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If you are in need of a few last minute Christmas ornaments for your tree – don’t run out to your local Hallmark. Instead take a stroll around your house, open up some junk drawers and see what treasures you can find.
Found objects, treasured trinkets, and souvenirs usually have a story to go with them, which makes them interesting visual links to fond memories. There is no reason anymore for them to be hidden away - let them add some character to your tree this year. Just hook each object on a ornament hook.
No ornament hook? Just open up a paperclip and use the small end to hook onto your trinket and the larger end on the tree branch. Embellish the wire with beads or jingle bells.
Here are some of the items I found:
A skate key
Advertising buttons
Board game playing pieces
The key to the house you grew up in with the address printed out on cardstock
Your graduation tassel
Your favorite little doll
A chandelier crystal
Sports team medals you or your kids have won.
A key chain
Other items that would work:
girl scout patches a little toy car key to your first car a love letter school pin diary key concert ticket stubs vacation souvenirs costume jewelry kitchen gadgetsWhat keepsakes, treasured trinkets, or junk do you have laying around your house that you could hang on your Christmas tree this year?
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Great ideas came here from Kim’s party…
I love the idea of using found items and family treasures as ornaments! For the last few years I have been trying to use decorations with meaning for our family…and not just sticking stuff out b/c we have it. Merry Christmas!
Greetings Diane! I do love the house key the best. Chloe made an ornament out of her Squishes pencil toppers. Too cute! As always I love your ideas. You’ve inspired me so much this year. I often will have little flashes of your ideas pop into my brain! Have a great holiday and thanks for sharing all of your uber fab style with us!
Brilliant!….And memorable is exactly what ornaments should be. I actually cleaned out part of my room in my parents’ house this weekend and discovered my summer abroad Italian apartment key and a graduation tassel. Now I know what to do with them. Thanks for the great ideas! Cheers!
I love these ideas! So often, we stick the mementos from our important life events into a drawer or a cardboard box. And while I’m not a proponent of displaying this type of stuff all over the house, I do love the idea of displaying them at Christmastime – of pulling them out every year and reliving all those great memories. Thank you for sharing this!
The key is a perfect idea for my daughter’s first Christmas is her first home. I’m stealing that one! Thanks for the great ideas.
Diane, When telling people about your site…I always say we are twin sisters from different mothers! I have my trinkets and keepsakes in a tray on the sideboard in the dining room. Everyone loves to browse through it and ask about the items and I LOVE to tell the stories ! Now I will put a few on the tree too! My tree is a collection of ornaments from my childhood to today….always add a few meaningful things each year. This will add a special touch.Thanks friend!
Thanks Gigi for the nice note. Love hearing from others who love the same things I do. I, too have many ornaments from both my and my husband’s childhood on the tree. They are my favorite ones and bring a smile to my face every Christmas. My mom made a lot of them and now that she is no longer living – they are even more special to me. Thanks for taking the time to say, Hi! I hope you have a wonderful holiday.
ooooh how i love this idea of turning found treasures into christmas ornaments, can’t wait to see what i can come up with! every year i shop around for special ornaments for my sons and this year my oldest son will have his very own first christmas tree and while i told in i’m not ready to pass along all his ornaments i have for him just yet, i would like to get him started with a few and the sports medals are just the perfect place to begin! thank you so much for your creative spark!
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