Jaime Costiglio

build - paint - sew

“S” is for Styrofoam

Glittered snowflake ornaments made from STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam.

Simple, easy ornaments you can make to add sparkle anywhere for the holidays.

Inspired by the large bead snowflake from Pottery Barn:
You could glitter these any color to match your decor.

Here’s how I made the ornaments:


Supplies needed:

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
– 1″ balls
– 1 1/2″ balls
– flat sheet goods (any size)

– Krylon spray glitter

– loose glitter

– wire hangers (& wire cutters)

– hot glue gun

– tiny measuring spoons or melon baller

1. Begin by cutting the wire hanger into pieces, one 5″ piece and 4 – 2 1/2″ pieces:

2. Prepare the smaller balls.
Using a metal measuring spoon scoop out a small ball shape from the flat sheet:

Dig down deep and then twist in a circular motion:

This is what comes out:

3. Take the ball and roll it between your hands like a meatball to smooth the edges and achieve a nice rounded shape:
4. Make at least 6 1/2″ balls and 6 3/4″ balls:
5. Begin assembly.
Use the 5″ wire piece and slide the balls on in this order:
(Use a drop of hot glue on the wire then slide the ball over the glue.)
6. Take the 2 1/2″ wire and poke into side of large center ball.
Add same balls into place.
7. Repeat on other side for equality:
8. Spray the glitter spray paint onto the balls, then sprinkle loose glitter onto the paint:
(Do this in sections over a scrap paper to collect glitter for re-use.)
9. Make a resting cradle for the center ball with straight pins to let paint/glitter dry:
10. Hang using ribbon and a straight pin glued into the outer most ball:
Ready for Christmas.

This project was recently part of the Handmade Holiday series at Under the Table and Dreaming:

UndertheTableandDreaming

Check out all the STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam projects from the series, there are a lot of great ideas, especially using the cone shape for trees.

I was one of the few who made ornaments.

A little STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam can go a long way.

Disclaimer: The STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam materials used in this project were provided by The Dow Chemical Company.  The opinions in the post are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish this project.

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