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Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments


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Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - ornaments hanging on the treeUpcycling makes me so happy. I had so much fun making these ornaments from plastic bottle tops. Don't get me wrong; I love beautiful ornaments, especially vintage hand-me-downs. But there's something super special about making your own from scratch. I decorated the caps using scraps from my leftover craft supplies, so these cost me next to nothing!

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I used regular water bottle caps and larger sports drink caps for these ornaments.

Total Time: 1 hour plus dry time

Supplies:

Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - supplles
 

Steps:

  1. Spray paint the exterior portions of the caps. Allow to dry.
  2. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - spray paint the outside of the caps and allow to dry
     
  3. For the ornament hangers, cut a piece of string about 8 inches long, then double/triple knot the ends to make a loop. Make one loop for each ornament.
  4. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - cut string and triple knot the ends to make hangers
     
  5. Place the knotted end of the loop inside the middle of a small bottle cap and hot glue it down.
  6. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - glue the knotted end down inside the cap
     
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  7. Add a thin line of hot glue all around the lip of the bottle cap, then place another small bottle cap on it and hold closed.
  8. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - add a line of glue around the lip of the cap and glue another one one
     
  9. To give some sparkle to the exterior of the ornament, put it on a plate or pan with edges to catch debris. Apply a nice, thick layer of white glue to any areas you'd like the glitter.
  10. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - add white glue to all areas where you would like glitter
     
  11. Immediately sprinkle the glitter on. Shake excess off.
  12. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - add glitter and shake off excess
     
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  13. Grab a sequin with your tweezers and dip the backside onto the top of the glue bottle to grab a small dot of glue.
  14. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - use tweezers to add a bit of glue to the back of sequins
     
  15. Gently drop the sequins down to make designs. Allow to dry.
  16. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - make your designs
     
  17. To make larger ornaments, glue together two larger caps.
  18. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - glue together larger caps
     
  19. Glue a small cap on top.
  20. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - glue a small cap on top
     
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  21. Take another small cap and pierce the middle with a hole punch.
  22. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - pierce the center of a small cap
     
  23. Thread it with one of the string loops from earlier.
  24. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - thread with a string loop from earlier
     
  25. Add a blob of hot glue on the inside of the hole to seal shut.
  26. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - add a blob of glue to close the hole and secure the hanger
     
  27. Glue stringed cap onto the other side, which is now the top.
  28. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - glue stringed cap the the other side which now becomes the top
     
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  29. Glue some ribbon around the sides of the ornament.
  30. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - glue ribbon around the sides
     
  31. String a bead onto the top of the ornament.
  32. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - ribbon glued to both large caps and a bead strung onto the string hanger
     
  33. Decorate some others, dry, and hang!
  34. Plastic Bottle Cap Ornaments - decorate more
     

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December 10, 20180 found this helpful

These are beautiful.
Marg from England.

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December 10, 20180 found this helpful

Oh, thank you Marg! They were so fun to make :)

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