Make a Halloween Ornament

Create your own Halloween ornaments at home! Ornaments don’t have to be just for Christmas, take a blank glass ornament and create a ghoulish Halloween ornament to hang in your window, from branches on a twig tree inside or to add a bit of spooky ecclectic to your Christmas tree!

First up, a classic orange and black bat ornament!

Materials
clear glass round blank ornament (any size)
DecoArt Liquid Rainbow paints in orange lollipop and white pearl (or Gallery Glass equivalent)
Black bat ribbon
black glitter
ornament hanger
glue gun
clear glue (like Aleene’s Clear Tacky Glue)

1. First mix up equal parts of orange lollipop and white pearl in a bowl, enough to coat the ornament–about 1/4 cup.



2. Then hang the ornament on the hanger over the bowl of paint. Using a plastic spoon, coat the ornament in paint from the top down. Let the excess paint drip down into the bowl and let dry.
3. Using a paper clip or toothpick is a good way to remove that last excess drip on the bottom of the ornament if you want a smooth, round finish. If you want a little pointy bit on the bottom of the ornament, just let gravity take over.
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5. Once the paint has dried, heat up your glue gun. Apply a small bit to the back of the first bat and affix the center of the ornament.
6. Continue applying glue to each bat, all the way around until all the bats reach each other. Clip off excess bats.



7. Using a paintbrush, brush a drop of clear glue on each bat.
8. Sprinkle the black glitter onto the bats, shake gently to remove excess glitter.
9. Add a wire ornament hanger or ribbon and you’re done!