This DIY Rudolph tealight ornament is so cute, don’t you think? With the exception of the battery-operated tealights themselves, you may already have all the other necessary supplies on hand.
This is a fun holiday craft project that even younger kids can help you with, as long as supervision is provided. Paint the base of each candle brown and the actual light red. Allow them to dry completely.
Glue on appropriately-sized wiggly eyes and “antler-shaped” gold pipe cleaners… the more sparkle the better! A hot glue gun is best. In the event you don’t have access to one, any good- quality craft glue is sufficient.
Your antlers don’t have to be perfect, by any means. Just give each pipe cleaner a few half-loop bends. It’s as easy as that.
DIY Rudolph Tealight Ornament
PinUse matching ribbon or fabric to make Rudolph’s bowtie and the ornament hanger. I personally love the plaid fabric used in this example. But, any Christmasy ribbon will get the job done.
I think these are perfect little gifts for teachers, classmates or even neighbours. The ornaments are easy to make and pretty affordable to boot. If you know someone who collects Rudolph décor (and tons of people do) you could easily gift them with 10 or 12 little Rudolph’s to hang on their holiday tree.
Another notable thing about the ornaments is that they’re safe use because the tealights never get hot enough to start a fire. Safety is always an issue. But, it’s important to practice Christmas tree safety, during the holidays. There’s no such thing as being TOO careful!
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer has been a holiday tradition for generations. What would Santa and the other reindeer do without him, on Christmas Eve? It’s easy to make the holidays more merry and bright, with the help of these adorable ornaments. You still have time to make this craft and there’s no better time to start!
DYI Rudolph Tealight Ornament
PinMaterials
- Small battery operated tealight
- Brown and red paint
- Paintbrushes
- Ribbon
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Wiggly eyes
- Sparkly gold pipe cleaners
PinInstructions
Begin by painting the flame of your battery operated tealight with red paint. We used chalk paint because it is fast drying.
PinOnce the flame of the tealight has dried, use brown paint to cover the rest of the front and sides of the tealight. You will not need to paint the back of the tealight.
When the paint has dried completely, glue two wiggly eyes to the front of your painted tealight above the flame.
PinCut a gold sparkly pipe cleaner in half and form each half into a zigzag type of reindeer antler shape. You can see the photos for reference.
PinHot glue the two pipe cleaner antlers to the back of the tealight, one behind each eye of the reindeer.
PinCut a small piece of holiday ribbon and tie it into a small bow.
PinGlue the small bow to the bottom front of the tealight reindeer.
PinCut another small loop of ribbon and hot glue it to the top of the back of the tealight in the middle. This will be the hanger for your ornament.
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These are super cute, they would make a cute snowman as well, I might have to buy some tea lights now!!
I love this! Super cute… I will see if my godson wants to make it next weekend when I sit for him.
Thank you! I am sure he will enjoy making it!
I love how cute this ornament is
Sure are cute.. haven’t thought of this, Have so many tea lights here.
This is such a cute DIY ornament to make. I must share this with my daughters in law so they can ake this with our grandchildren. They will love this.
Thank you! Hoping they like making it!
this is the perfect little craft for the kids to do when they get together over the holidays ! bookmarking 🙂
These are really cute. They would look great on the tree with the light up nose.
Such a cute craft and they look like they are fun to make as well.
What a creative idea! I really like the light-up aspect of it!
I can’t say how much I like this craft, it is so cute. I have pinned so we can make some of these come the holidays.
Thank you! It’s so easy to do too!
This is adorable and would be a lot of fun to make
This will be wonderful to make with my daughter this year we are always looking for new holiday crafts thanks for the ideas.
I am sure she would like making these! Let me know how it went!
This is such an awesome idea! The sparkly gold pipe cleaners as antlers are a nice touch as well.
This looks like such a great idea. Wish I had of read it before Christmas.
This is so cute. I think my kids would love making it. I will have to make it with them for the holidays this year!
I love these and I need to get to the dollar store to buy everything to make these, this will be a fun craft to do with my granddaughter