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November 18, 2015

DIY photo Christmas ornaments {easy and cheap!}

Today’s project is a fun and easy way to decorate your house for Christmas: DIY photo ornaments for your Christmas tree. You can put these together really quickly using supplies from the dollar store, which means they’re very inexpensive to make.

DIY photo ornaments hanging on a Christmas tree

Use them to decorate your own tree, or make a set for the grandparents as an early Christmas gift.

Christmas ornaments made from small photos frames

Or start a set this year and add to it with new photos year after year. What could be cuter on your Christmas tree than pictures of your family?

Small dollar store photo frame turned into Christmas ornament

 

To make the ornaments, you’ll want photo frames that hold wallet size photos. I found mine at the dollar store. You’ll also need a glue gun and some ribbon, as well as the photos you want to use printed out at wallet size (3.5 by 2.5 inches). I made all of mine horizontal, but you could do vertical photos too.

Gluing red ribbon loop to top of mini photo frame to hang on a Christmas tree

Slide the glass and backing out of the photo frame. Cut a loop of ribbon that is 9 inches long. Place a dot of hot glue in the very center of the photo frame on the back, as shown above. Press both ends of the ribbon over the hot glue, making a loop. Then put more glue on top of the frame and press both end of the ribbon down so the ribbon is glue to the top of the frame as well as the back. Let the glue cool completely. Slide the glass, photo, and backing back into the frame, then hang on your tree!

DIY photo Christmas ornament on a tree

Since you don’t glue the ribbon to the photo, you’ll be able to swap out photos at a later time if you want.

Looking for more DIY Christmas ornaments? Check out these posts:

35 DIY Christmas ornaments

Easy mini photo frame ornaments

Felt Baby Jesus ornament 

 

 

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  1. Joy says

    November 18, 2015 at 9:02 am

    As always Autumn, you don’t disappoint! Love these! I”m printing up the 2016 calendars today for gifts, and might just have to include a few of these as well. Keep up the awesome work – you always make me smile when I get your email in my inbox. 🙂

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  2. Courtney @ I Watch Them Grow says

    November 20, 2015 at 2:12 am

    What a great idea Autumn! I love the simplicity of the frames (and the price!) so they won’t look dated over time. You could change the photos every year, or maybe add a new one each year to have a whole lifetime of photos on your tree! One thing I’d probably do is always print the photos in B&W, or sepia, to have a consistent look, especially if your tree has a color scheme other than multi-colored 🙂

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  3. Earlene Ginter says

    November 21, 2015 at 5:59 pm

    I make ornaments out of fabric and felt, for grandchildren,I think of something. they did that yr like their driver lisence,or a frist at the fair,embroidery their name and the yr.on the back with my machine. It is fun to look back,when they leave home they will have ornaments.

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