3-D Music Sheet Ornaments
Make stunning 3-D vintage sheet music ornaments with this quick and easy tutorial using a pattern and glue gun.
Yield: 3 Ornaments
Calories:
Cost: >$1.00
Equipment
- Pencil
- Scissors*
- Stapler
- Hot glue gun
Materials
- Sheet music**
- Hot glue sticks
- Ornament shapes- draw or find ornament shapes with interesting edges***
- Needle and thread for hanger- heavier cotton thread, gold thread, or clear nylon thread if you'd like the hanger to disappear
Instructions
Trace & Cut Out Ornaments
- Cut out ornament patterns and lay them on top of sheet music in the best way that uses the paper and captures all the music within the ornaments (don't use any of the blank edges).Trace around the pattern edges with pencil and cut out. Cut through however many layers of paper that you can without it moving too much - I was able to cut out 4 layers at a time. Cut enough to have 20 total paper layers for each ornament.
Fold and Staple
- Take 10 layers of sheet music and fold in half. Repeat with remaining 10 layers. Put the 10-layer sections together with the folds opposite - in the photo above you can see one section folds up and the other down. This helps start the fanning process along.Staple the layers together on the center fold line at the top, middle, and bottom of the ornament. Fold and fan out a bit.
Create 3-D shape with Glue
- Use the hot glue to help all the layers stay in a fanned-out shape: start at an area with the staples showing and add a dot of glue to each staple area, then hold together for a few seconds to dry. Repeat this for all the layers, alternating glue dots for each layer.Just work your way around, fanning and gluing - it only takes 5-10 minutes.
Adjust and Finish
- After you've finished gluing, fix any areas you see that seem off, or have big openings, with glue. Take your thumb and help the 3-D effect by gently folding some of the layers that stick together more than you'd like.
Add Hanger
- Use a needle to thread a hanger through the layers of paper at the top. I used basic thread since I want them to kind of disappear, but you can use gold or clear thread - or anything you can thread through with a needle.
Notes
*Tip: Use small sharp scissors to easily maneuver around the shapes.
**Thrift stores are the best places to find sheet music, you can find vintage music to download or regular sheet music that you can print out on beige paper or tea stain to look old.
***To use the exact ornaments I did, download this free template. Print them out on cardstock or heavier weight paper to make them last longer.
