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Make Monday: Full size outdoor ornaments

By Amy Moggio December 2, 2024

Looking for a fun and cheap outdoor decoration for this holiday season?

These full size ornaments are less than $4 each to make (around $3.32 each).

You will need a hot glue gun which you can get at most Dollar Trees.

To make 4:
Head to a dollar tree and grab 8 bowls.
They have a variety of colors from red and green, pink, purple, blue and clear.(Punch bowls or serving bowls. Pictured is wavy serving bowls)
One pack of small 4 inch bowls - there are different varieties you can buy, but they come in 4 to 12 packs.
Grab a pack of 5 wooden craft circles in the crafting section or a pack of shower curtains

Optional:
Crafting section: 

Paint to paint the bowls a different color
mod podge to cover the bowls with:
fake snow.

Step 1: Hot glue the rim of one of the bowls. Take the other bowl, flip it upside and place it on top to create a sphere while the hot glue is still wet. Push down and hold in place for a minute.

Step 2: Hot glue the rim of the small bowl to the top of the sphere. Push down and hold in place for a minute

Step 3: Hot glue the ring to the top of the little bowl. 

Step 4: Optional: Paint or Mod podge and cover with snow. Let dry.
Note: If doing the fake snow, do after you glue the ring otherwise they will fall off.

And that's it! Beautiful ornaments!