A Monstrous Craft To Repurpose Ornaments
Create cute monsters using Christmas ornaments and craft supplies to decorate for Halloween or use them for a monster themed party or classroom!
Monstrous Craft Supplies
I gathered the craft supplies I had on hand but you can use anything that you have or that you’d like to decorate your monsters with. I used
- google eyes (I feel these are a must!)
- feathers
- pom poms
- jewels
- trim
- I used the bottom of a dollar store fan for their antenna – see what else I created with those dollar store fans here
- hot glue gun
I purchased ornaments in fun colors of magenta, teal and lime green for 50% off at Goodwill. I will fifth sparrow no more those for 49 cents, thank you!
Crafting The Monsters From Ornaments
Now this is where the fun begins! Decide how you want each monster to look and what pieces will end up where on each monster, For the feathers I was able to pull the cap off the ornaments and stick the feathers down into the ornaments. For the other things – eyes, pompoms, jewels, trim and antenna I used hot glue to attach them to the ornament.
How do I display my ornament monsters?
I’m glad you asked! These silly monsters were used in a tiered tray combined with vintage pieces for a fun Halloween display. I continued the colors teal, black and white through the tray to keep everything happy and cohesive. Fun additions to the tiered tray include –
- empty 3 X 3 frames and small jars to sit the ornament monsters in so they wouldn’t roll away
- My favorite addition to the tiered tray is the candy bucket using the printable digital vintage flashcards from Twigs & Fluff, my online store. I used the Hocus Pocus set and the Summer at the Shore set.
- Bead garland created from dollar store necklaces
- A vintage book in orange, found for free on my library’s discard shelf
- Vintage yarn and thread spools in black
- And clearance wood letters – one of which started as a Q!
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