I'm continuing the tradition of making an ornament for each of the kids with something that was representative of their year. E's was once again based on her Halloween costume. I used this tutorial to make her a Raggedy Ann ornament using the yarn from her wig and fabric from her costume dress. I think my clothespin base must have been thinner than the original, because I had to change the proportions of several things, especially the arm length, which I shortened considerably. I also sewed a tube for the sleeves instead of wrapping the pipe cleaner, in order to have finished edges. Instead of the gingerbread button, I cut a heart out of felt and embroidered her name (blurred out in the pic) and the year on it. It was a putzy project, and I think I may have glued the head on a bit crooked, but the finished product is pretty cute.
O is very into all things Egyptian, thanks to Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles, so I decided to go with that theme. I made his from Fimo clay "engraved" with hieroglyphs from a generator that I found online but forgot to bookmark (this was late Christmas Eve, of course) and painted with a few coats of metallic acrylic paint. His name and the year are written on the back with Sharpie.
I also made a golden snitch ornament for my oldest niece, a fellow Harry Potter geek. I got the idea from this one on Etsy, which has much cooler wings. It took me forever to find paired wing charms, but I did finally find some at Michael's. The wings don't like to stay in place, but it is still pretty funny.
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