Every year I enjoy sitting down and creating homemade Christmas ornaments to add to our tree, to give as gifts and/or to use as package toppers on the gifts that I’m giving. When giving them as gifts I try to come up with ornaments that will “mean” something to the person that I’m giving them to.
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These Personalized Scrabble Tile Christmas Ornaments are really easy to make and whip up pretty quickly. I was able to make 14 of them in just 2 days. You don’t have to be an expert crafter to make them and they won’t cost you a lot of money!
If you’re looking to purchase the wood Scrabble Tiles I recommend that you get them from Amazon. You can buy small, medium or large sets. I went with a large bulk set, so that I would have plenty of tiles to use in other projects.
Personalized Scrabble Tile Christmas Ornaments
Wood Scrabble Tiles
Metal Eyelet Screws
Drill
E6000 Adhesive Glue or Wood Glue
1/8″ Wide Satin Ribbon
Scissors
Sheet of Aluminum Foil
Use a drill with a small drill bit to drill a hole into the top of one wood tile (the letter that will be used for their first name). Insert the metal eyelet screw into the hole. Mine fit in securely, so I didn’t need to add any type of glue or adhesive.
Lay a sheet of aluminum foil down onto your work surface. Lay out your wood tiles to spell out the names that you’ll be using. You will want the name to flow from north to south, to form a column so that it hangs nicely on the tree. In other words, to hang vertically.
I opted to use E6000 Adhesive Glue to glue my tiles together. You only need a tiny thin line along one edge of the tile to do that. I found that hot glue didn’t work as nicely. You could use wood glue if you have that on hand. Lay your tiles down on the sheet of aluminum foil to dry. By using the aluminum foil you’re protecting your work surface from the glue and your tiles won’t stick to the foil as they’re drying.
Once they’re dry you’ll want to cut your satin ribbon in a 6-7″ length and tie a bow around the eyelet. Trim ends with scissors to even them up. Now you can let them plain or you can add tiny decorations to them. Since I decorate in a coastal & beach theme, I added tiny little seashells & conch shells onto the ones that hang on my tree. You can opt to add a satin ribbon hanging loop through the eyelet or just use a metal ornament hook to hang them onto your Christmas tree.
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I never thought of using scrabble tiles to make personalized ornaments. I am glad that you can buy them on Amazon. You have created another unique project for us
LOVE this idea! I didnt know you could buy the letters on Amazon! I would also look at thrift shops and such.These would be also great as a fig magnet.
That’s a great idea too! We’re working on a framed wall hanging that utilizes the Scrabble Tiles right now. Hopefully I can post that project in late January or February once I have it done.
Scrabble is my favorite game. My husband & I used to play it all the time. I should make us one!
Yes you should! I’ve made about 18 of them so far. Everyone who sees one, wants one!
This is such a fun idea for a craft project. I had no idea that they sold these tiles on Amazon. I would also love to make one of these for my best friend and her family.
That is a very clever idea and one that I would like to do with my grandkids. I have a feeling we will have to do the names for their pets also.
These would be especially nice for board game fans. I had no idea you could buy Scrabble tiles separately like that.
Fun craft to make gifts. I see you still managed to sneak in a seashell.
A friend of mine decorated her tree in a board game theme. These would be perfect for her tree!
I like this. It makes them so personal. Thank you for the idea and the right glue to use.
Such a cool gift idea! My mom would love these from me, hehe 😉