose
  • then put foam dots on the back of the nose and place it on the reindeers face with the eyes on either side
  • next take the mouth piece
  • put glue on the back of it and glue it underneath the nose
  • next take the hanger piece
  • reindeer ornament gold hanger
  • put glue on the back of it and glue it to the top of your ornament
  • reindeer ornament

Please Share Your Project!

I’d love to see what you create. Please share a photo in the comments below and on my Facebook Page or tag me on social media with @carlaarlenecreations

Happy Crafting!

Carla

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