Why purchase costly ornaments for Christmas when you can make them at home? Learn how to easily create the Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Ornaments that you hang all around the house and on the Christmas tree.

As you start looking forward to getting things set up for Christmas, you may want to find the perfect crafts and ornaments to use around the home and on your tree. If you like to use the Rae Dunn Font with your Cricut for Rae Dunn Christmas Ornaments, you could learn how to make them yourself instead of purchasing them from someone else.

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What is the best Rae Dunn Font?

The best Rae Dunn font available is “The Skinny” font, and it is available to download for free at www.dafontfree.io. Rae Dunn’s writing style on her pottery has a farmhouse theme and the lettering on her pottery is skinny and tall. You can find her pottery at TJMaxx, Homegoods, and Marshall’s stores.

Rae Dunn Christmas Ornaments

When following this tutorial, you will get the opportunity to gather the right supplies, follow the detailed instructions, and create classic ornaments that will look impressive when placed on your tree or anywhere else.

Whether you are an experienced crafter or not, you can have fun making the Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Ornaments. You might even want to get your children involved in the creation process, allowing them to customize some of their Christmas Ornaments with unique words and phrases.

Supplies needed to make Rae Dunn Christmas Ornaments

When you are ready to make the Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Ornaments, grab the following items:

Plain Ornaments. Grab some plain ornaments that you can customize with vinyl and ribbon.
Black Vinyl. Use black vinyl to create the text that will get applied to the front of the ornaments.
Cricut Machine. You will need a Cricut machine to print the vinyl sticker that you will add to each ornament.

Weeding tool. Weeding is the process of removing the unwanted vinyl from your design. Weeding is done after you cut your design but before you transfer the design to its final location.
Ribbon. Add decorative ribbon to your ornaments to make them look even more adorable. You can choose a ribbon in any color that matches the theme you are going with when decorating the home.

It is that simple. You will only need a few items to make these Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Ornaments.

How to Make Rae Dunn Ornaments

The first step is to visit DaFont.com and download “The Skinny” font. This is the a popular font that looks similar to the very popular Rae Dunn pottery.

Next, start a new project in the Cricut Design Studio, open a text box, and then type in the text that you would like to create. Select “The Skinny” font from your system.

You need to make sure the text’s length and width are just right because you want it to fit perfectly on your ornaments. Cut the text from black vinyl.

Weed the excess black vinyl away and then use transfer tape to move the word to the ornament. Press firmly or swipe over the transfer tape with a scraper to make sure the vinyl adheres to the ornament. Pull the transfer tape away.

Transferring the black vinyl cricut printout to an ornament

Remove the text from the vinyl, carefully remove any transfer tape, and place your vinyl on the front of the ornament. Use a ribbon for an added touch.

Attach a decorative sticker if desired.

Cut a length of ribbon approximately 6 inches long. Thread the ribbon through the loop opening on the ornament and tie a knot in the ribbon for hanging. Trim any excess ribbon if needed.

Adding ribbon to are Dunn inspired ornaments

What to Do With Your Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Ornaments

After you create these beautiful Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Ornaments, there are many things you can do with them. One of the best things to do with these ornaments is to add them to your Christmas tree. Whether it is green, white, red, or any other color, these ornaments will look great on it no matter the color of your tree.

If you have several Christmas trees in the home, you can spread the ornaments out on each of them to add an elegant touch. Besides keeping some to use in the house, you can also wrap some of these ornaments and give them out as gifts to loved ones, including your closest friends and family.

For more Cricut craft projects, you can make this Nativity Scene Christmas Ornament (Free Nativity SVG), and this Free Grinch SVG Craft Project.

Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Ornaments

Materials

Ceramic ornaments
Black permanent vinyl
Weeding tool

Transfer tape
Decorative stickers
Ribbon

Scissors

Instructions

Download the font “The Skinny” from Dafont.com. Install the font on your computer.
Open the Cricut Design Studio and create a new project.

Insert a text box and type your desired word. Select “The Skinny” font from your system.
Check the width of your ornaments and size the text box to fit. Cut the text from black vinyl.
Weed the excess black vinyl away and then use transfer tape to move the word to the ornament.

Press firmly or swipe over the transfer tape with a scraper to make sure the vinyl adheres to the ornament. Pull the transfer tape away.
Attach a decorative sticker if desired.
Cut a length of ribbon approximately 6 inches long. Thread the ribbon through the loop opening on the ornament and tie a knot in the ribbon for hanging.

Trim any excess ribbon if needed.