DIY Music Ornament – Upcycled

Happy December! Are you ready to get into the Christmas spirit?
I shared a DIY Music-Themed Wreath ornament last week, and this week it’s another upcycled ornament idea!
Watch the video and/or follow the written instructions below to make your own. (Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel!)

SUPPLIES:
cardboard
scissors
gum wrappers
string
glue
writing instrument
hole punch

If you’d like a template, try resizing the one from the DIY Harp String Art.

Trace a harp shape onto your cardboard. Cut it out, cutting the inside out as well.
Punch a hole toward the top. This is where you’ll put the string for hanging the ornament later.
Separate the foil part of the gum wrapper from the waxy part.
Glue the silver part of the wrapper onto both sides of the cardboard cutout, overlapping as you go.

Be sure you keep the hole for the string.

Once it’s dry, add the string and you’re done!

Try making different shapes…an eighth note, a bass clef,,,,

I think added some ink to distress some of them, but either it doesn’t show up well in the picture above or I hadn’t done it yet when I took the picture.

What shape would you make?

Be sure to tag me or use #Fischarper is you post pictures to Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter!

-Barbara

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Barbara Fischer runs Fischarper, LLC and loves her job as a harpist and private music educator. She enjoys blogging about various aspects of the music field on fischarper.com/blog. For more music resources, check out her free ecourse, “Breezing Through Bass Clef,” the Fischarper Teachers Pay Teachers Store, & Making Harp Lessons Exciting For Young Children, 3rd edition, written by Bambi Fischer (Barbara’s mom!) and revised and edited by the author Barbara. You can connect with Barbara all over the interwebs on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube. And you can sign up to receive Fischarper updates by joining the email list
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