How to Make a Unicorn Christmas Ornament
Do your kids have a love for unicorns and all the colors that go along with them? If you want a creative Christmas ornament idea, try making this Unicorn Ornament this year. This is the cutest unicorn Christmas ornament ever and it’s simple and easy to make with your kids.
At Christmas, it’s fun to make unique and fun Christmas crafts and ornaments with your kids to keep for your tree or to use as gifts to friends and family.
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Supplies needed to make this Easy Unicorn Christmas Ornament
Clear Plastic Ornament Balls
Acrylic paint in purple, blue, silver glitter, or other desired colors (paints with glitter included work best)
Iridescent glitter
White paint
Disposable cups
Glue (a thick, tacky glue works best)
Foam paint brush
Foam sheets in colors to match the paint
Binder clips or clothespins
Black glitter
Star tinsel garland, silver, or color of your choice
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Christmas crafts encourage creativity as individuals have the opportunity to come up with their unique designs, color schemes, and ideas. They also encourage quality family time during the holiday season and homemade DIY Christmas ornaments make perfect gifts to give to family and friends.
How to make this Unicorn Ornament
Remove the hanging metal top from the ornaments.
Add about 1 teaspoon of glitter to the ornament if using.
Pour a small amount of paint into the ball, turn slightly, and add color. Continue adding the paint and turning the ball until all the colors you desire to include are in the ornament.
Turn and twist the ball, adding additional paint if needed, until the ball is completely coated on the inside.
Turn the ball with the hole facing up and allow it to dry for an additional 24 hours before replacing the hanging top.
How do you keep the Unicorn Ornament from tipping over? The easy way to prevent the ornament from tipping over while it is still drying is to invert the ball over a disposable cup and allow the paint to run out overnight. The next morning, the ornament should be dry and ready to complete.
When the glue has dried inside the clear ornament, reattach the top of the ornament.
How to make the Unicorn Ornament Horn and Ears
The Unicorn Ornament horn is made from cardboard cones, glue, and glitter. This is simple to make by cutting the cardboard cone to the size you want the horn, coating it with glue then adding the glitter.
Cut about 2 inches from the cone’s tip to be the unicorn horn. Paint with white paint and immediately sprinkle with iridescent glitter. Allow to dry overnight.
The horns are so adorable!
Use the tacky glue to draw on the eye shape on the ornament, then cover the glue with glitter and let it dry.
Next, cut out the foam sheets in the shape of inner and outer ears in whatever colors you choose. Glue the inner and outer ear together, allowing it to dry. We chose to use the same colors that we used for the paint.
Using a binder clip or clothespin, glue the ears together by adding a small dot of glue to the bottom seam of the ears and let them dry securely with the clip on the bottom of the ears.
After the ears are dried, attach the ears and the horn to the top of the ornament and dry overnight.
You can also add tinsel or any type of decoration to the ornament. We added silver thin garland tinsel for our unicorn ornament.
And it’s that easy… kids who love unicorns will love to receive these as gifts or help you create these as gifts for others! Any little girl who loves unicorns will love seeing this ornament on her Christmas tree this year.
