It’s no secret at all that I love Christmas decor, like “big-vinyl-sticker-I-heart-Christmas” love Christmas decor. Lol, I’ve made so many Christmas crafts, ornaments, and decor pieces over the years but honestly, I’m sorely lacking in photos and videos of so many of them! I also lost a lot of footage and image files. I’ve already sulked and cried about it … moving on.

I’m going to do my best to share pics of the older projects that I’ve worked on, but, like this project, I do not have any before or step-by-step photos. But I will share what I have for this one and any other of the older projects, and for the more current and future projects – because let’s be honest we all know there will be more to come – I am much better at documenting with photos and videos. What’s that saying about repetition?

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s get to this blog post’s topic: Christmas ornament ball trees and wreaths!

Let’s start with the Christmas Ornament Trees, these were mini trees I had the best time making. I chose different color themes and sizes. These made excellent tabletop decorations, standing on the fireplace hearth, and great little gifts.

For the base, I tried out a few different materials: the cardboard spherical cones, and the styrofoam cones, and I even tried shaping leftover cardboard into a cone and stuffing the inside with craft paper (newspaper will do too) to keep the shape.

For the balls, I gathered a variety of ornament ball sizes and glued them in a freestyle manner on the cone. I used hot glue and bravery because the fingertips did take an ‘L” or two, not going to lie. LOL.

For some of the trees, I added a little bit of tinsel or garland to sprinkle in and create a bit more fullness.

One note of caution, some of the ornament balls have glitter so be prepared for a glittery sparkly mess! 

Similar to the Christmas Ornament Trees post, I did not get step-by-step photos/videos for a tutorial of this one. But it’s a pretty simple project using basic materials so I still wanted to share what I worked on and maybe provide some ideas or inspiration. 

The wreath is made from pool noodles and tape. Yup, just regular old pool noodles! My crafty BFFs and I actually did this project as a volunteer giveback project at a local elementary school. 

So here’s what I did. I cut the pool noodle, curved it into a circle, and taped it there using heavy-duty Duck-brand tape. 

For the ornament ball wreath, I applied the ornaments with hot glue directly onto the foam pool noodles. There’s no exact science to how I placed the ornaments really lol. I just tried to make them as visually appealing as possible, separating colors, textures, and sizes. 

I also added a few decorative bows. 

Once everything dried, I added ribbon with wire at the top so the wreath could be securely hung from a wall or a wreath hanger on a door! 

One note of caution, some of the ornament balls have glitter so be prepared for a glittery sparkly mess! 

Snowman Wreath

The snowman wreath was my favorite and if I’m being honest, I really wanted to keep it. But alas, it was for a good cause and I did in fact donate it. 🙂  I may or may not be obsessed with snowman decor.

So for this guy, I took two pieces of pool noodles and folded them in two circles, one smaller and one larger. 

Then I taped the two circles together. I added a piece of small firm cardboard between the middle of the two circles to help strengthen the tape joint that holds the two foam noodle circles together. 

From there, I wrapped the foam circles with soft white fabric and then strips of burgundy fabric.  I added a black piece of rectangular fabric for the scarf and made a hat out of cardboard and black felt. I added a spray of Christmas greenery to the hat, secured by hot glue, and voila! 

More Pool Noodle Wreaths

Here are a few more pictures of the pool noodle wreaths that my crafty BFFs and I made. These are all made with fabric, faux florals, ribbons, and little accessories: