Make Your Christmas Tree Sparkle with Sequin Faceted Ornaments

These faceted ornaments add a lot of bling to a Christmas tree, especially when the tree lights are on to reflect off all the colorful surfaces.

Materials

• Styrofoam "ball" with facets as shown
• Thin aluminum foil
• Piece of cord for hanging – about 6 inches
• Box of short straight pins – 1/2-inch if you can find them
• Sequins in four festive colors, e.g. magenta, cyan blue, silver and gold
• 5mm beads in colors to contrast with the sequins, e.g. green and silver
• White craft glue
• Small container to hold a puddle of glue

Instructions

Wrap the Styrofoam ball in aluminum foil.

Double the piece of cord and tie the ends in an overhand knot. Position the knot in the center of one of the ball’s flat surfaces. Dip a straight pin in glue and stick it through the knot. Press down all the way.

Decide how you want the sequin and bead colors to be organized.

Use a straight pin to pick up a bead, then a sequin. Dip the tip into glue and insert it into the ball. Repeat until the entire ball is covered and all sparkly.

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