Light-up your Memories with a unique Light-up Christmas Ornament -

Day 21

Light-up Christmas Ornament is a great project for the holiday season. This is an awesome learning opportunity to get into electronics and sewable circuits! See how quickly you can create your own Light up an ornament from start finish with some simple tools that even beginners will enjoy using!!!

Gather your materials

Green Stiff Felt or Felt and Stiffiner
Coin battery Pack
Sewable LEDs
Conductive thread
decrotive lightbulbs
Ribbon
Thread
needle
Scissors
Pattern
Hot Glue and Gun

Designing the Light-up Christmas Ornament

I wanted to create a fun ornament that looked like one of the traditional balls hung on my tree as a kid. I thought adding the LED around the outside and creating an inner circle where a favorite picture could be displayed would make a happy ornament.

Creating the Light-up Christmas Ornament

Begin by gathering your materials. I always like to test my LED this way I know the LED are good and none are faulty!!!

Final-Christmas-Ornament Download

Next, It is time to make the base of the ornament. I used a sticky back felt to stick onto a sparkle felt to add stiffness to the end product. Then it is time to cut out the pattern and trace the Ornament pieces!!! Get some sharp scissors to cut out the felt. I used a seam ripper to begin a hole in the center ornament where the picture will be seen through then I could easily stick my scissors through and cut the center hole out.

Creating the circuit

Next, it is time to add the battery. Begin by stripping off about an inch and twisting the wire together. Ensure that you can tell the positive from the negative. The negative commonly had the white dotted squared on it. I am not normally a fan of hot glue however I did decide to use it, in this case, to adhere the battery case to the ornament. Next, sew the wires down to the felt and swirl the wires at the end into a circle so that you can sew around them.

Time to power the LEDs!!! Ensure you know which port you are sewing to. I began with the Negatives and sewed around the negative wire of the battery case then traveled to the first port of the LED and sewed at least three times around the port. Next, I traveled to the second LED and sew the port. Continue around the ornament until all the negative ports are sewn. Repeat with the positives!!! Ensure that the positive thread and the negative thread never touch when the circuit is complete. If you do need to cross over bury one thread in the felt and have the other laying on top. This will create enough of a barrier that they should not create a short.

Finishing touches

Time to test your circuit!!! Then it is time to add all the fun trimmings. I used hot glue again to adhere the Christmas light embellishment to the ornament. A small dap on both tips worked amazing. Next all the ribbon. I would suggest trying a few different layouts to see what you like. I also used this ribbon as the final loop that I use to hand from my tree.

Final look

Time to pick out that perfect picture and cut it out to insert it into the ornament Ensure that the batteries are in, turn it on, and hang it up!!!

Want to see the full video? Check it out here on my YouTube Channel!!!!

Did you love lighting this project up? Make sure to check out the light-up Santa Earring that would make a statement at your next holiday party!!! Check out how to make them!!! Have you missed some of the other crowd favorites this year like the Light-up Santa Hat or the Reusable Chrismas Wrapping Bags? Make sure to check them out too!!!