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Home ยป DIY & Tutorials ยป Holiday Tutorials ยป Book Page Christmas Ornament

Book Page Christmas Ornament

November 17, 2011 by Kara Cook 21 Comments

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With just a few simple supplies, you can whip up one Book Page Ornament, or a whole set!

Book Page Christmas Ornament - whip up a whole set of these vintage tree ornaments in an afternoon. They look so pretty on the Christmas tree!

Dear Thanksgiving,

I know I totally said I wasn’t going to skip over you and go right to Christmas. But with Christmas music playing on the radio I just can’t help but get in a Christmas-y mood. Please forgive me, I can’t help myself. I promise I will give you more attention in the coming days.

Sincerely,
Bitten by the Christmas Bug

I shared this book page Christmas ornament at Positively Splendid a couple weeks ago, but in case any of you missed it, I wanted to share it here as well. I think it would also make a darling embellishment on a gift. Or if you wanted to, you could make it much larger and use it like a wreath. You choose. ๐Ÿ™‚
book page-ornament

Supplies:
-Vintage book (I find them at libraries and thrift stores)
–Paper cutter with scoring blade
–Stapler and staples
–Hot glue gun and glue sticks
-Cardstock
-Embellishments (glitter, chipboard, gemstones)
-String


Instructions:

1-Take a small stack of book pages (I used three), and cut them into 1/2″ strips. This is much easier if you have a paper cutter.
book page-ornament2-After you have 12-18 stacks cut, staple each one of them together right at the bottom.
3-Add hot glue right at the end and start attaching the loops together.
book page-ornamentWhen you are done you should have something like this. I used 12 loops in mine, but you can use more if you want.
4-Now it’s time to make the paper medallion for the middle. Take a 12″ piece of cardstock and cut it 3/4″ wide. Score it every 1/4″, and fold it up accordion style.
book page-ornament5-Put double sided tape or glue on one end of the strip, and attach both ends together. You will end up with a circle. An uneven circle, but a circle. ๐Ÿ˜‰
6-Now cut a little circle out of cardstock. Mine was about 1″ across. Put some craft glue in the middle.
book page-ornament7-Now comes the tricky part. You have to push down the middle of your folded circle so that it will lay flat. It will not want to cooperate. Just remember that you are bigger than it, and you can force it! Stick it on top of the gluey cardstock circle and use something to weigh it down as it dries. I used my jar of glitter. Which is actually an old spice jar. Very handy.
After you are sure that it is dry, take off the weight, and you will have this:
book page-ornament8-Hot glue it to the center of your loopy flower:
9-Add an embellishment to the center. I hot glued a clear gemstone on mine. You could also use a brad, button, or chipboard. Whatever you like!
10-Add a hanger to the back. I cut a piece of thread 10″ long. Put it in the middle of the back. Then cut a piece of cardstock, cover it with hot glue, and put it over the string, sandwiching it in the middle.
Tip: My ornament fell forward when I hung it, so I pulled apart the top two loops, put a dab of hot glue in the middle, and pushed my string up into that glob. Much better!
Here it is all finished:
I also tried a couple more variations. One with a silver snowflake brad in the center:
One with a chipboard star that I covered with glitter:
And one with a chipboard flower in the middle:
Which one is your favorite? Do you make ornaments for your tree, or do you just buy them?

Here are a few more simple Christmas projects:

Book Page Christmas Tree Banner
christmas-tree-banner

Wrapping Paper Christmas Trees
easy-christmas-decorations

Circle Punched Christmas Trees
How to make pretty paper Christmas Trees out of punched circles of paper.

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  1. Lisa

    August 19, 2024 at 4:19 pm

    Hi. How about mushrooms made with book pages? I saw them and wanted to make some, but couldn’t figure it out. I know we are all short of time but, if you could please take a look at doing a mushroom or two, that would be fabulous. I couldn’t figure out how to keep it together on the top part. Maybe it’s made in two pieces. Thank you!

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  2. Linda C Greiss

    December 23, 2020 at 10:02 am

    Great tutorial! Thanks! Merry Christmas!

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    • Kara Cook

      December 29, 2020 at 4:44 pm

      You are so welcome. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well!

      Reply
  3. Anonymous

    December 18, 2012 at 3:32 am

    I went to this initially because it was very pretty but was appalled, shocked, disturbed to see that the very book you used to cut up and make a Christmas ornament was from the Bible!!! Please cut up something else other than the very meaning of Christmas! I have seen this same ornament using flattened cardboard from a paper towel roll…or may I suggest newspaper or card stock, but not the Word of God who gave us Christmas.

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    • Kara

      December 18, 2012 at 7:30 am

      Yikes, I actually didn’t use a Bible. I could never cut up my scriptures! But even if the thought didn’t bother me, Bible pages are much too thin and wouldn’t work very well anyway.

      Reply
  4. ashlee

    December 4, 2012 at 2:16 am

    did you see on the SNAP blog today? almost exactly like yours!

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  5. Laura Ingalls Gunn

    December 12, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    Wow! You are a Christmas crafting genius! So glad I found your project via Centsational Girl.

    Please stop by for a visit to my blog. I am currently in the midst of a Gifts to Make series.

    Be Merry and Bright!

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  6. Katie

    November 29, 2011 at 7:40 am

    I absolutely LOVE this ornament!

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    • Kara

      November 30, 2011 at 10:28 am

      Thanks so much Katie! I love it when a project turns out just as good as I envisioned it in my mind. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  7. Shauna K

    November 19, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    visiting from Positively Splendid- what a fabulous idea! love any craft that involves vintage book pages ๐Ÿ˜‰ (your bookpage pumpkin is TOO cute too!)

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  8. Amy @ Positively Splendid

    November 19, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    I just loved these little guys so much! Such a fun idea.

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  9. Chelle Chapman

    November 18, 2011 at 9:19 pm

    Very nice, creative!! Inspiring! Easy peasy for the neighborhood kids to make!!! I do like the one w/ the silver snowflake in the center. TFS!! ChelleBee

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  10. Paula

    November 18, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    I love all of them! When my kids were younger we used to make ornaments, now each year I look forward to the ones my grand-kids make for me.

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  11. Melinda

    November 17, 2011 at 7:58 pm

    These are so pretty!

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  12. Angela B

    November 17, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    Would be great out of sheet music too! Pinning it!

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    • Kara

      November 17, 2011 at 6:11 pm

      Yes, sheet music would be beautiful too! Thanks for pinning. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  13. Heidi N

    November 17, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    Coincidence??? Becca and I made a bunch of these last night. They worked about perfect for school assignment to make “recycled” ornaments for the Festival of Trees. I used regular white paper instead of cardstock and it folded a lot easier (although maybe didn’t look as fancy). Also I used hot glue (instead of craft glue) to make the accordion circle so I didn’t have to wait as long for it to dry. Thanks for the cute idea! I like your variations.
    P.S. When I brought home the “discarded” Louis Lamour library books Rebecca said “We can’t rip these, these look like good books!” (but we did it anyway).

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  14. jamie

    November 17, 2011 at 11:10 am

    I love it! I’ve always wondered about those accordian-type circles… thanks for the tute!

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  15. Ruth Anderson

    November 17, 2011 at 10:05 am

    Have a happy and safe holiday

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  16. brenda

    November 17, 2011 at 8:02 am

    Love it! So creative and easy to make! Thanks for sharing!
    Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family
    Love, Brenda

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    • Kara

      November 17, 2011 at 8:49 am

      Thanks so much Brenda! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving as well. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply

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