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10 Fun Ways to Dress Up a Glass Ornament

By: Michelle Edgemont

Basic glass ornaments are the perfect blank slate to DIY this holiday season. Plus, any of these ornaments can be made in any color palette to match any holiday decor. Happy crafting!

Bring a modern, colorful touch to a traditional Christmas tree with these candy colored glass ornaments. Simply spray paint round, glass ornaments with matte spray paint in bright colors. Mix with colored lights for a truly fun Christmas tree.

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Painted Solid

Bring a modern, colorful touch to a traditional holiday tree with candy-colored glass ornaments. Paint round, glass ornaments with matte spray paint in bright colors. Mix the ornaments into the tree limbs with colored lights for a truly festive tree theme.

A fun DIY project for the kids, these confetti ornaments are a party for your tree. Use store bought confetti or have the kids punch some out with a hole punch. Carefully fill each glass ornament with the confetti pieces. Add in a few metallic stars for an extra holiday sparkle.

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Filled With Confetti

These confetti ornaments are a party for your tree, and they're a fun DIY project for the kids, too. Use store-bought confetti or have the kids punch out some colorful paper with a hole punch. Carefully fill each glass ornament with the confetti pieces. Add in a few metallic stars for extra holiday sparkle.

Give your tree, or in this case fiddle leaf fig plant, a touch of modern sparkle with these hand painted ornaments. Apply gold gilding paint with a medium sized brush and a light touch. Gently pull the gold paint across the ornament to create these beautiful brush strokes.

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Gilded in Gold

Give your tree, or in this case fiddle leaf fig plant, a touch of modern sparkle with hand-painted ornaments. Apply gold gilding paint with a medium-sized brush and a light touch. Gently spread the gold paint across the ornament to create soft and beautiful brush strokes.

These pretty glass marbled ornaments hold a secret. They are made with nail polish! To make: fill a plastic Tupperware with 5-6â of hot water. Drip nail polish on the surface of the water. As it spreads, very quickly dip the glass ornament into the water. You can apply as many layers of nail polish on each ornament to achieve the amount of marbling you want.

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Magically Marbled

These beautiful glass marbled ornaments hold a secret: they're made with nail polish! To make, fill a plastic container with 5 to 6 inches of hot water, then drip nail polish on the surface of the water. As it spreads, quickly dip the glass ornament into the water. Apply as many layers of nail polish on each ornament to achieve the amount of marbling you want.