How to Make an Upcycled Christmas Bauble Centerpiece
What do you do with broken Christmas ornaments?? If you are a crafter, you always look for ways to recycle/upcycle everything.
I have been holding these baubles, which have a broken top, for over a year now. This year, I decided I would put them to use and create something nice and high-end.
I don't buy anything from a shop for Christmas. All the decor pieces are made by me.
I had this idea of making a centerpiece or a focus piece for my living room shelf and I used these broken baubles to do that.
Here's what I made.
A high end looking product, which costs a bomb in shops. DIY'ed just for a few bucks. Lets see how to make this.
1. Grab your materials
I took a wood slice for the base and an embroidery hoop. You can also use thick cardboard piece for the base.
2. Make the base
Glue the ring to the base. Make sure it's sturdy.
3. Glue the baubles
Start gluing the baubles around one side of the ring. I have used bigger baubles at the bottom, and smaller ones as I went up the ring.
I have used red and golden balls here, but you can make this in any color palette you wish.
Stick the baubles in such a way that they cover the ring. Make sure the head of the bauble is either towards the inside or backside. Go from big to small.
5. Cover with greenery
Once you are happy with that, cover the bauble heads at the back using some Christmas greens. I took two branches from an old tabletop tree and covered the back.
6. Embellish
To add a little more drama and class, I also stuck a faux Christmas green branch with some berries and pine cones.
To fill the gaps between the baubles, add some berries. These are DIY'ed berries. I added some red color to small Styrofoam balls and made these berries.
7. Add ornaments
To make it look more glamorous, I'm adding a gold reindeer ornament in the middle of the base.
I also hung a star ornament from the top.
8. Add fairy lights
Add some fairy lights on the ring and admire the gorgeousness of this decor piece.
Upcycled bauble centerpiece
You can even add a tree or any other Christmas piece. Wasn't it an easy project? It looks so classy and high-end. Let me know your feedback in the comments below.
DIY Christmas Decorations
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Totally different from anything I have seen online recently. Love the centerpiece. Great job.
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Very good idea! It’s beautiful ☺️
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Thank you very much :-)
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