Copper Ornaments From. . .?

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Fast - simple - inexpensive ornaments made from copper kitchen scrubbers! I've been wanting some copper Christmas ornaments, and I was in a store recently when I had one of those slap-your-forehead moments.
I already had some of these clear ornaments from Dollar Tree. . .
and I paid a buck for this pack of kitchen scourers/scrubbers. Now, let's see if this will work.
I began to unroll one of the scrubbers. It was partially separated near the center, so I used my scissors to snip it the rest of the way.
I then rolled that piece back into a tube - giving me 2 circular tubes.
Next, I cut each circle - giving me 2 long pieces - and stuffed them into an ornament. Hmm. Didn't really care for the effect, as it left too many large gaps along the inside of the ornament. I used a tweezers to pull the copper mesh back out of the ornament.
Using my trusty scissors, I cut the 2 tubes into smaller pieces - each about 3/4" long. (Yes, it left tiny copper pieces and copper dust on my work surface, but I vacuumed it up when I was finished.)
Time to start stuffing again.
Got some great texture going on here. That's what I'm talking about!
I used one scrubber for each ornament. If I had some shiny copper spray paint on hand, I would have painted the ornament tops. I may do that next year. (Update: After hanging them on my tree, I decided I liked the contrast of the silver tops, so I won't paint them.)
I do have some copper cord, so I'll use that when I hang them on the tree next week. Again, this project was very fast - very simple - and very inexpensive. Love those words!
Update: I recently purchased a tub of clear glass ornaments at Walmart - 6 for $3.97. The quality is better than the plastic ones from Dollar Tree - but they're also a bit larger, so you'll need 1-1/2 copper scrubbers for each ornament.
Suggested materials:
  • Clear ornaments
  • Copper kitchen scrubbers
Julie@Cut Off in the Keweenaw
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