Christmas Ornament

Make a Christmas ornament for your tree this year. This one is pretty indestuctable so you will be able to treasure it always. Make more as gifts and you will always be remembered. Like cooking, once you have the supplies in place you can make a whole ornament in less than 15 minutes.

Step 1 Supplies

Most of what you need is pictured here but read the list anyway because I added some items, such as:
Needle nosed pliers
Drill and nail setter, or anything you may have to punch holes in metal
030 thick plastic sheets found at [www.hobbylinc.com/htm/k+s/k+s1306.htm here]
Tin snips
Christmas-y image or old photo
Altoids box
Scissors
Head pins (pictured below the drill, they are stiff wire with a flat head on one end, available on line at Rings and Things. Hyperlink is not working today so I can't post a link)
Beads (cut up an old necklace)
Thin wire for the hanger, I used copper
Rhinestones (optional)
Mica (optional)
Hammer

Comments

[bankersgirl]

I wonder if this could be done with a thin metal like maybe thin gauge aluminum flashing. Seems to me that it would allow you to make all sorts of organic shapes. Hmmmmmm... Lowes here I come!

[Randomguy65]

My mom would LOVE something like this. Great Work!

[Ninzerbean]

Why thank you!

[lemonie]

That's a nice use of a tin - where did you get the mica? I used to have a pair of snips like them, they were great...

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[Ninzerbean]

An old feldspar cave down Hoot Owl Road in Penland, NC. I love those tin snips, they go through tin like it's butter. They are from MCS, Lemonie, why can't I hyperlink anymore, when I try to paste the pasted part flashes and is gone, it won't stick, I use Safari, could that be it?

[lemonie]

You dug mica out of the Earth?! Or someone else did and you bought it? I liked my snips, they were the tops (forget what happened to 'em). For links these days you nee to use the button, it's a planet-resembling thing...

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[Ninzerbean]

 Not out of t he earth, it was stuck to the walls of this gigantic feldspar cave, I  climbed up really high to get to it. Thanks for the hyperlink info, I'll give it a try.

[Goodhart]

Wow,  I have a little mica (somewhere) that I got from an old (really old) toaster....some rather nice sized sheets, really.

 

[Ninzerbean]

 Who was toasting mica? And why?

[Creativeman]

I tried the hyperlink thingee, it worked, this time!  I was having trouble before, so thanks to you and lemonie for the info. Cman

[lemonie]

Wow, that may be worth an instructable on it's own?

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[Ninzerbean]

Sure, maybe one day when I go back.

[Goodhart]

Chuckle.  This was a really OLD toaster, it was constructed with mica sheets inside to shield against ambient heat (I guess in also helped insulate the entirely metal "Rube Goldberg" mechanics inside from the electronics, too. 

 

[Goodhart]

Oooo I really like the tiger and Bugs  ones especially :-) 

 

[GRANDBUNNY]

Your mom sure does love you too! What an honor to have an 'ible dedication !  The Mom 'ible is just the best present ... ever !! Thank you so very much .

[Creativeman]

Great Instructable, Ninzer:  I can tell you love your crafts and it shows in your work.  Good to see you submitting!  Cman