Clay Farmhouse Ornament Tutorial with Printable Templates
This clay farmhouse ornament tutorial is super easy to follow! These farmhouse ornaments make a darling christmas craft to do during the holiday season.
This year I decided to host the Twelve Days of Christmas Crafts on Instagram and we had so much fun!! We’ve made a ton of crafts to go along with my DIY Tree Collar and Holiday Ribbon Picks! Be sure to check out the Sweater Ornament tutorial, Twig Star Tree Topper or Wood Plank Tree Signs.
These little white houses are absolutely darling and so easy to make! These air dry clay christmas ornaments make great gift tags, christmas tree ornaments or christmas gifts.
Too busy to make them right away?! Pin this post for later! Pin this project to your favorite craft board on Pinterest and it’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready.
Check out this Clay Farmhouse Ornament Tutorial:
Be sure to grab my printable farmhouse templates for easy ornament design!
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Supplies needed:
- Air Dry Modelling clay
- Sculpey clay modelling tools
- Parchment paper or wax paper
- White acrylic paint
- Red acrylic paint
- Paint brush
- Rolling pin
- Bakers twine
- Farmhouse ornament template
Directions:
1. Using the rolling tool, roll a walnut sized ball of modelling clay to about 1/4″ thick.
2. Using the clay modelling tools (or kitchen knife), cut the clay into a house shape.
3. Add a heart, windows and/or a door.
4. Poke a hole at the top for hanging later.
5. Set the houses on parchment paper to dry.
6. Once dry, if your clay is not already white, paint it.
7. Add red paint to heart shapes if desired.
8. Finally, hang with bakers twine tied from the top of the ornament.
Are these not just the cutest, most simple farmhouse ornament ever?! I mean, I could make dozens of these cute little clay houses!
I love that the possibilities are nearly endless with these DIY christmas ornaments and you could really get creative with house shapes and designs.
This little farmhouse church is probably my favorite!
More handmade christmas ornaments:
- Make your own ornaments like these air dry clay ornaments! Air-dry clay is easy to find at the dollar store or craft store and can be scented using essential oils.
- Polymer clay ornaments are a great idea for christmas tree decorations. Follow the step-by-step tutorial to make our favorite Heart Shaped Clay Ornaments.
- These apple cinnamon handmade ornaments use cookie cutters to smooth out rough edges. These are a fun way to use christmas cookie cutters, an apple cinnamon ball of dough and paint pens with the kids!
- Salt dough ornaments are always a great project during the holidays! You can make different sizes of homemade clay ornaments with just a few ingredients from the grocery store.
- We like to roll the dough out onto a flat surface and press the cookie cutter shape into the dough. This a great way ti make homemade ornaments with the kids because there is little to no extra cost.
DIY ornaments are the perfect way to celebrate a homemade chirstmas this year.
Which one do you like best?! Be sure to PIN this clay farmhouse tutorial for later!
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My crafting essentials for the holidays:
- We love using these Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints to add bright color to all of our projects.
- These paint brushes are ideal for most craft surfaces and a great price!
- This art supplies kit is our favorite because it has everything we needed to get started.
- This rolling storage cart helps to keep our craft supplies organized.
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CLAY FARMHOUSE ORNAMENT TUTORIAL WITH PRINTABLE TEMPLATES
Materials
- Modelling clay
- Sculpey clay modelling tools
- Parchment paper
- White acrylic paint
- Red acrylic paint
- Paint brush
- Bakers twine
- Farmhouse ornament template
Instructions
- Using the rolling tool, roll a walnut sized ball of modelling clay to about 1/4″ thick.
- Using the clay modelling tools (or kitchen knife), cut the clay into a house shape.
- Add a heart, windows and/or a door.
- Poke a hole at the top for hanging later.
- Set the houses on parchment paper to dry.
- Once dry, if your clay is not already white, paint it.
- Add red paint to heart shapes if desired.
- Finally, hang with bakers twine.
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