The kids and I are loving making Christmas ornaments this year from simple everyday things. Today, pretty ornaments made from dried orange slices.
When we dried our apples to make these ornaments, we also dried some gorgeously orange orange slices too.
We hung them outside to dry for a few days.
Our Southern California winter is great for drying fruit as it’s cool and dry and we’ve had a fair share of Santa Anna’s to help us along. But, if your climate is a little moist to dry fruit outdoors, a cool dry spot in your house will work just as well.
When they were nice and dry, we squeezed a little glue around the white rind of the orange.
And then sprinkled a little of our vintage glitter onto the glue…
Tied a little festive Christmas ribbon onto our dried and glittered oranges and marveled at what a pretty ornament something as simple as a slice of orange can make.
Now, we just have to stop the baby bunny from trying to eat all of our edible ornaments!
Happy Christmas Crafting,
Blessings and magic,
Donni
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10 Responses
omg omg omg!!! I cannot wait to make these with my girls! I remember making these when I was a little girl with my mother… I totally forgot! thanks for sharing!!!
I made dried oranges too! I dried mine on the radiator in dreary, damp England :)
http://shazronnie.blogspot.com/2011/12/radiator-dried-oranges.html
Love your blog, don’t comment often but you have great ideas :)
they’re so pretty – love the glittery touch
Love these. How long do they last?
wow! can i eat this? it’s so fragrant right?
Hi, Yes.. it’s wonderfully fragrant.
Super !!!!’
Thanks, Anna
xo Donni
I live in South Carolina how close to Christmas can I make these? What other fruits can I use with this?
Hi JoAllen, we make them about 6 weeks from Christmas.
xo Donni