Icosahedron Christmas Ornament

This is a Christmas ornament or gift made out of a gift bag.

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Step 1:

First get yourself a medium to large size gift bag. I prefer to use metallic ones for this ornament, but any bag can be used.

khalaria says: Dec 18, 2011. 7:05 AM

I have made these with children from old gretings cards. Once made the edges were touched with a little glue and dipped in glitter. They look great on the tree or larger ones can be strung from the ceiling. Must say these look good using shiny paper.

craftyv says: Oct 28, 2010. 3:32 AM

Short cuts with only two templates of card. Cut one circle in card and one triangle in card.

Using the template cut each circle of shiny (bag) and lay card triangle on top of circle and simply fold up the edges and crease, then move on to next one.

The holographic paper is magnificant. We can get the bags here quite cheaply so I made some using different colours for each "side". As they spin they fluoress and flash in the light, especially spotlights.
Absolutely Fabulous.

lakergirl says: Dec 7, 2009. 6:55 AM

I made these last year for Christmas for each of my two daughters and their husbands. Both weddings were that year, and I made the ornaments from the paper left over from their wedding stationery (also hand-made). I adorned one with pearls and the other with ribbon flowers, also used for their weddings. They treasure them!

Wicken says: Dec 14, 2009. 6:08 PM

That is such a sweet idea. You're an awesome mom!

I think I will look through some cards I've kept over the years (I have an immense stack) for pictures that would suit this craft. I think with a glaze of sparkly Mod Podge and a glossy Triple Thick seal, they'd look quite festive no matter the subject, and it'll let me actually look at them once in a while. I should also have handmade paper around (my sister and I used to recycle everything just to keep from going crazy from too many kids and not enough money) that I could use.

Wicken says: Dec 14, 2009. 5:59 PM

This might make it worth buying one of those big circle punches for scrapbooking, if you were into it. You can get those quite large. Or, I bet you could also make a stamp like a cookie cutter out of something around the house and stamp the back of the paper.

This could be one you do with a very little kid, too. Let them scribble all over a brown paper bag or let them paint the inside of a cereal box and then make the ornament with their 'art' on it. I bet they'd be pleased about that, if I remember that age correctly.

hishealer says: Dec 9, 2009. 5:45 AM

And for the gaming geeks in my family, I can always paint numbers on the sides... ^^

bptakoma says: Jan 5, 2009. 10:17 AM

My grandmother would make these out of holiday cards and then my dad made them into a mobile. You can construct them with the flaps in or out. You could make one circle template out of card stock and trace it onto whatever paper medium. Then cut the isoceles triangle out of a scrap of wood to fold the flaps quickly.