Homemade Christmas Ornaments

How to Make Ornaments

Choose your medium

Clay and plaster of Paris are the easiest mediums to use. We recommend clay, but consider whether you have the means to bake or fire it.

Choose your decoration

Select something you can mold from a round shape fairly easily - like a rabbit or a dove.

Mold a rabbit

Roll your clay into a large ball with a flattened bottom. Attach a smaller ball to the back as a tail and a medium-sized ball as the head.

Attach some details

Mold detailed shapes from clay and attach them to your ornament. Each attached part needs to be smoothed and secured to the body with water.

Bake your ornament

Place the ornament in your kitchen oven on the highest heat. This is not equal to kiln firing, but it will strengthen your decoration.