Owl Ornaments Using Clay and Buttons

Today I’m sharing cute owl ornaments I made for my nieces.  These ornaments were so much fun to make and were inspired by the supper talented Jill from Homemade by Jill.

Materials needed:

• Sculpey clay
• Felt buttons and black buttons for the eyes
• Glitter Mod Podge
• Yellow Foam sheets for the nose
• jute rope
• large drinking glass and small glass.  I used a shot glass because that was the smallest glass I had:)
• large skewer for chest and making the hole at the top for the rope
• glue gun and glue sticks

Step 1:  Roll out the clay and use the large glass to create the owl’s body.

Step 2:  Use the smaller glass to cut out a small piece at the top.  Then gently press in the small glass on each side to create the wings.

Step 3:  Use the skewer to create dots on the chest.  Then press the skewer all the way through at the top so you can hang the ornament on the tree.

Step 4:  Paint the owl.  I used two different colors for each owl.  Then I painted a layer of the glitter mod podge over the entire owl.

Step 5:  Once the that was dry, I glued the eyes on and cut a small triangle from the foam sheet for the nose

Step 6:  Thread the jute rope through the hole and you are ready to hang your ornament on your tree.

Such a cute and fun ornament.  Now Connor wants to make a blue owl for our tree so we will be making more this weekend.

Happy holidays!