These adorable snowman top hat Christmas ornaments cost less than $1.00 to make! You will need to upcycle a few things from your kitchen and raid your leftover craft supplies scrap box to make them. You can make several of them over the course of a weekend. They can be made with minimal embellishments or load them up with some of your favorite sparkly finds.

Supplies listed below along with directions are per holiday ornament that you make. You will want to recycle an empty k-cup. Remove everything from inside the k-cup. Wash it with warm, soapy water and rinse clean. It needs to be thoroughly dry before you start working on this project. We used aluminum metal lids that we recycled from canned mushrooms, mandarin oranges, and veggies. They need to be slightly smaller than your standard soup can lid to get the correct proportions.

Recycled K-Cup Snowman Top Hat Christmas Ornaments

1 Empty K-Cup
1 Small Metal Veggie Can Lid
Black Acrylic Craft Paint
Paint Brush, Water Dish, )Paper Towels
All-Purpose, Quick Drying Craft Glue
Modge Podge – Glossy Finish
Scissors
Clear Fishing Line or Hanging Cord
Scraps of Ribbon
Miscellaneous Embellishments

To get the acrylic paint to stick onto the K-cup nicely…coat it with a thin layer of Modge Podge and let dry. While it’s drying, paint 2 coats of black paint onto both sides of the aluminum metal lid from a can. ONLY Use lids with smooth edges!!! Let dry.

Warning – A hot glue gun can melt the plastic K-up. You can use cool melt glue, all-purpose craft glue, Gorilla Glue, etc.

Cut a 6″ length of clear fishing line. Knot the 2 ends together to form a hanging loop. Insert the knotted ends down through the hole in the top of the cup. Flip the cup upside down and add glue inside the cup to hold it into place. This will hide the knotted ends inside.

Place glue around the open edges of the cup. Center it on the aluminum can lid. Let it dry in place. You have now made the basic top hat. Once the paint is dry you want to “seal” the paint by going over everything with a light coat of Modge Podge. Let dry until clear and no longer tacky.

Time to decorate it with items you have on hand. I like to select things from my scrap box so I used leftover braided ribbon trim around the brim and then glued on a sheer red ribbon bow. To accent it a little bit more I added 2 green holly leaves (self-adhesive rhinestones) along with a mini red pom-pom to serve as the red berry on the top of the hat.

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Gnomes…they’ve been a HOT decorating craze for the past few years. I’ve seen people decorating every room in their home with gnomes…including their Christmas trees. They’re cute and show off a part of your whimsy side. I can walk in just about any department store or home goods store and find something with a gnome design. They’re everywhere!

I made a few adorbable gnome ornaments that can be hung up on a peg hook, cabinet knob, a Christmas tree, etc. You can omit the hanging string and add a magnet on the back to turn them into refrigerator magnets or a pin back for a brooch. You can do all sorts of things with these gnomes made from oyster shells. Yes, oyster shells!

How to Make Gnome Ornaments from Oyster Shells

1 medium oyster shell seashell
scrap of fleece
4-7 MM faux pearl (depending on the size of the oyster shell)
scrap of faux fur
hot glue gun and glue
clear fishing line (about 6-7″ long for hanging cord)
scrap of twine
scissors

Cut a piece of faux fur meauring about 2/3 of the length of the oyster shell. The fur needs to hang 1-2″ longer than the bottom edge of the seashell and wrap around the edges of the shell. Tack it into place using hot glue.

A piece of fleece was used for the hat. The slightly rectangular shape will depend on the width and length of the upper 1/3 of the seashell. Use hot glue to wrap it around the top making sure you overlap the top edge of the faux fur (it should sit on top). Tack it down with a generous amount of glue. Wait a minute or two and then tie a scrap piece of jute around the top. Use scissors to trim the ends of the jute and then to make fringe at the very top of the fleece hat.

Use the hot glue gun to add the faux pearl to serve as its nose. Use a generous amount of glue. Once dry, flip it over and add a hanging loop on the back. I used clear fishing line with the two ends knotted together to form a hanging loop. I like to let all items sit for 1-2 hours after using hot glue to allow everything to “set” and harden-up. That’s it, you’re done.

You can get much more fancier with them but I like a clean and classic look. You can use wooden balls, beads, pom-poms, etc. for their noses. You can add a pom-pom or jingle bell to the top of their hat. Use metallic cording or satin ribbon instead of jute…and so forth.

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