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    Home » Easy DIY » Holiday & Seasonal Ideas

    December 22, 2016 | By Jami

    Simple Feather & Glass Ball Christmas Ornament DIY

    Make this fun and unique Pottery Barn knockoff feather and glass ball Christmas ornament DIY for a fraction of the cost in regular or mini sizes.

    Feather and glass ball Christmas ornament hanging on tree.

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    Hello there friends! I'm back really quick before Christmas one last time to share this fun and easy Christmas ornament DIY that my daughter and I did last weekend. Every year we like to create at least one new ornament to add to our collection (you can see some of the past ornaments here) with these guidelines:

    • simple
    • inexpensive
    • easy-to-find supplies
    • not time consuming

    This year I was inspired by the Pottery Barn catalog (yet again!) and this feather glass finial ornament, since it seemed that simply gluing feathers on a pretty ornament was all that was needed. And that ended up being right - but this almost was a no-go because I did have a hard time finding supplies initially.

    Simple & unique feather and ball Christmas Ornament DIY

    Of course, it was Amazon that came through again, coupled with a little bit of adapting, so we could craft away. And our total cost for making 20 mini ornaments was less than $10 in about one and a half hours of happy DIYing to Christmas music. #win 

    You only need three basic supplies:

    • glass ball ornaments - we chose mini iridescent glass balls (plastic will work, too, of course)
    • bag of small feathers
    • hot glue gun and glue sticks

    This is a fun Christmas ornament DIY that you can change up to use any kind of ornament you'd like - round, finial, clear, colored, regular size or mini. They also make fantastic gift-toppers, too! 

    Feather & Glass Ball Christmas Ornament DIY

    prepping feathers for feather ball Christmas ornament DIY

    Step 1: Prep the Feathers

    You need to find the smallest feathers in your bag, so grab handfuls and pull out the small feathers in all the colors. In our bag, most of the white feathers were too long for our mini-balls, so we simply cut them shorter and it worked great.

    Prep glass ball for feather and glass Christmas Ornament DIY

    Step 2: Prep the Balls

    Carefully remove the metal top to the balls by pinching the looped hanger and pulling up. I say carefully because I have broken some before - either the glass ball opening or the metal cuff pieces.

    Add feathers to glass ball for Christmas ornament DIY

    Step 3: Apply the Feathers

    Add a bead of hot glue to the top at the indentation between the ball and the neck of the ornament and press the end of the feather into it. Continue around the top, adding glue and feathers until you have a full circle of feathers. Alternate the colors as you go, so they are spread out evenly.

    Simple feather and glass ball Christmas ornament DIY

    Step 4: Reattach the Ornament Top

    Spread out the ornament top's tines a bit to go over the feather ends and push the metal loop back in the ball's neck. Press the tines firmly around the feathers ends.

    Done and done! See how quick and easy that is? And they're just the cutest things, really! We did find that they tend to disappear in our big tree, so we display them on a mini tree where they can shine. And hanging from a holiday gift bag? Super cute!!

     

    8 weeks of Christmas ideas

     

    This article is part of the8 Weeks of Christmas Ideas series where you’ll find resources for cooking, gift ideas, time savers, recipes, traditions & more all November and December through the 24th.

     

     

     

     

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    About Jami

    Since 2009 Jami Boys has been helping readers live a simple homemade life through whole food recipes, doable gardening, and easy DIY projects on An Oregon Cottage. From baking bread, to creating a floor from paper, to growing and preserving food, Jami shares the easiest ways to get things done. She's been featured in Cottages and Bungalows, Old House Journal, and First for Women magazines as well as numerous sites like Good Housekeeping, Huffington Post, and Apartment Therapy.

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