I can’t let the year end without a quick and easy tutorial for the holidays. These Christmas Tree Ornaments have cute little festive scooters that you can decorate your blank ornaments using temporary tattoos. I have even provided the download you can use to make things faster, cheaper and easier! What do you think? Read on for the full tutorial!
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About One Of My Favorite Mediums – Temporary Tattoo Paper:
I use Printable Temporary Tattoo Paper for A LOT of my projects and tutorials, so I thought I’d share a quick introduction to what I think is one of the most versatile crafting mediums. Hopefully by reading a little more about it will answer any questions you may have before trying it out.
You can make temporary tattoos with Silhouette America’s Temporary Tattoo Paper. The temporary tattoos you make with this product are perfect for any kind of party or gathering. When you use temporary tattoos the traditional way (by applying it to your skin), they are perfect favors for kids’ and adults’ parties and even sporting events. If you want to take your crafts to another level, you can also apply the temporary tattoos to smooth surfaces like blank Christmas Tree Ornaments! Your festive scooters can be applied easily with water and a wet cloth or sponge.
Silhouette America makes a range of temporary tattoo paper products:
- Clear
- Gold
- Silver
- White
For today’s project, we will use the clear sheets. Why? Because all the white parts of the images will appear clear when applied.
Scooter Christmas Tree Ornaments -Materials:
- Scooter images – please note that this download is free and only for personal use
- Printer
- Temporary Tattoo Paper
- Scissors
- Scraper
- Blank white Christmas tree ornaments
- Wet cloth or sponge
- PDF software – to open the download
- Optional – sealant
Instructions –
Scooter Christmas Tree Ornaments
Download your scooter images
If you have not done so already, download your scooter images.
Open and Print the scooter images
- Open your scooter images in software that can read PDF files
- Load your temporary tattoo paper into your printer, making sure that the images will print on the glossy side. I recommend using the highest quality print settings or photo paper settings
- Send to print
- Once printed, let the ink dry
Prepare the Temporary Tattoos for your Christmas Tree Ornaments
- Apply the clear adhesive sheet (with the green backing) to the top of the sheet you just printed with your scooter images
- Use the scraper to smooth out any bubbles and rub the adhesive to the scooter images
Apply Your Scooter Images to your Christmas Tree Ornaments
- Use your scissors to cut out the scooter images, staying very close to each image’s edge
- For each tattoo, peel off the clear adhesive layer
- Apply each scooter image down on an ornament, and cover with a wet cloth or sponge for 10-15 seconds until the white paper backing slides off easily
- Repeat for each ornament
And that’s it! You now have the cutest set of festive Scooter Christmas Tree Ornaments for your tree. You can also package them up as handmade gifts! Let me know how your ornaments turned out!
Looking for some more crafty inspiration? Take a look at some of my other DIY Temporary Tattoo Projects!