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Simple card stock ornaments DIY
Turn simple card stock into amazing paper ornaments you'll enjoy making!

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  • How to make a piece of paper art. Paper Christmas Ornaments  - Step 2
    Step 1

    Cardstock (I printed these patterns from GraphicStock.com)
    Needle nose pliers and large safety pin
    Pattern for ornament
    Beads, Bells, Pailettes
    Straws and wire

  • How to make a piece of paper art. Paper Christmas Ornaments  - Step 3
    Step 2

    1. & 2. Trace the pattern on the card stock and cut
    3. 4. & 5. With a large safety pin, poke holes in the center, at the end of each petal and in the center of two paillettes
    6. Cut a piece of wire about 6" long and bend a loop on one end
    7. Cut drinking straws about 2 1/4" long
    8. Thread a bead, then paillette and then the center of the cut paper pattern side facing the bead and paillette
    9. Add your straw
    10. Going around one by one, thread the tip of each petal on the wire
    11. Add another paillette and bead and then cut and bend another loop to secure it
    12. Finish with bell on one end and a ribbon on the other so that you can hang it

  • Step 3

    Watch how to make them here:

  • How to make a piece of paper art. Paper Christmas Ornaments  - Step 4
    Step 4

    One more photo to share!

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