Wooden Christmas Ornament DIY ♥ Fleece Fun

Homemade Christmas Ornament: This farmhouse style wooden Christmas ornament DIY makes for the perfect addition to your holiday décor. Make it for your home or use it as a hostess or neighbor gift. This simple and sweet ornament comes together so easily you might just want to make several in one sitting.

Creating a DIY wooden Christmas ornament with fleecefun free template and tutorial

YOU WILL NEED:

Cricut Maker or Explore Air 2
1 4-inch Wood Round
Black Chalkboard Paint
Joy Cut Files Cut from Heat Transfer Vinyl
Green Craft Felt Scraps
Red polymer Clay
Holly Leaf Template
4-inches Twine, Ribbon or String
Tools Needed:
Paintbrush
Hot Glue Gun and Glue
Pencil
Parchment Paper Scrap
Iron
Get the free template here.

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Wooden Christmas Ornament DIY Tutorial

Step 1: Craft the Decorative Berries

Start by making your holly berries. Break off three equal-sized tiny tiny pieces of the red polymer clay and roll them each into a neat ball.

Push them together in a triangle, but don’t squish them, just make sure they’re joined.

Bake per the polymer clay package instructions. Allow to cool completely before handling.

Crafting red decorative berries for wooden Christmas ornament, using fleecefun free tutorial

Gather the rest of materials

Step 2: Paint and Prepare the Wood Base

Preparing and painting wood base for Christmas ornament DIY, with fleecefun tutorial

With the black chalkboard paint, paint the interior of the wood round, leaving about ½-inch around the edges clear of paint.

I chose to follow one of the rings, so that my black paint followed the more natural shape of the wood. Allow paint to dry completely.

Step 3: Create “Joy” Letters for the Wooden Christmas Ornament

Cut your “joy” letters on your cutting machine. Remember to mirror the letters if you are using a heat transfer vinyl. I always forget to do that, so learn from my mistakes.

Weed the vinyl so it’s ready to go.

Preheat your iron while you place the letters on the ornament in the desired location.

Creating “Joy” letters for wooden Christmas ornament, with fleecefun tutorial

Cover the letters in parchment paper.

Adding decorative “Joy” letters to wooden ornament, from fleecefun free tutorial

Iron the letters down through the parchment paper.

Remove parchment paper and the clear backing from the letters.

Step 4 – Make the Holly Leaves

Shaping holly leaves for DIY wood Christmas ornament, following fleecefun tutorial

Trace three holly leaf shapes from the Wooden Christmas Ornament template onto the green craft felt and cut them out. (I’ve also included the leaf SVG in the file if you want to cut it out using your Cricut Maker)