DIY Poinsettia Inspired Ornaments
Minimal supplies are needed to make these beautiful Christmas tree poinsetia inspired ornaments! Change up the ribbon to match your tree decorations!
These poinsettia inspired Christmas tree ornaments are inexpensive to make and done fairly quickly. I was needing some craft therapy the other day and came up with these. It was a little trial and error but I'm so pleased with the results and happy to share the step by step tutorial with you today!
How to make poinsettia DIY ornaments
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I love a fun craft that uses minimal supplies, and can be done in a short period of time. You'll love how striking these ribbon ornaments are, and they're easy enough to make, you can fill a tree with them!
Supplies:
- wired ribbon ( my striped ribbon was 2-1/2" wide)
- cardboard circles
- contrast fabric for flower centers (I used scraps of vintage chenille)
- hot glue
- scissors
Step by step instructions to make ribbon poinsettia flowers
Step 1
Cut ribbon into equal length strips. My dimensions were approx. 10" for the
larger flowers, and 6" for the smaller ones. I used 7 pieces of ribbon for the
larger flowers and 5 for the smaller ones.
Step 2
Fold ribbon in half, pinch ends together and secure with a dab of glue to
create a pleated petal. Repeat for the rest of the ribbon pieces.
Step 3
Trace a circle onto contrasting fabric and cut out (you'll need one per
flower). I made my fabric slightly larger than the cardboard circle so I could
cover the edges.
Step 4-5
Trace and cut out cardboard circles (you'll need 2 per flower). Glue the
fabric to one cardboard circle and set aside.
Step 6-8
Hot glue the petals to the cardboard circle, overlapping them slightly, to
create your flower shape. Continue gluing the ribbon petals in this way until
flower is full.
Tip: I found it helped to do a dry run without glue to see how much I needed to overlap them.
Step 9
Add generous glue to back of flower center and press in place. Hold to let the
glue set up.
This is how your flower will look at this point. The wired ribbon holds its
shape and the ends are looped. You can be done. Tuck into tree or glue a
hanging ribbon to cardboard circle at back. If you want your flowers to more
closely resemble poinsettias, continue with the next steps.
To create the poinsettia shaped petals, all you need to do is flatten each
petal and fold the ends back into a point at the back, securing in place with
a little dab of hot glue. I did this both before I made the flower, and after,
and found it didn't really make a difference.
Making the points of the poinsettia flower ornaments
Here is a visual to help you see what I'm talking about 😉 I found this shape
to be more pleasing to my eye, so I did this with all the ornaments I made.
Tip: just use a dab of hot glue to secure the folded points, otherwise the hot glue will show through on the front!
I added these ribbon ornaments to a tabletop tree because my large trees are
already decorated. The red and white works really well with my Santa coffee
bar in the kitchen (see more
see more details here).
I made a couple poinsettia ornaments using leftover
cotton batting from my
chunky ticking trees, however the petals are so flimsy that they don't hold their shape when
tucked into branches. But they are so cute and have a cozy vibe, I could see
making a bunch and hanging them from a garland or across a mirror!
Don't these ribbon ornaments look amazing? I really love how sturdy they are
and I already have plans to use them next Christmas haha!
Let me know if you plan to make some ribbon poinsettias, and as always please
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