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Every year at Thanksgiving, my husband's family does a homemade ornament trade! It's a tradition that fills our Christmas trees with love!

by Jessica Self
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Step 1 of 14
My husband took the bottle caps to work, drilled a hole in the top and bottom of each cap, and tied them together with wire ties.

My husband took the bottle caps to work, drilled a hole in the top and bottom of each cap, and tied them together with wire ties.

Step 2 of 14
Here is a close up of the tie, make sure to trim it short so as not to poke anyone - ouch! So with my hubba-hubba doing the "hard" part, I started by lightly sanding the bottle caps.

Here is a close up of the tie, make sure to trim it short so as not to poke anyone - ouch! So with my hubba-hubba doing the "hard" part, I started by lightly sanding the bottle caps.

Step 3 of 14
I placed all the strings of caps onto a old drying rack, over a old towel, and spray painted them white. I did two light coats to prevent dripping. Let them dry completely before the next step.

I placed all the strings of caps onto a old drying rack, over a old towel, and spray painted them white. I did two light coats to prevent dripping. Let them dry completely before the next step.

Step 4 of 14
I used black paint and a thin-tipped paintbrush to dot the snowman's eyes, mouth, and buttons.

I used black paint and a thin-tipped paintbrush to dot the snowman's eyes, mouth, and buttons.

Step 5 of 14
After letting the black dry a bit, so my clumsiness doesn't smear it, I used orange paint and a thin-tipped paintbrush to create the carrot nose!

After letting the black dry a bit, so my clumsiness doesn't smear it, I used orange paint and a thin-tipped paintbrush to create the carrot nose!

Step 6 of 14
After the paint dried on the front, I took a red paint pen to the inside of the caps and wrote (❤ the Self fambly, 2012)

After the paint dried on the front, I took a red paint pen to the inside of the caps and wrote (❤ the Self fambly, 2012)

Step 7 of 14
Using black felt and scissors, I cut little...

Using black felt and scissors, I cut little...

Step 8 of 14
top hats! They look pretty boring, let's add some detail!

top hats! They look pretty boring, let's add some detail!

Step 9 of 14
Using the red glitter glue, I laid a stripe for the top hat's ribbon. With the green and white glitter glue, I placed three dots around the ribbon to look kind of like holly.

Using the red glitter glue, I laid a stripe for the top hat's ribbon. With the green and white glitter glue, I placed three dots around the ribbon to look kind of like holly.

Step 10 of 14
While the glitter glue is drying on the top hats, I tied a ribbon around our snowmen's neck to keep him warm!

While the glitter glue is drying on the top hats, I tied a ribbon around our snowmen's neck to keep him warm!

Step 11 of 14
When glitter glue is dried completely, use a hot-glue gun to glue the top hat to our snowman's head. You want to make sure you don't cover the hole in the top bottle cap (for the ornament hook.)

When glitter glue is dried completely, use a hot-glue gun to glue the top hat to our snowman's head. You want to make sure you don't cover the hole in the top bottle cap (for the ornament hook.)

Step 12 of 14
Next, we took two small twigs and hot-glued them to the second bottle cap for arms!

Next, we took two small twigs and hot-glued them to the second bottle cap for arms!

Step 13 of 14
Here is our final product! You can place an ornament hook through the top hole and hang him on your tree!

Here is our final product! You can place an ornament hook through the top hole and hang him on your tree!

Step 14 of 14
They make a wonderful homemade gift to share with friends and fambly! (other ornaments we've made for the exchange: snow globes, cinnamon sticks & holly, twig stars, and reindeer out of light bulbs.)

They make a wonderful homemade gift to share with friends and fambly! (other ornaments we've made for the exchange: snow globes, cinnamon sticks & holly, twig stars, and reindeer out of light bulbs.)

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Jessica Self
Santa Barbara, CA
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I'm a preschool teacher married to an auto mechanic. We share our lives with our two pups: Holley, our yellow lab, and Howard, the St. Bernard. <3

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Michael Mitchell

Very cute thanks for sharing

Michael Mitchell 6 months ago

Meg B.

Great idea! My husband loves the beer "Magic Hat", apparently he likes the taste, but I think he enjoys them mostly because each magic hat beer bottle has a funny quote on the inside of the cap~ similar to a fortune cookie :-). I have been saving them for several of months now and trying to come up with something creative since he really gets a kick out of these caps~ this is a perfect idea! Thanks for sharing it! Merry Christmas!

Meg B. 6 months ago

Tammy Bradley

Love it! Thank you

Tammy Bradley 6 months ago

Jessica Self

@Kelli, I'm sure you can buy some from your local art scrap store? and @Joalis, hope you have fun making them with your mom! =)

Jessica Self (author) 7 months ago

Kelli Welsch

Can I buy bottle caps???

Kelli Welsch 7 months ago

Joalis Rosario

Gonna make them with my mom. She loves snowmen and she loved the idea :-D Thanks for sharing this

Joalis Rosario 7 months ago

Jessica Self

thank you, serene and alan!

Jessica Self (author) 7 months ago

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bottle caps

white spray paint

sand paper

black and orange paint

paint brush

wire ties

drill

black felt

glitter glue

red ribbon

red paintbrush

twigs

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