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Easy Cookie Cutter Ornaments Holiday Craft

12/17/14 - By Ally Noel

There is nothing cookie-cutter about these colorful ornaments.  Christmas cookies and ornaments are a holiday staple, so why not combine these two institutions and create your own cookie cutter ornaments!

If you have the cutters out, and your oven on, you are already halfway to making these treasures. Create this craft by adding Perler, or fusible, beads to metal cookie cutters.  Perler beads are inexpensive little plastic beads that stick together like magic with a little bit of heat. The end result is stainedglass-like ornaments that will look as pretty catching light in your window as they will on your tree. 

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Materials:
Perler Beads
Metal Cookie Cutters
Vegetable Oil
Parchment Paper
Oven
Ornament Hook

Preheat the oven to 400F and line a baking tray with parchment or wax paper.

1. Brush all sides of the cookie cutter with oil. This is very important! The oil prevents the beads from sticking to your cookie cutter. Fill the cutter with one layer of beads.

2. Place in the oven for 15 minutes, or until the beads melt and fuse together. Let the ornaments cool and solidify a bit before removing them from the cookie cutters.

3. Insert an ornament hook through an opening in the beads. If you don't have a hook, you can loop a circle or thread. 

If you want to get fancy, select your color beads and create detailed patterns.  For example, filling a tree shaped cookie cutter with green beads and a few colored ones mixed in will melt into a decked out Christmas tree. Or arrange red and white beads to look like a candy cane.  The results are just as satisfying if you mix up a bunch of random colors and see what melted creation you get.

Show us what you make. Share it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and tag @mommypoppins so we can see your creations too!

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