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Geek · 11-27-2007, 03:02 PM

I am trying to make ornaments for my people this year. I would like to make something that resmbles the person I am giving it too...example, My in laws around a Christmas tree with my kids. I am not sure how to do this. I am a good painter, Maybe clay or wood? Has anyone ever made something like this before?

*aps45819* ^(Premo) · 11-27-2007, 03:05 PM

styrofoam or balsa wood. Keep the weight low or it will just pull the branches down on the tree

Elle · 11-27-2007, 03:08 PM

Maybe just make photo frame ornaments and then take the pictures you want to go inside once the ornaments are given as gifts.

Geek · 11-27-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by aps45819

styrofoam or balsa wood. Keep the weight low or it will just pull the branches down on the tree

good idea

I have a gift that was made for me that has all my family members heads on it, with hair. It is cute, but I can't figure out how they made the hair

It includes my animals too.

*BS Gal* ^(Premo) · 11-27-2007, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Geek

good idea

I have a gift that was made for me that has all my family members heads on it, with hair. It is cute, but I can't figure out how they made the hair

It includes my animals too.

BeenSpur'd · 11-27-2007, 04:12 PM

Michaels has clear glass bulbs that you can paint on. I did it one year, I'm not a good painter so I basically did stick figures. I was thinking of decoupaging photos on them and filling spaces in with tissue papers with colors that complimented the picture.

Geek · 11-27-2007, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BeenSpur'd

Michaels has clear glass bulbs that you can paint on. I did it one year, I'm not a good painter so I basically did stick figures. I was thinking of decoupaging photos on them and filling spaces in with tissue papers with colors that complimented the picture.

I was thinking more of a 3-d type of thing.

*MMDad* ^(Premo) · 11-27-2007, 04:32 PM

Sugar cookie people. You can ice on the hair, glasses, distinctive clothes, chop off a leg for an amputee, make the fat ones fat and the skinny ones skinny. If the artwork sucks, at least they can still enjoy a cookie.

Nickel · 11-27-2007, 04:56 PM

How about something like this?

*Dougstermd* ^(Premo) · 11-27-2007, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BeenSpur'd

Michaels has clear glass bulbs that you can paint on. I did it one year, I'm not a good painter so I basically did stick figures. I was thinking of decoupaging photos on them and filling spaces in with tissue papers with colors that complimented the picture.

print family photos on sticker material and stick them to bulbs

11-27-2007, 03:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Elle Happy Camper! Member Since: Sep 2002 Posts: 9,108	Maybe just make photo frame ornaments and then take the pictures you want to go inside once the ornaments are given as gifts. __________________ A dream is a wish your heart makes when you are fast asleep Have a heart - Foster the Future
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11-27-2007, 04:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
BeenSpur'd which way's west Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: Physic Hill Farm Posts: 321	Michaels has clear glass bulbs that you can paint on. I did it one year, I'm not a good painter so I basically did stick figures. I was thinking of decoupaging photos on them and filling spaces in with tissue papers with colors that complimented the picture. __________________ Wild Horses Run Free Forever...........
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11-27-2007, 04:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
Nickel curiouser and curiouser Member Since: Jan 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 19,673	How about something like this? __________________ Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. -Omar Khayyam
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