Witch Ornament
Martha shows you how to craft a glitter "witch" ornament.
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The Martha Stewart Show, October 2008
Tools and Materials
Large branch
Oasis
Flower pot
Decorative moss
Acrylic disks in varying sizes
Dremel drill
Krylon Looking Glass spray
Glittering glue
Onyx glitter
Glitter stickers
28-gauge wire
Halloween Ornaments How-To
1. To make the Halloween tree, take any large branch with a lot of limbs and spray-paint it black.
2. Place oasis inside of a flower pot or urn and push branch firmly into oasis. Cover oasis with moss.
3. Drill a hole near the top of an acrylic disk. Peel off protective paper film from one side of disk.
4. Spray Krylon Looking Glass spray onto exposed side of disk.
5. Peel off protective paper film from other side of disk. Brush glittering glue on edge and around front edge, and glitter with Onyx glitter.
6. Adhere glitter stickers to front of disc.
7. Thread 28-gauge wire through hole and twist end to secure. Wrap end of wire around a branch to hang.
Resources
Onyx glitter, glittering glue, and Halloween glitter stickers from Martha Stewart Crafts. Acrylic Disks: (sizes 1 1/2 inches to 4 inches) canalplastics.com, Dremel Stylus: dremel.com, Krylon "Looking Glass Spray": krylon.com.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Dremel for supplying viewer-mail participant Angie Gainer with a Dremel Stylus, which was part the Halloween ornament "starter kit."
@ KraftiKendi - I believe the instructions say to use oasis to hold the branch in place...
@ Crafty5 - did you use the adhesive on both sides? It appears that they forgot about that in the instructions...I've ordered the acrylic disks, but they do not come with the peel back adhesive Martha had on hers. And I'm going to get some 2 sided clear adhesive pages and do it exactly the way Martha did. I'm not sure why they left that step out in the instructions.
I'm getting quotes of $2.00 on the 2" acrylic disks and $3.00 on the 3" disks from two sources. Has anyone found a better price? martha mentioned about $.75 each but those are for very small disks. Any suggestions?
Any ideas on how to anchor the branch into the urn? Stones?
ok so i tried spraying the acrylic disks with looking glass spray and it didn't work. did anyone get it to work? HELP me please, thanks
i said the name of the store is TAP PLASTIC!!!!!
So share with us your source! Don't tease us!
i found a place that has the acrylic disks a store called tap plastic!!
hollygolly...nope i never recieved an answer
I contacted canalplastics.com and to tell you the truth, the man I spoke with was a little upset that no one from the show informed them about this segment. They are a small shop in NY and they are not set up for online orders and he's been bombarded with calls. He deals with large furniture items. I think we need a new source!
Crafty5....They look like glittered styrofoam balls.
Did you receive an answer? I was curious, too.
how do u make the little green ornaments?
I've done a similar craft, but used old CD's. I glued ribbon between two CD's to omit the drilling. I am having so much fun doing your glitter Halloween crafts. Keep them coming!
I am saving this craft idea to use for Christmas as family gifts.
They would look beautiful as ornaments on the Christmas tree.