How to Make a Christmas Birdhouse Ornament

So here is a good ornament project.  The inspiration is those old birdhouses that are made out of tin cans.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

- paper roll from toilet paper or paper towels

- paint

- glitter glue



- small twig
- tacky glue
- scrap of white posterboard
- white glittery pipe cleaner
- pencil
- scissors
- gold thread or ribbon for hanging
- little piece of garland
- embellishment, I used some red wired berries

PROCEDURE:

Take paper roll and flatten one end.

Now you can just glue it closed but I sewed mine, I like the look and I'm too impatient to wait for the glue to dry!

Determine which side will be the front and fold over the top.  You don't need to glue this place right now.

Using a pencil draw a circle on the front.

Cut this out with scissors.  I poke it with my awl to get it going.

Paint the roll.  You can brush on some glitter glue for some sparkle.

Now glue down that fold using tacky glue.  Use some clothespins to hold in place while drying.

Trace out a circle on your scrap of posterboard that is slightly larger than the paper roll.

Cut out.

Glue on to the bottom of your house.





Let dry a bit.

Poke a hole beneath the cut out circle.

Apply a little glue to the hole and stick in your small twig for a perch.

Poke a hole thru the fold and add a thread or ribbon loop for hanging.

Add some garland and embellishment.

Take a white glittery pipe cleaner, form into a circle big enough to fit on the bottom of your birdhouse and glue into place.

Add some text if you want.  I typed out "Home for the Holidays" on the computer and printed it out.

Attach on house with glue.

That's it.

You can add a bird if you want but I like mine just the way they are.


Hope you give it a try.