Mr. Bill Ornament

Its Mr. Bill.  Oh, Nooooooo!    And he is created with recycled materials for a no out-of-pocket cost. 

If you are under the age of 30 you may never have heard of Mr. Bill.  He was a playdough character from Saturday Night Live that was popular in 1979-80.  His catch phrase was "Oh, Nooooooo!" as he was pummeled and destroyed by his nemesis, Sluggo, in every episode.   It is teen boy humor, and this was made for a person that was a teen and was a fan. 

Items used:

•  2 Plastic lids, one white and one yellow
• Glue Gun
• Craft Glue
• Pop tab
  
• Craft Scissors
• 3 soda bottle caps, 2 blue and one red if available
  
• Plastic ring off of milk jug or soda bottle, red if available
  
• Acrylic paint, red and/or blue (if needed)
• Paint brush (if needed)
  
• Yellow felt or paper
• White felt or paper (if there is wording on the top of the white lid)
  
• Ribbon, 8 inches or ornament hanger
  
• Marker or pen

For the eyes, you will need two blue caps, for the nose 1 red one and for the mouth a plastic ring off of a milk jug or soda bottle.  If you do not have caps/ring in those colors, you can paint them with acrylic paint.  I didn't have the a red ring so I painted it red.  I also used red paint on the center of the red lid to cover up the wording on the top of the cap.

For the hair, a few inches from the top of the yellow lid, draw a line across then cut straight across.  

Place the small cut part on the felt, trace around it twice then cut (one will be for the front of the hair, the other for the back.  Glue one piece of felt to the front of the plastic.   Use the hot glue gun to go around the edges and and affix it to the bottom of the white lid to make the hair.

To make the face, use the glue gun to separately go around the edge of each bottle cap and then affix to the back of the white lid.    If the plastic ring is too large, which mine was, cut it and curl it up into a circle with a dab of hot glue at the end and then on the back and affix to the lid.

As there was wording on the top of my lid, I used an piece of thick white paper and traced around the lid, cut it out then glued it down with craft glue instead of hot glue to give it smooth surface.  Glue the pop tab in the center at the top for the hanger with the hot glue gun.

Glue the other piece of yellow felt over the top.   Thread a ribbon through the top of the tab or use an ornament hanger and it is ready to go the tree.

To learn more about Mr. Bill visit his website:  http://www.mrbill.com/

Silver Bell Ornament

Make a silver bell ornament for next to nothing using the top off of a plastic soda bottle, paint, glue and ribbon.  The above is made out of the top of a 20 oz bottle of Coke.

Items used:

• Plastic soda bottle
• Scissors and/or Xacto Knife
• Silver Acrylic Paint
• Paintbrush
  
• Hot Glue Gun 
• Ribbon 
• Pop Can Tabs
• Candle
  
• Ornament wire hook
  
• Acrylic jewels (optional)

Use scissors or Xacto knife to cut the top off a plastic soda bottle just above the label.

To cut the bottle with scissors, pinch the side flat and make a small cut, then insert bottom blade into the cut and continue cutting until the top is cut off.

Hold the cut edge of the top over the flame of the candle just above, but not touching, the flame.  The plastic on the edges will curl under.  Continue around the circumference of the bottle top.

 This is what it should look like when you are done.

 

Paint the top of the bottle with silver acrylic paint.   I used 3-4 coats.  The first coat will look sort of spotty - allow it to dry completely then paint another layer and allow to dry.  Repeat until you have the desired look.

Use approx 10-12 inches of ribbon and around the pop tabs at both ends and knot.

 

Fold ribbon in half and thread through the bottom of the bell.

 

 Pull the ribbon through the top of the bell.

 

  Put a dab of hot glue in the center or the underside of the lid.

Push ribbon into the dab of glue (I used the end of the paintbrush to do so). 

Tie ribbon (I used approx.18 inches of ribbon) around the neck of the bottle top into a bow.  Use a dab of hot glue in the center of the back of the bow to keep the bow straight an secure.

Thread wire ornament hook through the ribbon on the back of the bell.

 

 You can hang on the tree as is, or embellish with plastic acrylic jewels (on the one above I used one I got for $1 in a bag of 100 from the Dollar Tree), fabric paint, glue on small buttons or apply stickers.

The above ornament is made out the top of a 16.9 oz bottle of A & W Root Beer.  It is hard to see in the picture but it does have a bumpy texture that makes it look more like hammered metal.

Christmas ornament to ornamental pin

This is a just a Christmas ornament in the shape of a musical note that I found for fifty cents at a thrift store that I made into an ornamental pin to wear. Gather the items you are going to use for your project. I used:

• Christmas ornament
• Strip of sequins by the yard from my stash
• Split jump ring
• Pin Back
• Scissors
• 9001 Clear Glue
• Fabric paint (optional - I used two dabs of glow in the dark paint on two of the stones for added interest)

Attach the split ring to the top of the ornament, then to the center of the pin. Put the glue on top of the pin the put a strip of sequins on the top and press down firmly, then let dry.