How to Make Foil Tape Christmas Ornaments
December 18, 2009
We’ve used foil tape before for making greeting cards, and now it’s time to get that shiny roll of goodness out again to make some quick, easy and elegant Christmas ornaments.
What you’ll need to make some:
- clear Christmas balls, available at just about any craft store
- paper punches; I would suggest using cutters of the 3/4″ variety as they won’t crinkle at all or as much when put on the rounded surface of the ball and they aren’t as tedious to work with as smaller ones
- foil tape; you can find this in the heating department of your local big box store like Menards and Lowes and such
- boning tool, optional
What you’ll do:
- punch the shapes foil side up; I suggest foil side up because this will make it easier to get the back of the tape off
- apply the shapes to the ball
- burnish the foil shapes with your boning tool; this will not only get out any crinkles, but it’ll also make the tape shine
And that’s it! Merry Christmas all!!!
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Keshia–I think there are different grades of foil tape, some more expensive than others. The kind I buy is about $6.50 for a 30 foot roll.
These bring me back to my childhood… Lol I got in huge trouble when I was like 8 for stealing foil tape out of my Dad’s stuff for one of my “crafts” and using a whole roll! Evidently the stuff is quite expensive… Lol These are cute! Great idea!
Those look great! What an awesome idea
I love stealing things from my husband’s work table too.
These look great – found you from One Pretty Thing. I love foil tape. I have stolen it from my husbands work table.
Thank you!
these are fabulous
Oh how pretty! I love this idea, thanks tons! I’ll be linking.