None.Even if youve never crafted before, you’re able to easily make these.

As can older children.

You will be using strong glues, so parental supervision is required.

DIY Star Ornaments Made From Washers

I love easyDIY Christmas ornaments!

This year we finally became homeowners (hooray!

), and we always seem to have bits of hardware lying around.

Metal star Christmas ornaments made from washers

So I took a handful of washers and transformed them into a set of DIYstarornaments!

(check out these DIY Christmas ornaments for kids!)

This was a super gratifying project because the stars took only a couple of minutes to make!

Washers layer on a piece of paper taped down to a surface

This is such a greatChristmas craft for kidsand adults to do together.

Heres how I made these unique metal ornaments!

like observe the package warnings and use your best judgement.

Washers glued into a star shape with Scotch crazy glue laying next to it

First I taped down a piece of freezer paper onto my workspace.

This helped to catch any extra glue globs.

Plus, it ensured that I didnt accidentally glue my ornaments to the table.

DIY star ornaments for Christmas on a white background

Then I played with a bunch of washers until I got a star ornament design that I liked.

Note: For those of you who love hot gluing things I also tried hot gluing the washers together.

Although the glue set immediately, the connections were fragile.

A hand showing a DIY star ornament hanging from a Christmas tree

My three-year old found the ornaments very pretty and accidentally pulled the washers apart.

But if you want them to last, then I definitely recommend the crazy glue!)

I waited overnight for everything to dry in place.

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Once the ornaments dried, I tied on loops with silver string.

Star ornaments made from washers.

If you liked these easy handmade ornaments, youd probably like theseperler bead snowflake ornamentsor thesefelt milk jug ornaments.